Senior Lecturer in Law
PhD, PG Cert, LPC, PGDip, BA (Hons)
Chris joined the Faculty in 2004 after having worked as both a Detective in the Metropolitan Police Service and subsequently qualifying as a Solicitor, working in private practice in the fields of Criminal Law, Human Rights and Family Law. Chris’s PhD thesis was based around a comparative analysis of low-level public order (disorderly conduct) provisions in England, USA, Germany and Australia.
Chris has published articles on public order, policing and the constitutional and human rights implications of legislation designed to regulate protest. Chris has worked with academics from Germany on comparative approaches to free speech and is a regular contributor to the Journal of Criminal Law. Chris is eager to hear from students who wish to engage in PhD study of this area.
Chris utilises his diverse practitioner and academic experience within his teaching. He has a wide experience of teaching both undergraduate and postgraduate students and has been both LL.B and LL.M programme leader. Within the law suite of programmes, he currently is module leader for Constitutional and Administrative Law, Organised Crime and Terrorism and Public Order Law.
Chris is also responsible for module leadership on the Level 3 module, Space Law. This unique module examines a number of issues relating to the legal aspects of exploring Space, both Lower Earth Orbit and beyond. Chris is currently researching issues relating to military exploitation of space, the increasing commercialisation of space and the potential role of the criminal law in issues relating to space exploration.
Chris is currently the programme leader for the BA Applied Investigations programme, a 1-year top-up degree available for those connected with the police service who seek to develop their investigative interviewing skills to degree level. Chris would be extremely interested to hear from serving police officers who have a degree and wish to work towards a professional doctorate.