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”