Professor Fiona Leverick

  • Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice (School of Law)

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

Room 406, Stair Building, 5-10 The Square, Glasgow G12 8QQ

ORCID iDhttps://orcid.org/0000-0001-5245-9874

Biography

Fiona Leverick has been the Professor of Criminal Law and Criminal Justice at the University of Glasgow since 2013. She joined the Law School in 2007 as a senior lecturer, having previously worked at the University of Aberdeen. She is currently (jointly with James Chalmers) REF Champion for the School of Law. 

Fiona Leverick’s research interests lie in the areas of criminal law, criminal procedure, criminal evidence and criminal justice. She has undertaken a major study of mock jury decision making for the Scottish Government (with Ipsos MORI Scotland, James Chalmers and Vanessa Munro), which reported in October 2019. Other recent research projects include Resorting to Crime: The Practice of Criminalisation (a project investigating patterns of criminal offence creation from the 1950s to the present day) and Post-Corroboration Safeguards (a project exploring the causes of wrongful conviction and the safeguards that might be necessary to introduce in Scots law following the abolition of the requirement for corroboration in criminal cases). 

Fiona Leverick has authored three books on criminal law: The fourth edition of Gerald Gordon’s The Criminal Law of Scotland (with James Chalmers, SULI/W. Green, 2017); Killing in Self-Defence (Oxford University Press, 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 evidence, criminal justice or criminal procedure. 

More information about Fiona Leverick and her ongoing and completed research projects can be found on the Glasgow criminal law and criminal justice web pages.

Research interests

I am interested in all aspects of criminal law, criminal justice, criminal evidence and criminal procedure, but especially interested in the prevention of and responses to wrongful conviction, jury decision making, and modern and historical patterns of criminal offence creation. Further details about my past and ongoing research projects in these areas can be found on the Glasgow criminal law and criminal justice web pages.

I would be happy to supervise research students in any of these areas. Please do get in touch if you wish to discuss a proposal with me.

Publications

Selected publications

Leverick, F. (2020) What do we know about rape myths and juror decision making? International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 24(3), pp. 255-279. (doi: 10.1177/1365712720923157)

Ormston, R. , Chalmers, J. , Leverick, F. , Munro, V. and Murray, L. (2019) Scottish Jury Research: Findings from a Large Scale Mock Jury Study. Other. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2018) Methods of Conveying Information to Jurors: An Evidence Review. Other. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2018) Criminal law in the shadows: creating offences in delegated legislation. Legal Studies, 38(2), pp. 221-241. (doi: 10.1017/lst.2017.18)

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2017) A Comparative Analysis of Hate Crime Legislation: A Report to the Hate Crime Legislation Review. Other. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

All publications

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2020

Chalmers, J. , Leverick, F. , Munro, V.E. , Murray, L. and Ormston, R. (2020) Three distinctive features, but what is the difference? Key findings from the Scottish Jury Project. Criminal Law Review, (Accepted for Publication)

Leverick, F. (2020) What do we know about rape myths and juror decision making? International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 24(3), pp. 255-279. (doi: 10.1177/1365712720923157)

2019

Callander, I. and Leverick, F. (2019) The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission and the Appeal Court at 20 years: relationship status – it’s complicated? Juridical Review, 2019(4), pp. 287-307.

Ormston, R. , Chalmers, J. , Leverick, F. , Munro, V. and Murray, L. (2019) Scottish Jury Research: Findings from a Large Scale Mock Jury Study. Other. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

Ormston, R. , Chalmers, J. , Leverick, F. , Munro, V. and Murray, L. (2019) Scottish Jury Research: Summary of Findings from a Mock Jury Study. Other. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

2018

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2018) Criminal law in the shadows: creating offences in delegated legislation. Legal Studies, 38(2), pp. 221-241. (doi: 10.1017/lst.2017.18)

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2018) Methods of Conveying Information to Jurors: An Evidence Review. Other. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2018) Methods of Conveying Information to Jurors: An Evidence Review - Research Findings. Other. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

2017

Leverick, F. , Campbell, K. and Callander, I. (2017) Post-conviction review: questions of innocence, independence and necessity. Stetson Law Review, 47(1), pp. 45-84.

