2025
Renowned aviation and transportation law expert speaks to Queen Mary LLM students
22 October 2025
On 16 October 2025, Queen Mary alumnus and Honorary Professor Paul NG gave a fantastic career lecture to our students on the LLM in International Maritime Law programme.
The School of Law celebrate 60 years
22 October 2025
The School of Law marked its 60th Anniversary on Thursday 16 October with a celebratory event at the heart of our Mile End campus.
Professor Maks Del Mar to speak at Oxford’s Enlightenment Workshop
20 October 2025
Professor Maks Del Mar will present new work in progress as part of the Voltaire Foundation’s 2025-6 Enlightenment Workshop.
Queen Mary University of London appoints Judge Konrad Marciniak as Visiting Professor
16 October 2025
Queen Mary University of London is pleased to announce the appointment of Judge Konrad Marciniak as a Visiting Professor in the School of Law. Judge Marciniak brings a wealth of expertise in international law, with particular focus on the law of the sea, environmental law, and treaty law.
Induction Week at Queen Mary in Paris: New LLM Students Begin Their Journey
14 October 2025
Christopher Aarage and Lea Saade, Queen Mary University of London LLM in Paris class of 2026, share their experiences from their LLM Induction Week and Opening Lecture.
Dr Noam Gur spoke at a workshop on Virtue Jurisprudence held by the University of Hull
14 October 2025
The online one-day workshop on 8 September 2025 was the second of a series of workshops on the theme.
From Brandenburg to Britain: Rethinking Free Speech in the Digital Era with Eric Heinze
13 October 2025
Eric Heinze appeared on the the Hoover Institution's Free Speech Unmuted podcast to discuss how the digital age has transformed the meaning and limits of free expression.
2 years of genocide in Gaza: Has Netanyahu become Israel’s most notorious war criminal?
10 October 2025
Professor Neve Gordon was interviewed for AA on the legacy of Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
The alleged British links to mass deforestation and displacement in a conflict few have even heard of
10 October 2025
Experts from the Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice have published a piece for The Conversation about their discovery that UK banks, energy giants and arms exporters are at the heart of human rights and environmental crises in West Papua.
Dr Davor Jancic advises the UK Parliament on the UK-EU reset
22 September 2025
Dr Davor Jancic has contributed written evidence to the House of Commons Foreign Affairs Committee as part of its ongoing inquiry on “The UK-EU Reset: Rebuilding a Strategic Partnership in Uncertain Times”.
How disability can become a death sentence in Gaza today
19 September 2025
Professor Penny Green has co-authored an article with Grace Spence Green for the Middle East Eye highlighting the ever-worsening disability crisis in Gaza.
Israel Committing Genocide in Gaza: UN Commission of Inquiry Report
19 September 2025
Professor Neve Gordon spoke to Newsweek about the significance of a new UN report which adds to the growing consensus that Israel is committing genocide in Gaza Strip.
Queen Mary intellectual property expert to co-host landmark event on the future of AI patents in Europe
18 September 2025
Professor Noam Shemtov and Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI), University of London, will be co-hosting a prestigious two-day event in Stockholm, Sweden, on 18–19 September 2025: The Future of AI Patents: Navigating Europe’s Patent Landscape.
Facial recognition technology: How gardaí plan to use AI in major crime investigations
17 September 2025
Dr Daragh Murray’s research has been featured in a News Spotlight for the Irish Examiner looking at the proposed introduction of AI tools by the gardaí, the Irish national police force, to speed up investigations.
Maks Del Mar's 'Neil MacCormick' longlisted for 2025 Saltires National Book Prize
16 September 2025
The new book by Professor Maksymilian Del Mar has been long-listed for the Scotland Research Book of the Year, as part of the Saltires: Scotland National Book Awards.
Referendums in Small States and Territories
9 September 2025
Professor Caroline Morris, Queen Mary University of London, has co-authored a policy brief with Peter Clegg, University of the West of England, and Godfrey Baldacchino, L-Università ta' Malta.
Is Denmark leading Europe in the fight against deepfakes?
