CRWerren
@crwerren.bsky.social
Lecturer in Criminology at UEA; Research on law, policing & protest; (she/her)
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Come work with me, in this beautiful listed building* alongside some really cracking Criminology colleagues**
#LAWJOBS
#CRIMINOLOGYJOBS
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
* it doesn't look like that all year round obviously...today it's like a monsoon has hit
** & supposedly the ghost too
#LAWJOBS
#CRIMINOLOGYJOBS
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
* it doesn't look like that all year round obviously...today it's like a monsoon has hit
** & supposedly the ghost too
November 14, 2025 at 12:22 PM
Come work with me, in this beautiful listed building* alongside some really cracking Criminology colleagues**
#LAWJOBS
#CRIMINOLOGYJOBS
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
* it doesn't look like that all year round obviously...today it's like a monsoon has hit
** & supposedly the ghost too
#LAWJOBS
#CRIMINOLOGYJOBS
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/19...
* it doesn't look like that all year round obviously...today it's like a monsoon has hit
** & supposedly the ghost too
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Really interesting reading here. I think we need to see this as part of a broader pattern with law increasingly being deployed to performative ends not just in relation to legal letters, but also the act of legislating and the claim of 'legality' or 'illegality' as an artefact of political debate.
NEW
Performative Litigation Letters
How certain lawyer letters are intended for news and social media consumption
By me, on the legal threats of Truss and now Trump
emptycity.substack.com/p/performati...
Performative Litigation Letters
How certain lawyer letters are intended for news and social media consumption
By me, on the legal threats of Truss and now Trump
emptycity.substack.com/p/performati...
November 13, 2025 at 12:08 PM
Really interesting reading here. I think we need to see this as part of a broader pattern with law increasingly being deployed to performative ends not just in relation to legal letters, but also the act of legislating and the claim of 'legality' or 'illegality' as an artefact of political debate.
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A bonus snippet for those interested in the policing of protest and government trends towards greater police powers and more punitive restrictions:
"[There is] an apparent disconnect between prominent media calls for harsh punishment of disruptive protests and broader public sentiment."
"[There is] an apparent disconnect between prominent media calls for harsh punishment of disruptive protests and broader public sentiment."
November 11, 2025 at 5:09 PM
A bonus snippet for those interested in the policing of protest and government trends towards greater police powers and more punitive restrictions:
"[There is] an apparent disconnect between prominent media calls for harsh punishment of disruptive protests and broader public sentiment."
"[There is] an apparent disconnect between prominent media calls for harsh punishment of disruptive protests and broader public sentiment."
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Nathan Whetton: Legislating against concealing identity at protests ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/11/12/n...
Nathan Whetton: Legislating against concealing identity at protests
The Crime and Policing Bill was introduced to Parliament on 25 February 2025. The Bill builds on the Labour party manifesto commitment to “take back our streets”, and contains a wide-ranging scope …
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November 12, 2025 at 9:00 AM
Nathan Whetton: Legislating against concealing identity at protests ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/11/12/n...
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And if you also have a research interest in protest-y stuff, fill your boots as we’re looking to secure and expand that side of our School’s research
Between us, @crwerren.bsky.social have heaps of legal and socio legal and hands on, getting dirty experience and knowledge
Between us, @crwerren.bsky.social have heaps of legal and socio legal and hands on, getting dirty experience and knowledge
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18...
Come join me and my good chums in the Law School here…
This is where we work
You could even work with me, trying - sometimes succeeding - to convey the joys of Public Law to 1st years
Come join me and my good chums in the Law School here…
This is where we work
You could even work with me, trying - sometimes succeeding - to convey the joys of Public Law to 1st years
October 28, 2025 at 4:58 PM
And if you also have a research interest in protest-y stuff, fill your boots as we’re looking to secure and expand that side of our School’s research
Between us, @crwerren.bsky.social have heaps of legal and socio legal and hands on, getting dirty experience and knowledge
Between us, @crwerren.bsky.social have heaps of legal and socio legal and hands on, getting dirty experience and knowledge
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vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18...