Chalmers, J. , Leverick, F. and Stark, S. W. (2017) The process of criminal evidence law reform in Scotland: what can we learn? In: Duff, P. R. and Ferguson, P. R. (eds.) Scottish Criminal Evidence Law: Current Developments and Future Trends. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 194-223. ISBN 9781474414760

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2017) A Comparative Analysis of Hate Crime Legislation: A Report to the Hate Crime Legislation Review. Other. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. eds. (2017) The Criminal Law of Scotland, 4th Edition, Volume II. Series: SULI. W. Green. ISBN 9780414057463

2016

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2016) How should we go about jury research in Scotland? Criminal Law Review, 2016(10), pp. 697-713.

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2016) Jury research in Scotland: a rejoinder. Criminal Law Review, 2016(12), pp. 924-930.

Leverick, F. (2016) Jury instructions on eyewitness identification evidence: a re-evaluation. Creighton Law Review, 49(3), pp. 555-588.

2015

Chalmers, J. , Leverick, F. and Shaw, A. (2015) Is formal criminalisation really on the rise? Evidence from the 1950s. Criminal Law Review, 2015(3), pp. 177-191.

Leverick, F. (2015) "Legal history" in the Making: HM Advocate v Sinclair and the Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011. Edinburgh Law Review, 19(3), pp. 403-408. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2015.0303)

2014

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2014) Quantifying criminalization. In: Duff, R.A., Farmer, L., Marshall, S.E., Renzo, M. and Tadros, V. (eds.) Criminalization: The Political Morality of the Criminal Law. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 54-79. ISBN 9780198726357 (doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198726357.003.0002)

Chalmers, J. , Leverick, F. and Shaw, A. (Eds.) (2014) Post-Corroboration Safeguards Review Report of the Academic Expert Group. Scottish Government: Edinburgh.

Leverick, F. (2014) Jury directions. In: Chalmers, J., Leverick, F. and Shaw, A. (eds.) Post-Corroboration Safeguards Review Report of the Academic Expert Group. The Scottish Government: Edinburgh, pp. 101-117.

Leverick, F. and Chalmers, J. (2014) Causes of wrongful conviction. In: Chalmers, J., Leverick, F. and Shaw, A. (eds.) Post-Corroboration Safeguards Review Report of the Academic Expert Group. The Scottish Government: Edinburgh, pp. 30-43.

Leverick, F. (2014) Sentence discounting for guilty pleas: an argument for certainty over discretion. Criminal Law Review(5), pp. 338-349.

2013

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2013) Scotland: twice as much criminal law as England? Edinburgh Law Review, 17(3), pp. 376-381. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2013.0172)

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2013) Majority jury verdicts. Edinburgh Law Review, 17(1), pp. 90-96. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2013.0139)

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2013) Tracking the creation of criminal offences. Criminal Law Review, 2013, pp. 543-560.

Leverick, F. (2013) Participation in crime under Scots law: the doctrine of art and part. In: Bohlander, M. and Reed, A. (eds.) Participation in Crime: Domestic, Comparative and International Perspectives. Series: Substantive issues in criminal law. Ashgate: Farnham, UK, pp. 241-258. ISBN 9781409453451

Leverick, F. (2013) The rise and fall of the sentence discount. Scots Law Times, pp. 259-264.

Leverick, F. and Stark, F. (2013) Scotland: a plea for consistency. In: Thaman, S.C. (ed.) Exclusionary Rules in Comparative Law. Series: Lus gentium: comparative prespectives on law and justic (20). Springer: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 69-92. ISBN 9789400753471

2012

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2012) 'Substantial and radical change': A new dawn for Scottish criminal procedure. Modern Law Review, 75(5), pp. 837-864. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2230.2012.00926.x)

Leverick, F. (2012) The (art and) parting of the ways: joint criminal liability for homicide. Scots Law Times, 37, pp. 227-231.

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

2011

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

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

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

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

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

2010

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

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. (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. (doi: 10.3366/E1364980910001381)

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.

Leverick, F. , Chalmers, J. , Armstrong, S. and McNeill, F. (2010) Part of the establishment? A decade of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. Scots Law Times(27), pp. 147-151.

