School of Law hosts “Adversarialism, Voice & Participation in the Criminal Process” Conference

From 22-23 June 2023, the School of Law at the University of Limerick was delighted to host a major, international conference entitled, “Adversarialism, Voice and Participation in the Criminal Process”.

The event, which was organised by Dr. Alan Cusack, formed part of ‘Mapping the Changing Face of Cross Examination’, a cross-institutional Nottingham Trent and University of Nottingham research project funded by the Nuffield Foundation and hosted by the School of Law at the University of Limerick, and it provided a unique forum for academics and practitioners to share their understandings and experiences of witness participation and ‘voice’ within the context of an adversarial criminal justice system.

Keynote speakers at the event included Lord Beckett (Supreme Court, Scotland), Justice Úna Ní Raifeartaigh (Court of Appeal, Ireland), Justice Paul McDermott (High Court, Ireland), HHJ Sarah Whitehouse KC (Circuit Judge, England) and Professor John Jackson (University of Nottingham) & Professor Jonathan Doak (Nottingham Trent University).

Copies of the presentations from the conference are available online.