Barry Turner

The role of the expert in UK courts is to assist the court itself in deciding the reliability of evidence. There is no such thing as a claimant's or a defendant's expert and, by Rule 35.3 of the Civil Procedure Rules 1998 [1], it is the duty of the expert to assist the court on matters within their expertise. This duty overrides any contractual obl...

The reporting of terrorism in the press & media

The paper examines treatment resistance in patients due to poor expression of metabolising liver enzymes. Why is this not better understood in the prescribing professions and what should be done about it?

The ethics of personalised/precision medicine

The Ethics of Pharmacogenomics

PTSD and coping strategies in journalists

From the foundations of the world’s first great empires to the empires of today, war has preoccupied human civilisation for as many as 4000 years. It has fascinated, horrified, thrilled, confused, inspired and disgusted mankind since records began. Provoking such a huge range of emotions and reactions and fulfilling all the elements of newsworthine...

Pharmacogenomics and Molecular genetics. The problems of genetic phenotypes in ADR's, Allergies, Intercurrent Disease and metabolising of pharmaceutical interventions

A consideration of the ways that ideas and news were resported in the middle ages

Presentation to Human Resource Managers at the University of Lincoln

Presentation on the adverse effects of pharmaceutical interventions.

The use of qualitative taxonomy in evolutionary convergence.

A history of the evolution of the pharmacist and the development of pharmacy regulation and law.

The use of police warning notices against journalists.

Abstract Upon request by the JURI Committee, this in-depth analysis examines the use of expert witness evidence and testimony in cross border legal actions and the comparison of the differing systems of law in which such litigation might take place. It further analyses how the common law system has successfully evolved to facilitate the employment...

The Invention of the Fictitious Detective: How the News Media Created the TV Detective.

The development of freedom of Information legislation in the United Kingdom

The portrayal of children and deviants

Does the variation in legal practices between the member states of the European Union affect fairness in the trial process? This chapter examines the differences and many similarities in the use of expert witness evidence in the courts of the member states of the EU.

A view of the verdicts in the hacking trials

The relationship between the press and the police.

Before commencing on a jurisdiction-by-jurisdiction examination of the systems for employing expert testimony, a brief look at the main jurisprudential traditions lays a proper foundation for the subject matter. There are many commentaries on the differences between traditions of legal systems of Europe, the United States, and elsewhere. Most jurid...

The new defamation law in the UK makes it a safer place for scientists to publish criticism of the claims of others.

The reporting of crime in the press: a historical overview.

Paper delivered at Interrogating Trauma in the Humanities. An International Interdisciplinary Conference, 20-23 August 2012, University of Lincoln, UK. Images of Trauma in Drama and Literature.

Controversial science in the press

A paper examining the ethics and morality of journalists breaking the law in "the public interest"

The future of regulation as seen by Barry Turner, senior lecturer in media law, the Centre for Broadcasting and Journalism, Nottingham Trent University

The killing of Osama Bin Laden was greeted with triumph by the western press. In soite of the the decision was made that his corpse could not ethically be shown in the press and media. This article examines the ethics of that decision.

This article examines the effect of anti-terror legislation on the ability of the media to properly report on terrorist organisations.

Modern Psychiatry and its similarities to 17th century witch finding

Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder is the generic name for a series of behavioural disorders that occur predominately in children. It is defined by a very loose set of criteria which may be observed in the child's behaviour and which draw the observer to the conclusion that the child is afflicted with a medical condition treatable with psycho...

On the public perception of PTSD and the law.

The development of the law relating to psychiatric injury and the resistance to compensating those suffering PTSD

Extract from thesis on iatrogenically transmitted psychiatric injury. The legal position of the 'worried well' with stress related illness.

This essay on the views of Montesquieu et al opens up an opportunity to encapsulate philosophical and political ideas into the theories of law. This it hopes can bring to life the law, which at times can be mechanical and soulless. The philosophical debate focuses mainly around whether law occurs naturally as Montesquieu and others would maintain o...