School of Law

Dr Fiona Leverick

  • Senior Lecturer (Law)

telephone: 6091
email: Fiona.Leverick@glasgow.ac.uk


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 (especially appeals and plea bargaining).  Along with Peter Duff and James Chalmers, she has undertaken several research projects for the Scottish Government, including an assessment of the impact of reforms in High Court procedure and an evaluation of the pilot victim statement schemes. In addition, with James Chalmers, she has recently completed research into the first ten years of operation of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission.  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, criminal justice 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.


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Number of items: 44.

2012

Leverick, F. (2012) Sentence discounting for guilty pleas: a question of guidelines. Edinburgh Law Review, 16 (2). pp. 233-238. ISSN 1364-9809

2011

Leverick, F. (2011) The Supreme Court's role in Scottish criminal matters. Counsel, Nov . pp. 27-28. ISSN 0268-3784

Leverick, F. (2011) The right to legal assistance during detention. Edinburgh Law Review, 15 (3). pp. 352-380. ISSN 1364-9809 (doi:10.3366/elr.2011.0057)

Chalmers, J., and Leverick, Fiona (2011) When should a retrial be permitted after a conviction is quashed on appeal? Modern Law Review, 74 (5). pp. 721-749. ISSN 0026-7961

Leverick, F. (2011) Breach of the peace after Smith v Donnelly. Scots Law Times, 2011 (34). pp. 257-262. ISSN 0036-908X

Leverick, F. (2011) The Supreme Court strikes back. Edinburgh Law Review, 15 (2). pp. 287-292. ISSN 1364-9809 (doi:10.3366/elr.2011.0031)

2010

Chalmers, J, Leverick, Fiona and Farmer, Lindsay, (Eds.) (2010) Essays in Criminal Law in Honour of Sir Gerald Gordon. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh. ISBN 9780748640706

Leverick, F (2010) Plea-bargaining in Scotland: the rise of managerialism and the fall of due process. In: Thaman, S (ed.) World Plea Bargaining: Consensual Procedures and the Avoidance of the Full Criminal Trial. Carolina Academic Press, Durham, NC, pp. 125-158. ISBN 978-1-59460-573-4

Leverick, F, and Chalmers, J (2010) The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission and its referrals to the Appeal Court: the first ten years. Criminal Law Review, 8 . pp. 608-622. ISSN 0011-135X

Leverick, F, Chalmers, J, Armstrong, Sarah , and McNeill, Fergus (2010) Part of the establishment? A decade of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. Scots Law Times (27). pp. 67-71. ISSN 0036-908X

Leverick, F, and Stark, F (2010) Illegally obtained evidence and Scots law: a fair balance? In: XVIIIth International Congress of the International Academy of Comparative Law, July 25 - August 1 2010, Washington DC.

Leverick, F. (2010) Margaret L Ross and James P Chalmers, 'Walker and Walker, The Law of Evidence in Scotland' (3rd edn): Review. Edinburgh Law Review, 14 (3). pp. 540-541. ISSN 1364-9809 (doi:10.3366/elr.2010.0321)

Leverick, F. (2010) The right to legal advice during detention: HM Advocate v McLean. Edinburgh Law Review, 14 (2). pp. 300-305. ISSN 1364-9809 (doi:10.3366/E1364980910001381)

Leverick, F., and Stark, F. (2010) How do you solve a problem like entrapment? Jones and Doyle v HM Advocate. Edinburgh Law Review, 14 (3). pp. 467-472. ISSN 1364-9809 (doi:10.3366/elr.2010.0305)

2009

Leverick, Fiona, Chalmers, J, Armstrong, Sarah , and McNeill, Fergus (2009) Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission: 10th Anniversary Research. Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, Glasgow.

Leverick, F. (2009) R.A. Duff, 'Answering for Crime: Responsibility and Liability in the Criminal Law': Review. Edinburgh Law Review, 13 (1). pp. 163-165. ISSN 1364-9809 (doi:10.3366/E1364980908001170)

Leverick, F. (2009) Unreasonable mistake in self-defence: Lieser v HM Advocate. Edinburgh Law Review, 13 (1). pp. 100-104. ISSN 1364-9809 (doi:10.3366/E1364980908000978)

2008

Chalmers, J, and Leverick, F (2008) Fair Labelling in Criminal Law. Modern Law Review, 71 (2). pp. 217-246. ISSN 0026-7961

Gertz, R, Leverick F, , and McLean S, (2008) Alcoholism and Criminal Liability. Juridical Review (3). pp. 171-191. ISSN 0022-6785

Leverick, F (2008) Criminal justice system: Scotland. In: Cane, P and Conaghan, J (eds.) The New Oxford Companion to Law. Series: Oxford Companions . Oxford University Press, pp. 273-274. ISBN 978-0-19-929054-3

