Past winners

2022 Law Reform Essay Competition winners 

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Winner

'Crossing the Constitutional Rubicon: why mediation should be compulsory in all civil disputes'

by Emma Meadows

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Runner-up

'A proposal for a new approach to standing in judicial review claims'

by Mark Thornton

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Best Graduate Diploma in Law entry

'Permission (Already) Granted: Eliminating ‘Prior Approval’ for Upward Extension Permitted Development Rights'

by Jeffrey Chu

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Runner-up Graduate Diploma in Law entry 1

'Reforming the Official Secrets Act 1989: Combining stronger protections for national security with greater parliamentary scrutiny'

by Raphael Marshall

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Runner-up Graduate Diploma in Law entry 2

'The Covid-19 ‘Shadow Pandemic’ in the UK: A Case for Including Negligence into the Definition of Compliance in National and European Human Rights Law'

by Donella Sofia Torcassi

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Highly Commended

'Licence to Kill: the need for safeguarding in authorising the criminal conduct of Covert Human Intelligence Sources'

by Nandini Mitra

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