26 August 2025
Professor Julia Hörnle appeared on TRT World's Roundtable discussing Denmark's new draft deepfake copyright law, and whether other countries will follow suit.
How we should - and shouldn’t - ban extremist speech
20 August 2025
Professor Eric Heinze has written an essay for Gov.uk. This is part of an essay series exploring the intricate balance between protecting freedom of speech, upholding the rule of law and combating extremism.
England’s new free speech law comes into force – what it means for universities
8 August 2025
Eric Heinze wrote for The Conversation about the Higher Education Act 2023, which could change the way universities approach free speech.
Queen Mary law professor receives a Fulbright Award to the US to research Cybersecurity Governance
30 July 2025
Professor Miriam Goldby has received a Fulbright-Lloyd’s Scholar Award to enable her to undertake research at University of Texas at Austin on one of the most well-regarded and impactful scholarship programmes in the world.
Dr Noam Gur spoke at a legal theory symposium hosted by the University of Palermo
24 July 2025
The symposium was titled ‘The Limits of Authority’ and centred on the limits of authority in the context of Joseph Raz’s theory.
Queen Mary LLM Students participate in London International Disputes Week 2025
22 July 2025
Silvia Lamprinopoulou and Visalakshy Gupta (Comparative and International Dispute Resolution LLM London), and Ariane Fuller (Public International Law LLM) report on Queen Mary University of London's strong presence in the London International Disputes Week 2025, including contributions to the Kluwer Arbitration Blog.
Dr D’Alvia contributes expert legal opinion to landmark decision by Paris Supreme Court in capital markets case
21 July 2025
Dr Daniele D’Alvia was invited by the Haut Comité Juridique de la Place Financière de Paris (HCJP) to provide a comparative legal opinion on the regulation of Private Investments in Public Equity (PIPEs) and Standby Equity Distribution Agreements (SEDAs) in the UK and US.
Europe’s Crackdown on Speech Goes Far and Wide
16 July 2025
Professor Eric Heinze speaks to the Wall Street Journal on the differences between US and European views on free speech.
Professor Westkamp cited in Kraftwerk Pelham dispute
16 July 2025
Professor Guido Westkamp has been cited numerous times and with approval by AG Emilliou in Case C-590/23 (Pelham II).
Outsourcing Gaza destruction
14 July 2025
Professor Neve Gordon is quoted in The Guardian discussing the Israel Defense Forces advertising for bulldozer operators to demolish the Gaza Strip.
Queen Mary LLM Students attended AIEN 2025 International Energy Summit
9 July 2025
LLM students, Danica Jankovic, Ipek Ince and Nikolaos Tsironis from the Energy & Climate Change Law Institute, at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) attended the Association of International Energy Negotiators (AIEN)’s annual International Energy Summit, in Istanbul.
Queen Mary doctoral researcher Gertrud Metsa awarded first prize for best presentation at the 43rd ATRIP Congress in Copenhagen
On 22 June 2025 School of Law PhD student and QMIPRI research associate Gertrud Metsa was awarded first prize at doctoral workshop of the International Association for the Advancement of Teaching and Research in Intellectual Property 43rd ATRIP Congress in Copenhagen.
QMIPRI hosts workshop exploring “evergreening” in intellectual property law
2 July 2025
On 27 June, the Queen Mary Intellectual Property Research Institute (QMIPRI) had the pleasure of hosting a brilliant roundtable workshop spanning four sessions, dedicated to exploring the complex and multifaceted concept of “ever-greening” in intellectual property law.
From Gaza to Iran, Netanyahu waging wars for his own political survival: Experts
27 June 2025
Professor Neve Gordon spoke to Yeni Şafak about how Israel’s conflicts are driven Prime Minister Netanyahu's objective of political survival.
Queen Mary London and Paris LLM Students Participate in the first ICC Dispute Resolution Universities Programme
26 June 2025
Silvia Lamprinopoulou, Comparative and International Dispute Resolution (CIDR) LLM London (class 2025), Claire Berns, CIDR LLM London (class 2025), and Francois Wouter Landman, Intellectual Property Paris LLM (class 2025), report on Queen Mary University of London's participation in the first ICC Dispute Resolution training Programme for Universities.