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. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2010.0305)

2009

Leverick, F. , Chalmers, J. , Armstrong, S. and McNeill, F. (2009) Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission: 10th Anniversary Research. Project Report. Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, Glasgow, UK.

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. (doi: 10.3366/E1364980908001170)

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

2008

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2008) Fair labelling in criminal law. Modern Law Review, 71(2), pp. 217-246. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2230.2008.00689.x)

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

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.

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. (doi: 10.3366/E1364980908000449)

2007

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. Project Report. Scottish Executive, Edinburgh, UK.

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.

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

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

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

Leverick, F. (2007) Counting the ways of becoming a primary victim: Anderson v Christian Salvesen. Edinburgh Law Review, 11(2), pp. 258-264. (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. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2007.11.3.426)

Leverick, F. , Chalmers, J. and Duff, P. (2007) The Pilot Victim Statement Schemes in Scotland. Project Report. Scottish Executive, Edinburgh, UK.

2006

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2006) Criminal Defences and Pleas in Bar of Trial. W. Green/Scottish Universities Law Institute: Edinburgh. ISBN 9780414015210

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

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

2005

Chalmers, J. , Gane, C. and Leverick, F. (2005) Introduction. In: Mackenzie, G. (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 [reprint of the 1678 ed.]. Lawbook Exchange: Clark, NJ, USA, iii-xxiii. ISBN 9781584776055

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2005) General defences. In: Stoddart, C.N. (ed.) Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia: Criminal Law [reissue]. LexisNexis Butterworths: Edinburgh, Scotland, pp. 195-205.

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.

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

Leverick, F. (2004) Tensions and balances, costs and rewards: the sentence discount in Scotland. Edinburgh Law Review, 8(3), pp. 360-388. (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: A Report to the Law Commission for England and Wales. Project Report. Law Commission, London, UK.

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

2002

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

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

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.

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.

2001

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

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Articles

Chalmers, J. , Leverick, F. , Munro, V.E. , Murray, L. and Ormston, R. (2020) Three distinctive features, but what is the difference? Key findings from the Scottish Jury Project. Criminal Law Review, (Accepted for Publication)

Leverick, F. (2020) What do we know about rape myths and juror decision making? International Journal of Evidence and Proof, 24(3), pp. 255-279. (doi: 10.1177/1365712720923157)

Callander, I. and Leverick, F. (2019) The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission and the Appeal Court at 20 years: relationship status – it’s complicated? Juridical Review, 2019(4), pp. 287-307.

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2018) Criminal law in the shadows: creating offences in delegated legislation. Legal Studies, 38(2), pp. 221-241. (doi: 10.1017/lst.2017.18)

Leverick, F. , Campbell, K. and Callander, I. (2017) Post-conviction review: questions of innocence, independence and necessity. Stetson Law Review, 47(1), pp. 45-84.

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2016) How should we go about jury research in Scotland? Criminal Law Review, 2016(10), pp. 697-713.

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2016) Jury research in Scotland: a rejoinder. Criminal Law Review, 2016(12), pp. 924-930.

Leverick, F. (2016) Jury instructions on eyewitness identification evidence: a re-evaluation. Creighton Law Review, 49(3), pp. 555-588.

Chalmers, J. , Leverick, F. and Shaw, A. (2015) Is formal criminalisation really on the rise? Evidence from the 1950s. Criminal Law Review, 2015(3), pp. 177-191.

Leverick, F. (2015) "Legal history" in the Making: HM Advocate v Sinclair and the Double Jeopardy (Scotland) Act 2011. Edinburgh Law Review, 19(3), pp. 403-408. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2015.0303)

Leverick, F. (2014) Sentence discounting for guilty pleas: an argument for certainty over discretion. Criminal Law Review(5), pp. 338-349.

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2013) Scotland: twice as much criminal law as England? Edinburgh Law Review, 17(3), pp. 376-381. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2013.0172)

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2013) Majority jury verdicts. Edinburgh Law Review, 17(1), pp. 90-96. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2013.0139)

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2013) Tracking the creation of criminal offences. Criminal Law Review, 2013, pp. 543-560.

Leverick, F. (2013) The rise and fall of the sentence discount. Scots Law Times, pp. 259-264.