Leverick, F (2008) Sentence following a guilty plea: Spence v HM Advocate and Leonard v Houston. Scots Law Times (8). pp. 43-47. ISSN 0036908X

Leverick, F. (2008) Sentencing guidelines under section 118(7): Lin v HM Advocate and Spence v HM Advocate. Edinburgh Law Review, 12 (2). pp. 307-311. ISSN 1364-9809 (doi:10.3366/E1364980908000449)

2007

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 (May). pp. 360-379. ISSN 0011-135X

Chalmers, J, Duff, P, and Leverick, F (2007) The pilot victim statement scheme in Scotland. Scots Law Times, 16 . pp. 103-107. ISSN 0036-908X

Chalmers, J, Duff, P, Leverick, F , and Melvin, Y (2007) The High Court ('Bonomy') reforms: an evaluation. Scots Law Times, 24 . pp. 173-178. ISSN 0036-908X

Chalmers, J., and Leverick, F. (2007) Murder through the looking glass: Gillon v HM Advocate. Edinburgh Law Review, 11 (2). pp. 230-236. ISSN 1364-9809 (doi:10.3366/elr.2007.11.2.230)

Leverick, F (2007) Defending self-defence. Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 27 (3). pp. 563-579. ISSN 0143-6503

Leverick, F. (2007) Counting the ways of becoming a primary victim: Anderson v Christian Salvesen. Edinburgh Law Review, 11 (2). pp. 258-264. ISSN 1364-9809 (doi:10.3366/elr.2007.11.2.258)

Leverick, F. (2007) The return of the unreasonable jury: Rooney v HM Advocate. Edinburgh Law Review, 11 (3). pp. 426-430. ISSN 1364-9809 (doi:10.3366/elr.2007.11.3.426)

2006

Chalmers, J., and Leverick, F. (2006) Criminal Defences and Pleas in Bar of Trial. Routledge, London. ISBN 9780414015210

Leverick, F (2006) Plea and confession bargaining in Scotland. Electronic Journal of Comparative Law, 10 (3). ISSN 1387-3091

Leverick, F. (2006) Killing in Self-Defence. Oxford University Press, Oxford. ISBN 019928346X

2005

Chalmers, J, and Leverick, F (2005) General Defences. In: Stoddart, C. (ed.) The Laws of Scotland: Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia :Criminal Law Reissue. Stair Society, Edinburgh, pp. 195-205. ISBN 040697196X

Chalmers, J., Gane, C., and Leverick, F. (2005) Introduction [to the 2005 reprint]. In: Mackenzie, Sir George (ed.) The Laws And Customes Of Scotland, In Matters Criminal: Wherein To Be Seen How The Civil Law, And The Laws And Customs Of Other Nations Do Agree With, And Supply Ours [1678]. Lawbook Exchange, iii-xxiii. ISBN 9781584776055

2004

Brown, K, Duff, P, and Leverick, F (2004) Tackling offending on bail: the use of aggravated sentences. Scots Law Times (12). pp. 73-77. ISSN 0036-908X

Leverick, F (2004) What has the ECHR done for victims? A United Kingdom perspective. International Review of Victimology, 11 ( ). pp. 177-200. ISSN 0269-7580

Leverick, F. (2004) Tensions and balances, costs and rewards: the sentence discount in Scotland. Edinburgh Law Review, 8 (3). pp. 360-388. ISSN 1364-9809 (doi:10.3366/elr.2004.8.3.360)

2003

Chalmers, J, Gane, C, and Leverick, F (2003) Partial Defences to Homicide in the Law of Scotland. In: Partial Defences to Murder: Overseas Studies. Series: Law Commission Working Paper No. 173 (Appendices) . Law Commission, pp. 151-183.

Leverick, F (2003) Making sense of sentence discounting: Du Plooy v HM Advocate. Scots Law Times (35). pp. 267-271. ISSN 0036908X

2002

Leverick, F (2002) Is English self-defence law incompatible with Article 2 of the ECHR? Criminal Law Review (May). pp. 347-362. ISSN 0011-135X

Leverick, F (2002) Mistake in self-defence after Drury. Juridical Review (1). pp. 35-48. ISSN 0022-6785

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 (Dec). pp. 963-967. ISSN 0011-135X

Leverick, F, and Duff, P. (2002) Court culture and adjournments in criminal cases: a tale of four courts. Criminal Law Review (Jan). pp. 39-52. ISSN 0011-135X

2001

Leverick, F, and Duff, P (2001) Adjournments of summary criminal cases in the sheriff courts. Scots Law Times (26). pp. 225-230. ISSN 0036-908X

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