Come join me and my good chums in the Law School here…
This is where we work
You could even work with me, trying - sometimes succeeding - to convey the joys of Public Law to 1st years
Come join me and my good chums in the Law School here…
This is where we work
You could even work with me, trying - sometimes succeeding - to convey the joys of Public Law to 1st years
October 28, 2025 at 4:13 PM
vacancies.uea.ac.uk/vacancies/18...
Come join me and my good chums in the Law School here…
This is where we work
You could even work with me, trying - sometimes succeeding - to convey the joys of Public Law to 1st years
Come join me and my good chums in the Law School here…
This is where we work
You could even work with me, trying - sometimes succeeding - to convey the joys of Public Law to 1st years
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BACK IN PARLIAMENT TODAY: The Crime and Policing Bill.
The Lords will soon be voting on plans to ban face coverings at protests.
If passed, police will have the power to create ‘no mask zones’ at designated demos and arrest those who don’t comply.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/the-uk...
The Lords will soon be voting on plans to ban face coverings at protests.
If passed, police will have the power to create ‘no mask zones’ at designated demos and arrest those who don’t comply.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/the-uk...
The UK Government’s plan to ban face coverings at protests - Liberty
The Government wants to give the police powers to ban face coverings at designated demonstrations and arrest protesters for not complying.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk
October 16, 2025 at 2:13 PM
BACK IN PARLIAMENT TODAY: The Crime and Policing Bill.
The Lords will soon be voting on plans to ban face coverings at protests.
If passed, police will have the power to create ‘no mask zones’ at designated demos and arrest those who don’t comply.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/the-uk...
The Lords will soon be voting on plans to ban face coverings at protests.
If passed, police will have the power to create ‘no mask zones’ at designated demos and arrest those who don’t comply.
www.libertyhumanrights.org.uk/issue/the-uk...
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Roger Hallam and others related to Just Stop Oil have been refused Permission to Appeal to the UK Supreme Court regarding the length of their sentences and whether they are compatible with Articles 10 and 11 ECHR - the Court of Appeal's decision stands.
www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
R v Hallam and others (Appellants) - UK Supreme Court
Are the sentences imposed on the Appellants a disproportionate interference with their rights under Articles 10 and 11 of the European Convention on Human Rights (“ECHR”)?
www.supremecourt.uk
October 16, 2025 at 12:53 PM
Roger Hallam and others related to Just Stop Oil have been refused Permission to Appeal to the UK Supreme Court regarding the length of their sentences and whether they are compatible with Articles 10 and 11 ECHR - the Court of Appeal's decision stands.
www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2...
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Working on research of direct relevance to this - police responses to JSO slow marches both sides of the Regs Suella Braverman introduced in 2023 that unlawfully brought in a similar power.
It would be the largest expansion in general assembly/procession regulation since 1986.
#protest #law
It would be the largest expansion in general assembly/procession regulation since 1986.
#protest #law
NEW: Home Office announces planned new anti-protest powers, mainly aimed at pro-Gaza protests like those for Palestine Action. Police will be able to consider the "cumulative impact" of repeated protests and potentially order that they be relocated.
October 6, 2025 at 1:22 PM
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(1) Police can already take into account cumulative effect - restrictions on repeat disruptive protests are more likely to be proportionate. (2) Vast numbers of DefendOurJuries protesters have been arrested. It's made future protests more, not less, likely.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office
Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 11:15 AM
(1) Police can already take into account cumulative effect - restrictions on repeat disruptive protests are more likely to be proportionate. (2) Vast numbers of DefendOurJuries protesters have been arrested. It's made future protests more, not less, likely.
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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Might try an experiment in criminal law this year where for my public order offences lecture I just read through all the current and proposed protest offences and the students can place bets over whether I can cover them all in 2 hours or if I run out of time.
The Home Secretary is now planning to find a way to criminalise the "cumulative effect" of protest.
Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office
Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 7:54 AM
Might try an experiment in criminal law this year where for my public order offences lecture I just read through all the current and proposed protest offences and the students can place bets over whether I can cover them all in 2 hours or if I run out of time.
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The Home Office sham "consultation" on cumulative protests closed on 29 September, so this immediate announcement shows Labour had already decided – yet again – to expand public order powers, well before the Manchester attack that is now used to justify it
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
Police to get new powers to crack down on repeated protests, says Home Office
Move follows arrest of almost 500 people at latest pro-Palestinian demonstration in London on Saturday
www.theguardian.com
October 5, 2025 at 8:16 AM
The Home Office sham "consultation" on cumulative protests closed on 29 September, so this immediate announcement shows Labour had already decided – yet again – to expand public order powers, well before the Manchester attack that is now used to justify it
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2025...
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My new piece on Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service, and the neoliberalisation of Britain’s postal service. A little 🧵 on how this theme plays out in the show…
#skystorians 🗃️ #polisky #socsky
#skystorians 🗃️ #polisky #socsky
Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service (2008–2017)
The BBC’s readaptation of the adventures of Britain’s most famous fictional postman mirrored many concurrent neoliberal transformations of its postal service.
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August 14, 2025 at 12:34 PM
My new piece on Postman Pat: Special Delivery Service, and the neoliberalisation of Britain’s postal service. A little 🧵 on how this theme plays out in the show…
#skystorians 🗃️ #polisky #socsky
#skystorians 🗃️ #polisky #socsky
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#UK I am very concerned about the arrest of over 350 people in London around Parliament Square, including many elders. The misuse of terrorism laws against peaceful protestors is a worrisome trend that need to stop.
August 9, 2025 at 6:50 PM
#UK I am very concerned about the arrest of over 350 people in London around Parliament Square, including many elders. The misuse of terrorism laws against peaceful protestors is a worrisome trend that need to stop.
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Putting it out to the Bluesky universe, I've been commissioned to write a book on the demise of political entertainment (focusing on satire) & with the cancellation of #TheLateShow I wondered if anyone here has any contacts on the show I could interview. Worth a shot hey? Blue Sky thinking....🙃
July 19, 2025 at 2:08 PM
Putting it out to the Bluesky universe, I've been commissioned to write a book on the demise of political entertainment (focusing on satire) & with the cancellation of #TheLateShow I wondered if anyone here has any contacts on the show I could interview. Worth a shot hey? Blue Sky thinking....🙃
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1/ 🚨 Few days ago, along with five other UN Special Procedures mandates, I sent a letter to the United Kingdom expressing serious concerns about a proposed bill that seeks to ban face coverings during protests.
July 8, 2025 at 1:51 PM
1/ 🚨 Few days ago, along with five other UN Special Procedures mandates, I sent a letter to the United Kingdom expressing serious concerns about a proposed bill that seeks to ban face coverings during protests.
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Nour Haidar: Home Secretary vs Palestine Action: The Constitutional Implications of Widening the Legal Understanding of Terrorism ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/08/n...
Nour Haidar: Home Secretary vs Palestine Action: The Constitutional Implications of Widening the Legal Understanding of Terrorism
On 23 June 2025 the Home Secretary, Yvette Cooper, announced in Parliament that she had “decided to proscribe Palestine Action under section 3 of the Terrorism Act 2000.” Section 3 of the 2000 Act …
ukconstitutionallaw.org
July 8, 2025 at 8:00 AM
Nour Haidar: Home Secretary vs Palestine Action: The Constitutional Implications of Widening the Legal Understanding of Terrorism ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/08/n...