Seminal case on 'pullback' policy submitted by Professor Violeta Moreno-Lax is decided by Strasbourg Court
26 June 2025
Seven years after receiving the complaint, the European Court of Human Rights has delivered its judgment on the case of S.S. and Others v Italy (App. No. 21660/18).
Queen Mary PhD Law candidate secures prestigious scholarship
23 June 2025
Yijia Liu was awarded the Helen Reece Scholarship by the Modern Law Review for her critical work on international child abduction in the fields of feminist legal theory and family law.
Dr Davor Jancic delivers Keynote Lectures at the Jean Monnet Academy
23 June 2025
From 4-5 June 2025, Dr Davor Jancic, Senior Lecturer in Law, was Keynote Speaker at the Jean Monnet Academy in Bazoches-sur-Guyonne (West of Paris), France, delivering two lectures on parliamentary diplomacy in Europe and the world and a workshop on threats to parliamentary democracy.
Vote to decriminalise abortion in England and Wales
20 June 2025
Professor Ruth Fletcher explained recent abortion decriminalisation proposals for England and Wales in the Conversation and on BBC 4’s The World Tonight.
Professor Duncan Matthews and Dr Hanna Ostapenko host British Academy workshop on patents and genome editing in agriculture
On Thursday 5 June 2025 Professor Duncan Matthews, Director of Research in the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), and Dr Hanna Ostapenko, British Academy/Cara Researchers At Risk Fellow in CCLS, co-hosted a workshop on the patent governance of agricultural genome editing, funded by the British Academy.
qLegal staff present at London Tech Week
19 June 2025
London Tech Week brings together the entire tech ecosystem under one roof, and qLegal staff enjoyed sharing the support available to founders across the qLegal programmes.
Queen Mary's Centre for Commercial Law Studies celebrates 45 years
18 June 2025
In 2025, the Centre for Commercial Law Studies is celebrating 45 years since its founding. On Monday 9 June 2025 members of the CCLS community from past and present gathered to celebrate this achievement and to commemorate Sir Roy Goode’s fundamental role in the existence of the Centre.
Lord Browne Essay Prize 2025 winners
18 June 2025
We are delighted to announce the winners of the Lord Browne Energy and Climate Change Law Essay Prize for 2024/25.
Maks Del Mar’s latest book chronicles the work of Scottish thinker Neil MacCormick
18 June 2025
Neil MacCormick: A Life in Politics, Philosophy, and Law tells the story of one of one of the twentieth century’s most important legal philosophers and Scotland’s most influential public intellectuals.
Hoffmann Eitle award prize for best Queen Mary LLM essay in European Law of Patents
16 June 2025
Hoffmann Eitle, one of the largest intellectual property law firms in Europe, has announced that it will be sponsoring an annual prize for best essay in LLM European Law of Patents for students studying at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS), Queen Mary University of London.
Queen Mary PhD Graduate authors new book on domestic violence in Pakistan
10 June 2025
Dr Daanika Kamal (Lecturer in Law, Royal Holloway University of London) has published a new book titled Domestic Violence in Pakistan: The Legal Construction of ‘Bad’ and ‘Mad’ Women. The book was published in May 2025 by Oxford University Press.
School of Law success at the QMSU Education Awards
2 June 2025
The School of Law came top in two categories at this year’s Queen Mary Students’ Union Education Awards.
Shaping the Future of Central Banking: Bank of England in collaboration with Queen Mary University of London
29 May 2025
On 7 May 2025, the Bank of England (Bank), in collaboration with the Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL), hosted a panel event titled “Shaping the Future of Central Banking.”
Second Imagination Research Network Annual Meeting Held
28 May 2025
20-21 May 2025 saw the second annual meeting of the Imagination Research Network. Over 2 days and across 4 workshops, Network members and guests discussed the theory and history of imagination.
Queen Mary law experts advise the UK Government on the use of artificial intelligence in financial services
27 May 2025
Queen Mary’s Professor Rosa Lastra and Dr Daniele D’Alvia have submitted written evidence to the UK Parliament’s AI in Financial Services Committee.