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2012) 'Substantial and radical change': A new dawn for Scottish criminal procedure. Modern Law Review, 75(5), pp. 837-864. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2230.2012.00926.x)

Leverick, F. (2012) The (art and) parting of the ways: joint criminal liability for homicide. Scots Law Times, 37, pp. 227-231.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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. (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. (doi: 10.3366/E1364980910001381)

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.

Leverick, F. , Chalmers, J. , Armstrong, S. and McNeill, F. (2010) Part of the establishment? A decade of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission. Scots Law Times(27), pp. 147-151.

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. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2010.0305)

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. (doi: 10.3366/E1364980908001170)

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

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2008) Fair labelling in criminal law. Modern Law Review, 71(2), pp. 217-246. (doi: 10.1111/j.1468-2230.2008.00689.x)

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

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

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. (doi: 10.3366/E1364980908000449)

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.

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

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

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

Leverick, F. (2007) Counting the ways of becoming a primary victim: Anderson v Christian Salvesen. Edinburgh Law Review, 11(2), pp. 258-264. (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. (doi: 10.3366/elr.2007.11.3.426)

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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.

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.

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

Books

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. eds. (2017) The Criminal Law of Scotland, 4th Edition, Volume II. Series: SULI. W. Green. ISBN 9780414057463

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2006) Criminal Defences and Pleas in Bar of Trial. W. Green/Scottish Universities Law Institute: Edinburgh. ISBN 9780414015210

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

Book Sections

Chalmers, J. , Leverick, F. and Stark, S. W. (2017) The process of criminal evidence law reform in Scotland: what can we learn? In: Duff, P. R. and Ferguson, P. R. (eds.) Scottish Criminal Evidence Law: Current Developments and Future Trends. Edinburgh University Press: Edinburgh, pp. 194-223. ISBN 9781474414760

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2014) Quantifying criminalization. In: Duff, R.A., Farmer, L., Marshall, S.E., Renzo, M. and Tadros, V. (eds.) Criminalization: The Political Morality of the Criminal Law. Oxford University Press: Oxford, pp. 54-79. ISBN 9780198726357 (doi:10.1093/acprof:oso/9780198726357.003.0002)

Leverick, F. (2014) Jury directions. In: Chalmers, J., Leverick, F. and Shaw, A. (eds.) Post-Corroboration Safeguards Review Report of the Academic Expert Group. The Scottish Government: Edinburgh, pp. 101-117.

Leverick, F. and Chalmers, J. (2014) Causes of wrongful conviction. In: Chalmers, J., Leverick, F. and Shaw, A. (eds.) Post-Corroboration Safeguards Review Report of the Academic Expert Group. The Scottish Government: Edinburgh, pp. 30-43.

Leverick, F. (2013) Participation in crime under Scots law: the doctrine of art and part. In: Bohlander, M. and Reed, A. (eds.) Participation in Crime: Domestic, Comparative and International Perspectives. Series: Substantive issues in criminal law. Ashgate: Farnham, UK, pp. 241-258. ISBN 9781409453451

Leverick, F. and Stark, F. (2013) Scotland: a plea for consistency. In: Thaman, S.C. (ed.) Exclusionary Rules in Comparative Law. Series: Lus gentium: comparative prespectives on law and justic (20). Springer: Dordrecht, The Netherlands, pp. 69-92. ISBN 9789400753471

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. (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

Chalmers, J. , Gane, C. and Leverick, F. (2005) Introduction. In: Mackenzie, G. (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 [reprint of the 1678 ed.]. Lawbook Exchange: Clark, NJ, USA, iii-xxiii. ISBN 9781584776055

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2005) General defences. In: Stoddart, C.N. (ed.) Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia: Criminal Law [reissue]. LexisNexis Butterworths: Edinburgh, Scotland, pp. 195-205.

Edited Books

Chalmers, J. , Leverick, F. and Shaw, A. (Eds.) (2014) Post-Corroboration Safeguards Review Report of the Academic Expert Group. Scottish Government: Edinburgh.

