Law Reform Essay Competition Winners
2010
Winner: Eirwen-Jane Pierrot – “Escaping Diplomatic Impunity”
Runner-up: Robert Amey – “Taking Slander Seriously”
Winner CPE Category: Calum Docherty – “Standing on the Shoulders of Giants: Reforming Fair Dealing in English Copyright Law”
Runner-Up CPE Category: Ruth Gurd – “Redefining the Borders: The Call for Indefinite Detention Reform"
2009
Winner: Tom Cleaver - “Sic Semper Monopoliis: Modernising the Law of Markets and Fairs”
Runner-Up: Liam Loughlin - "Reforming the Law Concerning Physician Assisted Suicide"
Winner: CPE Category: Thomas Hope - "Bringing some Sanity to the Insanity Defence: Reforming the Reverse Persuasive Burden of Proof"
Runner-Up CPE Entry: James Hamerton-Stove - "Shifting the Burden in English Defamation Law"
2008
Winner: Nathan Rasiah - "To Prosecute or to Extradite? A Duty to Consider the Appropriate Venue in Cases of Concurrent Criminal Jurisdiction"
Winner: CPE Category: Lucy Gibson - "Improving Health and Safety for Freelancers: The Case for Greater Statutory Protection for Workers"
2007
Winner: Louise Bloor - "Subjecting Contracted-Out Public Services To Judicial Scrutiny"
Winner: CPE Category: Katherine Lim - "Highly Skilled Migrant Programme: A Proposal For Reform"
2006
Winner: Rowan Pennington-Benton - “A Fresh Look At The Regime Governing Protective/Pre-Emptive Costs Victims”
Winner: CPE Category: Thomas Simcock - “Change In The Law Surrounding The Playing Of Poker In Clubs”
2005
Winner: Elizabeth Dean - “Non-Responsibility: A New Verdict in the Age of Unreason”
Winner: CPE Category: Christopher Nichols - “The Special Educational Needs Pendulum”
2004
Winner: Clive Wolman - “Facilitating Shareholder Class Actions: Proposals for Reform”
Winner: CPE Category: Conrad Purcell - “The UK Planning System Should Be Changed To Allow Third Parties The Right To Appeal Against The Granting Of Planning Permission”