New edited volume presents the first workers' inquiry of the UK legal sector
21 May 2025
Dr Tanzil Chowdhury (Queen Mary) and Dr Jamie Woodcock (King's College London) have published a new edited book titled Legal Workers Inquiry: Worker Writing from Across the Sector in Britain. This is a joint research project between Queen Mary's Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context and the Socialist journal Notes from Below.
Professor Maks Del Mar to speak at Adam Smith Festival of Ideas
13 May 2025
Professor Maks Del Mar will be speaking in Kirkaldy, Adam Smith's birthplace, as part of the Adam Smith Festival of Ideas (5-8 June 2025).
Dr Daniele D’Alvia awarded funding to investigate the adoption of a Digital Euro
6 May 2025
The research, funded by the Policy Support Fund and in co-authored with the European Central Bank (ECB), will analyse the potential successes and challenges of adopting a new central bank digital currency.
Fashion Law Day Success
1 May 2025
Fashion Law Day on the 14th April commemorated the launch of our brand new Fashion Law LLM, which is the first and only LLM of its kind in the UK.
Queen Mary LLM student to present at an International Atomic Energy Agency conference
28 April 2025
Queen Mary University of London is pleased to share that Leneka Rhoden, a current Energy and Climate Change Law LLM student, has been selected to present at the International Conference on Stakeholder Engagement for Nuclear Power Programmes, hosted by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The event will take place in Vienna, Austria, 26-30 May 2025.
Facebook hosts Israeli ads promoting illegal activity
24 April 2025
Professor Neve Gordon appeared in a YouTube Short from Al Jazeera English commenting on Facebook's advertising activity and practices.
BlackRock, Vanguard and State Street are the real power behind Big Oil’s climate retreat, report finds
15 April 2025
A small group of powerful investment firms is quietly fuelling the global oil industry’s retreat from climate targets, according to a new report published today by the Centre for Climate Crime and Climate Justice at Queen Mary University of London.
Professor Lastra to deliver the Professor James Lecture in Leeds on 23 April
10 April 2025
The event is titled 'The Evolving Role of the Bank of England' and will take place on Wednesday 23 April 2025, 14:00 – 15:00.
Dr Noam Gur spoke at the University of Palermo about conflicts between law and state officials’ directives
8 April 2025
Dr Gur presented the paper ‘Obedience to Law vs Obedience to State Officials’ at the workshop ‘Authority, Obedience, and Autonomy’, which was held at the University of Palermo on 6-7 March 2025.
Queen Mary Students visit the International Maritime Organisation Legal Committee Meeting
4 April 2025
On the 25th of March, a group of LLM students from Queen Mary University of London were invited to attend the Meeting of the Legal Committee of International Maritime Organization at their London HQ. States discussed pressing issues to the law of the sea, such as human rights of abandoned sea farers.
Polluting Water and Fossil Fuel Bosses Are Being Put Under Citizen’s Arrest for Causing a ‘Public Nuisance’
4 April 2025
Professor David Whyte speaks to the Byline Times about Citizens Arrest Network's targeting of executives at UK water and oil and gas companies.
Law does not ensure 'revenge porn' images are deleted
4 April 2025
Professor Fran Ridout, Director of Queen Mary’s Legal Advice Centre, spoke to the BBC about the shortcomings of laws around ‘revenge porn’.
Welcome Professor Peter Cameron to CCLS
25 March 2025
The Centre for Commercial Law Studies is delighted to welcome Professor Peter Cameron to our academic staff as the Chair in Energy and Climate Law. Read our Q&A with Peter below to find out about his background, what excites him about joining Queen Mary, and his book recommendation for students wanting to broaden their understanding of law.
Double Success for Queen Mary at LexisNexis Legal Awards 2025
18 March 2025
Queen Mary claims victory in two categories at highly regarded event within the UK legal sector.
Big Tech shares tumble as Trump adds chaos to stock market mix
14 March 2025
Dr Daniele D'Alvia spoke to France 24 about the recent downturn of US tech giants' shares and whether US President Donald Trump is solely to blame.
