A Northumbria University associate
professor has been awarded the highly-acclaimed title of Kayes Fletcher Walker Visiting Scholar 2018 by New Zealand law
practice, Kayes Fletcher Walker in conjunction with Auckland University of
Technology (AUT), for her valued contribution to criminal law.
The honour is bestowed to
only one individual annually. It was given to Dr. Nicola Wake, Associate Professor
in Law and Deputy Director for the Centre of Evidence and Criminal Justice
Studies at Northumbria, following her work
in relation to the UK Government’s introduction of criminal law defences,
including more recently, for those compelled to commit offences due to slavery
or exploitation.
Dr. Wake, who has been fully
supported in her work by Professor Warren Brookbanks from the Centre of Non-Adversarial Justice at AUT as well
as Kayes, Fletcher and Walker, will now travel to Auckland
University in New Zealand over the forthcoming weeks to deliver a public
lecture.
Entitled ‘Trafficking victims
compelled to commit offences: increasing the protection available in England,
Wales and New Zealand’, she will explore how to better protect victims.
She commented, “It is an
immense honour to be awarded the title and is indicative of the strong and
close working partnership between myself, Northumbria University and Auckland
University of Technology Law Schools. Delivering the lecture is a fantastic
opportunity for people to engage and participate in a thought-provoking area of
law that is, unfortunately, very topical and relevant worldwide.
“It’s an incredibly important
issue that staff and law students at Northumbria have been researching for some
time and the visit provides a great opportunity for us to explore real and often sensitive issues on a collaborative basis.”
Dr. Wake is widely published
in criminal law with special interest in mental condition defences. She
holds several editorial positions and is a research mentor to academic
colleagues whilst supervising PhD students.
Northumbria Law School is the largest law school in North East of
England with a national and international reputation for excellence in legal
education. Its courses have been ranked in the top 300 in the world, for the
first time, in the QS World University Rankings 2018.
