Natalie Wortley

Natalie teaches and researches criminal law, evidence and procedure and mental health law. Formerly a criminal barrister, she now holds judicial appointments as a Deputy District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts), a Legally Qualified Chair of Police Misconduct Panels (LQC) and a Mental Health Tribunal Judge.

Natalie’s research focuses on the practical implications of developments in legislation and case law. She regularly writes for both peer-reviewed and practitioner journals, edited collections and textbooks and is a contributing editor of Archbold Magistrates’ Courts Criminal Practice.  She is a member of the Criminal Law Review and Criminal Law Week commentary teams, frequently commenting and providing guidance on developments in the interpretation and application of substantive criminal law, the law of evidence and procedural rules.

Natalie has lectured widely, both nationally and internationally, including to practitioners and expert witnesses. She is regularly invited to lecture at the Judicial College and co-authors the monthly crime e-letter, which is distributed to all criminal judges in England and Wales.

At Northumbria University, Natalie has taught across a range of undergraduate and postgraduate modules and professional programmes. She is also a Grade 1 Advocacy Trainer for the North Eastern Circuit and Gray's Inn.

Natalie is experienced in managerial and programme leadership roles, validation procedures, external examining and the organisation of symposia and conferences. She is an Executive Officer of the Society of Legal Scholars and a former member of the Scientific Committee of the International Academy of Law and Mental Health.