Regulatory Insights: A Special Lecture and Networking Session with Chris Bates
13 March 2025
Chris Bates, Visiting Professorial Fellow at the Centre for Commercial Law Studies, Queen Mary University of London and Senior Consultant at Clifford Chance LLP, delivered a special lecture to Queen Mary Banking and Finance Law LLM students, at the invitation of Professor Rosa M. Lastra.
Climate Change - A clear and present danger
10 March 2025
The Energy and Climate Change Law Institute were delighted to welcome back Lord Browne of Maddingly to deliver the Annual Clifford Chance Lecture on its tenth anniversary.
Queen Mary launches two new LLM Programmes
5 March 2025
Queen Mary’s Centre for Commercial Law Studies has announced the launch of two new LLM Programmes in Fashion Law and AI and the Law for September 2025 start. These programmes are set to provide students with the knowledge and skills required to navigate two of the most rapidly advancing sectors in law today.
Censorship, abortion and the ‘threat within’: what a free speech expert thinks of J.D. Vance’s remarks to Europe
28 February 2025
Professor Eric Heinze has penned an opinion piece for The Conversation about US Vice President’s remarks to European leaders at the recent Munich Security Conference.
'Name Israel's Gaza genocide': International legal experts call for accountability
27 February 2025
Professor Neve Gordon and Professor Richard Falk took part in a conference organised by the Palestinian Return Centre criticising the lack of the term 'genocide' in political discussions and media coverage of Israel's war on Gaza.
UK police forces ‘supercharging racism’ with predictive policing
25 February 2025
An interview from Amnesty International with Dr Daragh Murray was featured in an article for Computer Weekly on predictive police systems in the UK.
Queen Mary becomes the first London Russell Group university to offer integrated SQE preparation as part of an LLM
24 February 2025
Queen Mary’s School of Law has announced the combination of their prestigious Master of Laws programmes with SQE preparation in partnership with legal education company, BARBRI.
Queen Mary’s Professor Maxi Scherer to be the next President of the LCIA Court
21 February 2025
The London Court of International Arbitration (LCIA) is one of the world’s leading international institutions for commercial dispute resolution.
Maksymilian Del Mar to speak on 'Kinesic Legal Humanities' at Utrecht
19 February 2025
Maksymilian Del Mar, Professor of Legal Theory and Legal Humanities, will be delivering an online lecture on 28 April 2025 to the Research Network for Culture, Law, and the Body at Utrecht University.
Elements in Legal Humanities launches
10 February 2025
Cambridge University Press has announced the launch of a new interdisciplinary series: Elements in Legal Humanities. This series is part of the Elements platform at CUP, which publishes short monographs (of no more than 30,000 words).
Dr Davor Jancic cited by the Financial Conduct Authority
5 February 2025
Dr Davor Jancic's research on the UK’s post-Brexit regulatory autonomy was cited in a Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) Research Note (no. 17, October 2024).
DeepSeek, Nvidia and the AI race that’s shaping the future
4 February 2025
Dr Daniele D’Alvia wrote a blog for The Conversation on developments in AI investment and how this will affect our everyday lives.
The problem of race positionality and research funding
4 February 2025
Dr Prakash Shah has penned an article for The Critic arguing that the racial identity of the researcher should not affect their progress in higher education.
SDF announces the launch of #PublicDebtIsPublic
28 January 2025
The Sovereign Debt Forum and Georgetown’s Massive Data Institute announce the launch of the #PublicDebtIsPublic initiative, which will create the first centrally-collated web-based sovereign debt documentation and data commons.
Deepfakes and the Law: Why Britain needs stronger protections against technology-facilitated abuse
24 January 2025
As the UK moves to outlaw sexually explicit deepfakes, Professor Julia Hörnle examines the urgent need for stronger legal protections.
qLegal encourages students to adopt a climate conscious approach to legal practice
21 January 2025
Embedding sustainability within programmes and operations to ensure qLegal’s work contributes positively to planet and society is a key focus this academic year.
Norah Gallagher spoke at a GAR Live Women in Arbitration event
6 January 2025
On 5 December 2024, Norah Gallagher took part in a panel on “International Arbitration in Energy: Key Issues and Trends".