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I would like to take this opportunity to thank all my wonderful colleagues and friends for their support during 2018 as I made the transition from Darwin to Melbourne and becoming Professor of Legal Practice at Deakin University, whilst still stirring the justice / injustice pot in England and Wales.

As ever, it has been a busy year in practice, teaching and for my academic research. I hope my newsletter inspires you all in your careers and endeavours and that this time of year brings all of you personal wellbeing and very happy holidays with your family and friends. 

I will be ‘out of the office’ from 21st December 2018 to 7th January 2019 but you will probably find me on Instagram @gerryqc
Diversity, Inclusion and Progress
Appointed Professor of Legal Practice at Deakin University School of Business and Law
Graduated with a Master of Laws (International Governance) and awarded the Dean’s Medal
Snapped for  ‘The Changing Face of the Bar’, a photo exhibition by Garth Oriander at the Peter O’Callaghan QC Gallery in Melbourn
Contributed to Presentation by Dr Oliver Lewis at World Congress on Justice for Children
Spoke at the Kosovan Embassy to the British -Albanian Lawyers Association on ‘Murder, Rape and Terrorism: A Day in the life of a Woman Queen’s Counsel’
Hosted Grand Female Night at Crockett Chambers
Completed ICCA Advocacy and the Vulnerable Training
Reforming Justice Systems
Supported a call for a Government response to the Australian Law Reform Commission’s Pathways to Justice report
Jointly published an article on abolishing the defence of reasonable chastisement of children in Australia, the U.S. and the U.K.
Made further submissions for Civil Liberties Australia on the Australian Modern Slavery Act
Jointly published a book chapter on access to justice for vulnerable people ‘Anunga 40 Years on’
Joint Enterprise
Assisted with Joint Enterprise debate 25th January
Published article on the Joint Enterprise debate in 2018 edition of CBQ
Joined the advisory panel for research project at Cambridge University Institute of Criminology: Violence, Friendship and Legal Consciousness in the context of Joint Enterprise
Delivered the second in the new CCRC Lecture Series “Joint Enterprise Appeals – have the Courts of England & Wales lost sight of justice?” 
Wrote for The Justice Gap on Joint Enterprise Injustices
Technology and Law
Published a chapter in the Fourth volume in the European Integration and Democracy Series, devoted to Trans-Atlantic Data Privacy Relations as a Challenge for Democracy 2017: Chapter 13 ‘Terrorism and Paedophilia on the internet: A Global and Balanced Cyber-Rights Response is Required to Combat Cybercrime, not Knee-Jerk Regulation’
Wrote for Counsel Magazine on social media for lawyers
Spoke on a panel at the Middle Temple Survive and Thrive Event | How to future-proof your skills in the digital age
Women and Law
Contributed to Human Trafficking and Modern Slavery Law and Practice published by Bloomsbury Professional
Published joint research on Mandatory reporting of female genital mutilation in children in the UK
Appeared on a panel at Royal College of Midwives #EndFGM event
Lectured on defences for Human trafficking Victims who commit crime for Legalwise Seminars, Australia
Presented at the Faculty of Forensic & Legal Medicine Annual Conference 'Experiences of cases involving sexual offending – an international perspective' 
Media
Published an article in The Times, London on the value of rape juries and whether they should give reasons
Published an article in The Times, London on bringing back the defence of coercion
Contributed to an article in The Independent on collecting FGM data
Published a blog for the Good Law Project on How corporates are exploiting Government failure to tackle modern slavery
Reviewed best legal books for July for The Times, London
Interviewed on the Australian Modern Slavery Act
Major Cases
R v Rebelo

Defended an allegation of manslaughter by DNP
R v Henry and R v Johnson

Applications issued de bene esse by the UK Supreme Court
For more news and information, go to http://www.felicitygerry.com
Finally...

A sad goodbye to Criminal Law and Justice Weekly which discontinued publication after nearly 200 years. My blog Scuttlebutt had been going for about 5 years and I believe I was the first women to publish a comment piece.

Over the coming year I will relaunch my website and make sure you don’t miss out on all my news!
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