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

Research Reports or Papers

Ormston, R. , Chalmers, J. , Leverick, F. , Munro, V. and Murray, L. (2019) Scottish Jury Research: Findings from a Large Scale Mock Jury Study. Other. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

Ormston, R. , Chalmers, J. , Leverick, F. , Munro, V. and Murray, L. (2019) Scottish Jury Research: Summary of Findings from a Mock Jury Study. Other. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2018) Methods of Conveying Information to Jurors: An Evidence Review. Other. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2018) Methods of Conveying Information to Jurors: An Evidence Review - Research Findings. Other. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

Chalmers, J. and Leverick, F. (2017) A Comparative Analysis of Hate Crime Legislation: A Report to the Hate Crime Legislation Review. Other. Scottish Government, Edinburgh.

Leverick, F. , Chalmers, J. , Armstrong, S. and McNeill, F. (2009) Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission: 10th Anniversary Research. Project Report. Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, Glasgow, UK.

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. Project Report. Scottish Executive, Edinburgh, UK.

Leverick, F. , Chalmers, J. and Duff, P. (2007) The Pilot Victim Statement Schemes in Scotland. Project Report. Scottish Executive, Edinburgh, UK.

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. Project Report. Law Commission, London, UK.

Conference Proceedings

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, Washington DC, July 25 - August 1 2010,

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Grants

Professor Leverick has been awarded the following grants:

2019

£3,000 from the Clark Foundation for Legal Education to hold the 12th annual Sir Gerald Gordon Seminar in Criminal Law (with James Chalmers, Lindsay Farmer and Micheal O'Floinn).

2018

£2,483.69 from the Clark Foundation for Legal Education to hold the 11th annual Sir Gerald Gordon Seminar in Criminal Law (with James Chalmers and Lindsay Farmer).

2017

£496,970 from the Scottish Government for a study of mock jury decision making (led by Ipsos Mori, with James Chalmers and Vanessa Munro of the University of Warwick).

£29,199 from the Scottish Government to undertake research into hate crime legislation (with James Chalmers).

£3,500.56 from the Clark Foundation for Legal Education to hold the tenth annual Sir Gerald Gordon Seminar in Criminal Law (with James Chalmers and Lindsay Farmer).

2016

£2,088.13 from the Clark Foundation for Legal Education to hold the ninth annual Sir Gerald Gordon Seminar in Criminal Law (with James Chalmers and Lindsay Farmer).

2015

£2,088.08 from the Clark Foundation for Legal Education to hold the eighth annual Sir Gerald Gordon Seminar in Criminal Law (with James Chalmers and Lindsay Farmer).

2014

£41,646 from the Scottish Government to investigate safeguards against wrongful conviction following the abolition of the requirement for corroboration (with James Chalmers and others).

£2,136.87 from the Clark Foundation for Legal Education to hold the seventh annual Sir Gerald Gordon Seminar in Criminal Law (with James Chalmers and Lindsay Farmer).

2013

£1,771.86 from the Clark Foundation for Legal Education to hold the sixth annual Sir Gerald Gordon Seminar in Criminal Law (with James Chalmers and Lindsay Farmer).

2012

£6,943 from the Clark Foundation for Legal Education to hold a public lecture and the fifth annual Sir Gerald Gordon Seminar in Criminal Law (with James Chalmers and Lindsay Farmer).

2011

£1,250 from the Clark Foundation for Legal Education to hold the fourth annual Sir Gerald Gordon Seminar in Criminal Law (with James Chalmers and Lindsay Farmer).

2010

£1,000 from the Clark Foundation for Legal Education to hold the third annual Sir Gerald Gordon Seminar in Criminal Law (with James Chalmers and Lindsay Farmer).

2008

£29,990 from the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission to evaluate its first ten years of operation (June 2008 to April 2009) (with James Chalmers, Sarah Armstrong and Fergus McNeill).

£7,875 from the Clark Foundation for Legal Education to hold a public lecture, publish a Festschrift in honour of Sir Gerald Gordon and hold the inaugural and second Sir Gerald Gordon Seminar in Criminal Law (with James Chalmers and Lindsay Farmer).

2004

£94,900 from the (then) Scottish Executive to evaluate and monitor the reforms of the High Court arising from the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) (Scotland) Act 2004 (with James Chalmers and Peter Duff of the University of Aberdeen).

