Criminal law lecture - 12th January - 3pm - HLT1

Criminal Law Lecture, Holdenby Lecture Theatre 1 - 12^th January 2016 at 3pm; guest speaker Naz Shah MP.

The University of Northampton Student Law Society are pleased to announce that Naz Shah, Labour MP for Bradford West, will be visiting the University to speak to law students about defences to murder and manslaughter.

Ms Shah unseated George Galloway in the 2015 general election, and has already been appointed to the Home Affairs Select Committee. In 1993 her mother, Zoora Shah, was convicted of murder after killing a man who had sexually, physically and emotionally abused her for 12 years. Ms Shah campaigned along with her sister and women’s organisations to have her mother’s conviction and sentence reduced.

She has also won what was described by an employment tribunal panel as ‘a paradigm case for whistleblowers’, after reporting suspected local government fraud.[1] We look forward to welcoming Naz Shah to the University of Northampton.

[1] Kathie Griffiths ‘Mother-of-two victorious in 'David and Goliath' battle’ (31/5/2011 Telegraph and Argus) http://www.thetelegraphandargus.co.uk/news/9056036.Bradford_woman_wins_landmark__tribunal_ruling_for_whistleblowers/ accessed 9/12/2015