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The High Court judgement regarding Palestine Action's proscription and the enforcement of the order today from is the most extreme application of terrorism legislation we've yet seen in this country. It's so extreme, in fact, that it's causing the law itself to become openly incoherent. Thread🧵🔽
July 5, 2025 at 9:32 PM
The High Court judgement regarding Palestine Action's proscription and the enforcement of the order today from is the most extreme application of terrorism legislation we've yet seen in this country. It's so extreme, in fact, that it's causing the law itself to become openly incoherent. Thread🧵🔽
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The Constitution Society has launched its 2025 essay prize competition for undergraduate/GDL students at UK universities: “To what extent is the Ministerial Code an effective control over ministerial behaviour?” consoc.org.uk/2025-essay-p...
Announcement: 2025 Constitution Society Essay Prize Now Open - The Constitution Society
Entries are now open for the 2025 Constitution Society Essay Prize. The deadline for submission is 22 August 2025.
consoc.org.uk
June 13, 2025 at 8:08 AM
The Constitution Society has launched its 2025 essay prize competition for undergraduate/GDL students at UK universities: “To what extent is the Ministerial Code an effective control over ministerial behaviour?” consoc.org.uk/2025-essay-p...
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The full judgment has now been published: caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/kb/2025...
June 12, 2025 at 4:31 PM
The full judgment has now been published: caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewhc/kb/2025...
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🚨Calling all #police historians. Come in, police historians🚨
#CfP 'Policing and Public #Health' history workshop, London, 17/09/2025!
Unsure if your work fits? Get in touch. We welcome all career stages, independent researchers, #GLAM and police sector folks. Hybrid is an option.
#HistSTM
#CfP 'Policing and Public #Health' history workshop, London, 17/09/2025!
Unsure if your work fits? Get in touch. We welcome all career stages, independent researchers, #GLAM and police sector folks. Hybrid is an option.
#HistSTM
Workshop Call for Papers: Policing and Public Health, c.1800-2000 | LSHTM
Workshop Call for Papers: Policing and Public Health, c.1800-2000 | LSHTM
www.lshtm.ac.uk
June 3, 2025 at 1:18 PM
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Seems to be another from this quick read to add to the Ziegler plus column and counter the broadish weight of criminal cases before the UK courts these past 2-3 years
The domestic court should conduct a proportionality exercise
@lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social
@amritlohia.bsky.social
The domestic court should conduct a proportionality exercise
@lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social
@amritlohia.bsky.social
ECtHR: Criminal conviction for wearing a plastic visor at a public demonstration breached ECHR Article 11 (freedom of assembly and association). Domestic courts failed to properly weigh up the demonstrator's freedom of assembly.
May 20, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Seems to be another from this quick read to add to the Ziegler plus column and counter the broadish weight of criminal cases before the UK courts these past 2-3 years
The domestic court should conduct a proportionality exercise
@lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social
@amritlohia.bsky.social
The domestic court should conduct a proportionality exercise
@lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social
@amritlohia.bsky.social
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Our toolkit
*What's in a Joke? Assessing Humor in Free Speech Jurisprudence*
is out now.
A must read for all those interested in humour and the law.
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15335508
*What's in a Joke? Assessing Humor in Free Speech Jurisprudence*
is out now.
A must read for all those interested in humour and the law.
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15335508
May 7, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Our toolkit
*What's in a Joke? Assessing Humor in Free Speech Jurisprudence*
is out now.
A must read for all those interested in humour and the law.
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15335508
*What's in a Joke? Assessing Humor in Free Speech Jurisprudence*
is out now.
A must read for all those interested in humour and the law.
doi: 10.5281/zenodo.15335508
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🚨BREAKING🚨
WE’VE WON OUR CASE TO #DefendDemocracy
The Court of Appeal has ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are unlawful
WE’VE WON OUR CASE TO #DefendDemocracy
The Court of Appeal has ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are unlawful
May 2, 2025 at 9:47 AM
🚨BREAKING🚨
WE’VE WON OUR CASE TO #DefendDemocracy
The Court of Appeal has ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are unlawful
WE’VE WON OUR CASE TO #DefendDemocracy
The Court of Appeal has ruled that anti-protest laws which completely ignored the will of Parliament are unlawful