2003

£99,420 from the (then) Scottish Executive to evaluate the pilot victim statement schemes in Scotland (with James Chalmers and Peter Duff of the University of Aberdeen).

Supervision

Research Students - under supervision

Grant Barclay, Exploring the Reactive Defences of Necessity and Coercion in Scots Law

Elaine Ferguson, The Preventive Detention of High-Risk Mentally Disordered Offenders: A Critical Analysis of Scots Law

Holly McKenna, A Critical Evaluation of the Fairness of Rape Trials by Jury in Scotland and anAssessment of the Potential Need for A Selection Procedure for Jury Members

Peter Reid, A Human Rights Based Approach to Scots Criminal Justice: Corroboration and the Effective Prosecution of Sexual Offences

Kimberly Shindel, Evolution of Law and Science: An Analysis of the Potential Interplay between PrEP and the Criminalization of HIV/AIDS Exposure and Transmission'

Research Students - completed 

Corsino San Miguel, Rethinking Ignorance of the Law: Trust and the Epistemic Conditions of Responsibility (PhD, 2019).

Javier Eduardo Velásquez Valenzuela, Doing Justice: Sentencing Practices in Scottish Sheriff Courts (PhD, 2018).

Isla Callander, Improving the Statutory Regulation of Consensual Sexual Behaviour Between Adolescents in Scotland (PhD, 2017).

Karen Nicol, Plea Bargaining in International Criminal Courts: Dealing with the Devil (LLM by Research, 2016).

Andreas Kangur, Can Rules of Criminal Evidence be Devised that would be Uniform across Jurisdictions? (PhD, 2015).

Gasem Al-Own, The UN Security Council’s Assets- Freezing against Suspected Terrorists: Legality and Procedural Fairness in the UN, EU and UK and Lessons for Jordan (PhD, 2015).

Jenny Scott, From Presence to Participation: The Role of the Juror Re-imagined (PhD, 2014).

Louis Capaldi, Legal Assistance and the Protection of Suspects in a Post-Cadder World (LLM by Research, 2014).

Christine Kelly, Criminalisation of Children in Scotland 1840-1910 (PhD, 2012).

I am happy to supervise research students in any area of criminal justice, criminal evidence or criminal procedure. Please do get in touch if you wish to discuss a proposal with me.

Teaching

Criminal law and evidence (level 1) – an introductory course covering the basic concepts of Scottish criminal law and the rules of evidence.

Criminal justice (level 3) – an advanced course, covering all aspects of the Scottish criminal justice system from prosecution to appeals. We also examine a number of topical issues in criminal justice, such as the use of juries in criminal cases and the prosecution of sexual offences.

Wrongful conviction (level 4) - an advanced course examining the causes of wrongful conviction and how these might be addressed.

External engagement

Events with practitioners

  • 2018 (Concluded): Speaker at Scottish Law Commission seminar on reform of the law of homicide, University of Strathclyde (Presentation - art and part liability in homicide cases)
  • 2018 (Concluded): Briefed Judicial Institute on research into improving jury communications, Edinburgh (joint presentation with James Chalmers)
  • 2017 (Concluded): Delivered CPD session for British Transport Police/Scottish Government on 'Introduction to Scottish Criminal Law, Processes and Institutions' in Glasgow
  • 2015 (Concluded): Co-delivered one day programme of CPD (with members of Scottish Centre for Crime and Justice Research)

Consultations

  • 2018 (Ongoing): Appointed to the advisory group for the Scottish Law Commission’s project on homicide
  • 2019 (Concluded): Presented findings of jury research to Dorrain Review (Improving the Management of Sexual Offence Cases), Edinburgh (with James Chalmers, Vanessa Munro)
  • 2017 (Concluded): Gave evidence to the Justice Committee on the Offensive Behaviour at Football and Threatening Communications (Repeal) (Scotland) Bill
  • 2016 (Concluded): Research cited in Court of Appeals, Carey v HM Advocate [2016] HCJAC 10 at para 29.
  • 2015 (Concluded): Submitted written evidence to the Criminal Verdicts (Scotland) Bill consultation which was quoted in the Justice Committee Stage 1 report (with James Chalmers). Quoted at length at paras 34, 42 and 55 of the Justice Committee’s report.