Professor Tony Ward

Professor

Department: Northumbria Law School

Tony Ward joined Northumbria in 2016 having previously worked at the University of Hull and De Montfort University Leicester. His interests as a legal scholar focus on the law of evidence and in particular expert evidence, including historical and philosophical perspectives on experts. He is also a criminologist specialising in state crime. i.e. violence and corruption by governments and officials. He is Co-Director of the International State Crime Initiative and one of the Editors-in-Chief of its journal State Crime. He is co-author with Penny Green of State Crime: Governments, Violence and Corruption (Pluto 2004) and State Crime and Civil Activism (Routledge, 2019), and with Gerry Johnstone of Law and Crime (Sage 2010)

Campus Address

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Expert evidence, human trafficking, state crime, law and literature.

Key Publications

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Book Review: The Emerald International Handbook of Activist Criminology by Victoria Cannings, Greg Martin and Steve Tombs, Ward, T. 5 Nov 2024, In: Theoretical Criminology
Can FATF's Focus on Beneficial Ownership Aid Anti-Corruption Efforts in a ‘Low-Capacity’ Country? Challenges From the Front Line in Nigeria, Harvey, J., Sproat, P., Turner, S., Ward, T. 22 Oct 2024, Global Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, London, Routledge
International Expert Statement on Israeli State Crime, Green, P., Lasslett, K., McCulloch, J., Rolston, B., Keenan, J., Tombs, S., Wise, L., Stańczak, D., MacManus, T., Michalowski, R., Seoighe, R., Rothe, D., Kramer, R., Stanley, E., Barak, G., Cameron, H., Whyte, D., Scraton, P., Barsocchini, R., Bradshaw, E., Ciocchini, P., White, R., Williams, C., Huggins, M., Poynting, S., Meirelles, R., Cunneen, C., Catello, R., Sherwood, A., Ward, T., McConnachie, K., Falk, R., Elver, H., Bandiera, R., Perugini, N., Zeffert, H., da Silva Filho, J., Matyakubova, D., Sentas, V., Giannacopoulos, M., Sobout, A., Grewcock, M., de Nardin Budó, M., Forero-Cuéllar, A., Darke, S., Afana, R., McMillan, N. 16 Feb 2024, In: State Crime Journal
Non-Conviction Based Asset Recovery in Nigeria - An Additional Tool for Law Enforcement Agencies?, Sproat, P., Ward, T., Harvey, J., Turner, S., Shehu, A., Bello, A. 11 Sep 2024, Financial Crime, Law and Governance, Cham, Switzerland, Springer
Proof of Foreign Law: a Reduced Role for Expert Evidence?, Ward, T., Plenderleith Ferguson, A. 31 May 2024, In: Journal of Private International Law
Self-Defence and the Reliability of Expert Evidence: R v Mazzer [2024] EWCA Crim 557, Ward, T. 24 Oct 2024, In: The Journal of Criminal Law
Expert evidence and uncertainty in English infanticide trials, c. 1725-1945, Dixon, R., Ward, T. 1 Aug 2023, Forensic cultures in modern Europe, Manchester, Manchester University Press
Keeping Corporate Power in Check: On Resistance to Bt Brinjal and the Precautionary Principle, Stanczak, D., Ward, T. 31 Dec 2023, In: Studi sulla Questione Criminale
Manslaughter, Concealment of Birth and Infanticide, 1900-37, Dixon, R., Ward, T. 19 Oct 2023, 100 Years of the Infanticide Act, London, Bloomsbury
The Forensic Ethics of Scientific Communication, Ward, T. 1 Feb 2023, In: The Journal of Criminal Law

PGR Supervision

Marco Palladino Technology Law: a critical analysis of the contemporary legislative framework Start Date: 17/06/2021
Poloko Hiri Rules, Discretion and Expert Evidence in the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division), 2013-2023. Start Date: 17/06/2022
Jessica Horton The Legal and Moral Status of Service Dogs in England & Wales Start Date: 01/10/2018 End Date: 01/07/2022
Christopher Sangster Representing Wildlife in Legal Proceedings: An Exploration of the Badger Cull in England and Wales Start Date: 01/10/2018 End Date: 10/09/2022
Kevwe Omoragbon A critical evaluation of the use of the portfolio as an effective form of assessment in clinical legal education Start Date: 20/03/2017 End Date: 01/06/2018
Andrew Birks Funeral and Exhumation Rites in the England and Wales, and how they impact on faith organisations. Start Date: 01/10/2023
James Gray Literature, Creative Writing and the Phenomenology of Law Start Date: 19/01/2017 End Date: 15/07/2020

Qualifications

Law PhD June 01 2016
Member Honourable Society of Gray's Inn 2016

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