The 2025 Seminar
The sixteenth Gerald Gordon seminar on criminal law, supported by the Clark Foundation and the Faculty of Advocates, took place on Friday 13 June 2025 on the University of Glasgow campus, when the following papers were presented:
- Dr Andrew Cornford (Edinburgh): “Controlling prosecution decisions"
- Dr Rachel Ferguson (Glasgow Caledonian): “Sexual offences against children in the practice of the criminal law”
- Dr Kate Leader (Queen Mary): “Defendants as victims: a scoping study of vulnerability, victimhood and safeguards from charge to conviction"
- Dr Rachel McPherson (Glasgow): “The use of non harassment orders in sentencing domestic abuse"
- Tania Nascimento (Strathclyde): "The emotion work of restorative justice facilitators"
- Professor David Ormerod (UCL): "The Independent Review of Criminal Courts - Phase 1"
- Chris Vannart (Dundee): "Exploring Scottish criminal procedure from the forgiving victim's perspective"