Dr Fiona Leverick |
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Fiona Leverick joined the School of Law in August 2007, having previously been a senior lecturer in law at the University of Aberdeen. Her research interests lie in the areas of criminal law (and criminal defences in particular), criminal procedure and criminal justice. Along with Peter Duff and James Chalmers, she recently completed two research projects funded by the Scottish Executive: one assessing the impact of recent reforms in High Court procedure and the other evaluating the pilot victim statement schemes. She has published two books on criminal defences: Killing in Self-Defence (OUP, 2006) and Criminal Defences and Pleas in Bar of Trial (with James Chalmers, SULI/W. Green, 2006). She is happy to supervise research students in any aspect of criminal law or criminal procedure.
Research interests
Criminal law, criminal justice and criminal procedure generally. Especially interested in criminal defences, criminal appeals, plea bargaining and the role of the victim in the criminal process.
Research students under supervision
Selected publications
Forthcoming
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Chalmers, J., Leverick, F. and Farmer, L., eds., Essays in Criminal Law in Honour of Sir Gerald Gordon, Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. |
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Leverick, F., "The right to legal advice during detention: HM Advocate v McLean", Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 14, no. 2. |
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Leverick, F. and Stark, F., "Illegally obtained evidence and Scots law: a fair balance?", Proceedings of the International Academy of Comparative Law. |
2009
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Leverick, F., 2009, "Unreasonable mistake in self-defence: Lieser v HM Advocate", Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 100-104. |
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Leverick, F., 2009, "Review of RA Duff, 'Answering for Crime: Responsibility and Liability in the Criminal Law'", Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 13, no. 1, pp. 163-165. |
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Leverick, F., Chalmers, J. and Armstrong, S., 2009, Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission 10th Anniversary Research, SCCRC, Glasgow. [other] |
2008
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Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F., 2008, "Fair Labelling in Criminal Law", Modern Law Review, vol. 71, no. 2, pp. 217-246. |
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Gertz, R., Leverick, F. and McLean, S., 2008, "Alcoholism and Criminal Liability", Juridical Review, no. 3, pp. 171-191. |
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Leverick, F., 2008, "Sentence following a guilty plea: Spence v HM Advocate and Leonard v Houston", Scots Law Times, pp. 43-47. |
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Leverick, F., 2008, "Sentencing guidelines under section 118(7): Lin v HM Advocate and Spence v HM Advocate", Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 12, no. 2, pp. 307-311. |
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Leverick, F., 2008, "Entries relating to the Scottish criminal justice system", in The New Oxford Companion to Law, Oxford University Press, Oxford. |
2007
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Chalmers, J., Duff, P. and Leverick, F., 2007, "Victim impact statements: can work, do work (for those who bother to make them)", Criminal Law Review, pp. 360-379. |
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Chalmers, J., Duff, P. and Leverick, F., 2007, An Evaluation of the Pilot Victim Statement Schemes in Scotland, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh. [other] |
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Chalmers, J., Duff, P. and Leverick, F., 2007, "The pilot victim statement scheme in Scotland", Scots Law Times, pp. 71-75. |
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Chalmers, J., Duff, P., Leverick, F. and Melvin, Y., 2007, An Evaluation of the High Court Reforms arising from the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2004, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh. [other] |
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Chalmers, J., Duff, P., Leverick, F. and Melvin, Y., 2007, "The High Court ('Bonomy') reforms: an evaluation", Scots Law Times, pp. 173-178. |
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Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F., 2007, "Murder through the looking glass: Gillon v HM Advocate", Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 230-236. |
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Leverick, F., 2007, "Defending self-defence", Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, vol. 27, no. 3, pp. 563-579. |
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Leverick, F., 2007, "The return of the unreasonable jury: Rooney v HM Advocate", Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 11, no. 3, pp. 426-430. |
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Leverick, F., 2007, "Counting the ways of becoming a primary victim: Anderson v Christian Salvesen", Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 258-264. |
2006
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Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F., 2006, Criminal Defences and Pleas in Bar of Trial, W. Green (Scottish Universities Law Institute), Edinburgh. |
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Leverick, F., 2006, Killing in Self-Defence, Oxford University Press, Oxford. [other] |
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Leverick, F., 2006, "Plea and confession bargaining in Scotland", Electronic Journal of Comparative Law, vol. 10, no. 3. [other] |
2005
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Chalmers, J., Gane, C. and Leverick, F., 2005, "Introduction to the 2005 reprint", in The Laws and Customes of Scotland, in Matters Criminal, Mackenzie, G., ed., Lawbook Exchange, pp. iii-xxiii. |
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Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F., 2005, "General Defences", in The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia (Criminal Law), Stoddart, C., ed., Law Society of Scotland, pp. 195-205. |
2004
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Brown, K., Duff, P. and Leverick, F., 2004, Offending on Bail: An Analysis of the Use and Impact of Aggravated Sentences for Bail Offenders, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh. [other] |
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Brown, K., Duff, P. and Leverick, F., 2004, A Preliminary Analysis of the Bail/Custody Decision in Relation to Female Accused, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh. [other] |
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Brown, K., Duff, P. and Leverick, F., 2004, "Tackling offending on bail: the use of aggravated sentences", Scots Law Times, pp. 73-77. |
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Leverick, F., 2004, "What has the ECHR done for victims? A United Kingdom perspective", International Review of Victimology, vol. 11, no. 2, pp. 177-200. |
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Leverick, F., 2004, "Tensions and balances, costs and rewards: the sentence discount in Scotland", Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 8, no. 3, pp. 360-388. |
2003
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Chalmers, J., Gane, C. and Leverick, F., 2003, "Partial Defences to Homicide in the Law of Scotland: A Report to the Law Commission for England and Wales", in Partial Defences to Murder: Overseas Studies, Law Commission, ed., pp. 151-183. |
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Leverick, F., 2003, "Making sense of sentence discounting: Du Plooy v HM Advocate", Scots Law Times, pp. 265-269. |
2002
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Leverick, F., 2002, "The use of force in public or private defence and Article 2: a reply to Professor Sir John Smith", Criminal Law Review, pp. 961-965. |
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Leverick, F., 2002, "Is English self-defence law incompatible with Article 2 of the ECHR?", Criminal Law Review, pp. 347-362. |
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Leverick, F., 2002, "Mistake in self-defence after Drury", Juridical Review, pp. 35-48. |
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Leverick, F., 2002, "Court culture and adjournments in criminal cases: a tale of four courts", Criminal Law Review, pp. 39-52. |
2001
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Leverick, F. and Duff, P., 2001, Adjournments of Summary Criminal Cases in the Sheriff Courts, Scottish Executive, Edinburgh. [other] |
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Leverick, F. and Duff, P., 2001, "Adjournments of summary criminal cases in the sheriff courts", Scots Law Times, pp. 225-230. |