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Information for the Media

Lancaster University Law School staff have a huge range of expertise on legal and constitutional issues. Most are happy to comment to the press, radio and television, and some have significant media experience. Lancaster University also has state of the art television and radio studios on site.

If you are seeking an expert to comment on any new legal development or on the legal aspects of constitutional developments, the School is likely to be able to offer someone suitable. The following list covers some of the main areas of public interest and members of staff willing to comment on them - the links take you to the individual's page in the Information about Staff section of the site. You can return at any time by clicking on the Media link, or using your browser's back button.

Business and trade law

• Dr Richard Austen-Baker (general commercial law and sales law; contract law);
• Philip Lawton (company law, Chinese business law);
• Angus MacCulloch (competition law);
• Professor David Milman (company law, insolvency law, corporate recovery).

Constitutional law and local government law (see also European law)

• Dr Barbara Mauthe

Consumer law and sale of goods law

• Dr Richard Austen-Baker

Criminal law

• Dr Ian Bryan;
• Georgina Firth;
• Dr Suzanne Ost (sexual images of children).
• Neil Kibble

Criminology, policing, the criminal justice system, prisons and punishment

• Georgina Firth (generally);
• Dr Ian Bryan (law of evidence);
• Professor Peter Rowe (law of evidence, military law, courts martial).
• Neil Kibble (generally)

Defamation and privacy law

• Dr Richard Austen-Baker

Employment Law

• Dr Sarah Beresford;
• Dr Mark Butler

Environmental law

• Mike Doupé

Equality law (including sex, sexuality, race, age and disability issues)

• Dr Sarah Beresford;
• Dr Bela Chatterjee;
• Dr Sara Fovargue;
• Dr Mark Butler

European law

• Dr Israel Butler;
• Dr Agata Fijalkowski;
• Dr Mark Butler;
• Angus Macculloch

Family law

• Dr Sarah Beresford

Genocide (see Human Rights, and International Law below)

Human Rights (including genocide)

• Dr Israel Butler;
• Georgina Firth;
• Dr David Seymour (anti-semitism);
• Professor Sigrun Skogly;
• Professor David Sugarman (especially massive violations of human rights)

International law

• Dr Israel Butler;
• Dr Agata Fijalkowski;
• Professor Peter Rowe (law of armed conflict, military law and discipline, occupying armies)
• Professor Sigrun Skogly (esp. international human rights);
• Dr James Summers (esp. self-determination).

Medical law (including medical and bio-ethics, abortion, euthanasia, experimentation on humans and animals, the NHS, private medicine)

• Dr Sara Fovargue;
• Dr Suzanne Ost

Property law

• Mr Mike Doupé;
• Mr Philip Lawton;
• Ben Mayfield

War and the armed forces (legal issues regarding)

• Professor Peter Rowe

If none of the above categories seems to fit, please contact the School's Publicity Officer, Dr Mark Butler, for further assistance.

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