Hannah Quirk

Dr Hannah Quirk
Alma materUniversity of Cambridge
OccupationLegal scholar
Organization(s)University of Manchester and King's College, London
Known forMiscarriages of justice, Criminal justice
Notable workThe Criminal Law Review

Hannah Quirk is an English legal academic and Reader of Criminal Law in the Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College, London.[1][2][3][4]

Early life and career

Quirk read Social and Political Sciences at the University of Cambridge followed by a M.Phil. in Criminology. She completed a Doctor of Philosophy in Legal Studies at the University of Wolverhampton.[2][4] She was later a senior researcher at the Legal Services Research Centre and a case review manager at the Criminal Cases Review Commission, where she investigated claims of wrongful conviction and sentence.[4] In 2005, she spent six months on a research sabbatical at the Innocence Project New Orleans.[4]

Academic career

From 2005 to 2018 Quirk was a senior lecturer in criminal law and justice at the University of Manchester.[5][1] She was appointed Reader of Criminal Law in the Dickson Poon School of Law at King's College, London in 2018.[1] Key points in her academic career have included the following:

  • Trustee of the Sentencing Academy from 2018 to 2023 and of Transform Justice.[3]
  • Associate Member of Drystone Chambers.[11]

Selected publications

Books

  • Quirk, H. (2016). The Rise and Fall of the Right of Silence.[12]
  • Stanton, C. and Quirk, H. (2016). Criminalising Contagion: Legal and Ethical Challenges of Disease Transmission and the Criminal Law.[13]
  • Quirk, H. Seddon, T. and Smith, G. (Eds) (2010). Regulation and Criminal Justice: Innovations in Policy and Research[14]

Chapters in books

  • Institutional Models for Exoneration – The Criminal Cases Review Commission (2025).[15]
  • Investigating Rape Allegations: Artificial Intelligence and the ‘Digital Strip-Search’ (2023).[16]
  • Compensation for wrongful convictions in England and Wales (2023).[17]
  • Removing the Time Limit on Prosecutions for Underage Sexual Intercourse in the Sexual Offences Act 1956 – Some Comments and Concerns (2018).[18]
  • The Time Limit on Prosecutions for Underage Sexual Intercourse in the Sexual Offences Act 1956: A Continuing Problem: Comment From Hannah Quirk (2018).[18]
  • The Case for Restoring the Right of Silence (2018).[18]
  • Justice Denied? Compensation for Miscarriages of Justice (2018).[19]

Selected journal articles

  • The Post Office Miscarriage of Justice (Editorial) (with David Ormerod) [2023] Crim. L.R. 509.[20]
  • The Westminster Commission on the CCRC (Editorial) (with David Ormerod) [2021] Crim. L.R. 335.[21]
  • Covid-19 and jury-less trials? (Editorial) [2020] Crim. L.R. 569.[22]
  • Why you should care about the right to trial by jury.[23]
  • Compensation for Miscarriages of Justice: Degrees of Innocence (2020) 79 Cambridge Law Journal 4.[24]
  • Criminal Law and the Society of Legal Scholars (with Natalie Wortley) (2017) 81 Journal of Criminal Law 278.[25]
  • Improving healthcare through the use of “medical manslaughter”? Facts, fears and the future (with Margot Brazier and others) (2016) 22 Clinical Risk 88.[26]
  • The 2011 English “Riots”: Prosecutorial Zeal and Judicial Abandon (with Carly Lightowlers) (2015) 55 British Journal of Criminology 65.[27]
  • Don’t Mention the War: The Court of Appeal, the Criminal Cases Review Commission and Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland (2013) 76 Modern Law Review 949.[28]
  • The Supreme Court on Compensation for Miscarriages of Justice: Is it Better that Ten Innocents Are Denied Compensation than One Guilty Person Receives It? (with Marny Requa) (2012) 75 Modern Law Review 387.[29]
  • Identifying Miscarriages of Justice: Why Innocence in the UK is Not the Answer (2007) 70 Modern Law Review 759.[30]

Recorded Lectures, etc.

  • Post Office Horizon IT scandal - Justice Committee (2024).[31]
  • The Comparative Study of Miscarriages of Justice in Light of the English Experience (2020). [32]
  • Spotlight on COVID: Criminal justice and the future of the jury (2020).[33]
  • Writing Your Thesis (And Avoiding Procrastination) (2020).[34]
  • Assize Seminars 2018: Limitations to Loss of Self Control (2018).[35]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Hannah Quirk". ORCID.
  2. ^ a b London, King's College (13 December 2019). "Hannah Quirk". King's College London.
  3. ^ a b c "Hannah Quirk". King's College London.
  4. ^ a b c d e "Hannah Quirk". Georgetown Law.
  5. ^ "Internet Archive - Dr Hannah Quirk: The University of Manchester". www.research.manchester.ac.uk.
  6. ^ "Inner Temple Newletter (Hilary 2020)" (PDF). Inner Temple.
  7. ^ London, King's College. "Dr Hannah Quirk appointed Inner Temple Academic Fellow". King's College London.
  8. ^ "Crown Court Compendium (Part 1) (August 2021)" (PDF).
  9. ^ "Crown Court Compendium (Part 1) (October 2025)" (PDF).
  10. ^ "Editorial Team: The Wrongful Conviction Law Review". wclawr.org.
  11. ^ "Dr Hannah Quirk". Drystone Chambers.
  12. ^ Quirk, Hannah (2016). The rise and fall of the right of silence. Routledge. ISBN 9780415547710.
  13. ^ Stanton, Catherine; Quirk, Hannah (2016). Criminalising contagion: legal and ethical challenges of disease transmission and the criminal law. Cambridge: Cambridge university press. ISBN 9781107091825.
  14. ^ Quirk, Hannah; Seddon, Toby; Smith, Graham (Eds) (2010). Regulation and Criminal Justice: Innovations in Policy and Research. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press. ISBN 9781107417007.
  15. ^ Quirk, Hannah (2025). Institutional Models for Exoneration: The Criminal Cases Review Commission: Chapter 11 in Campbell, Kathryn; Ariel, Barak; Horovitz, Anat; Cotler, Irwin (2025). Wrongful convictions and the criminalization of innocence: international perspectives on contributing factors, models of exoneration and case studies. New York London: Routledge, Taylor & Francis Group. ISBN 9780367439774.
  16. ^ Quirk, Hannah (2023). Investigating Rape Allegations: Artificial Intelligence and the ‘Digital Strip-Search’: Chapter 10 in Roberts, Andrew; Purshouse, Joe; Bosland, Jason (2024). Privacy, technology, and the criminal process. London New York: Routledge. ISBN 9781003111078.
  17. ^ Jasiński, Wojciech; Kremens, Karolina (2023). Compensation for wrongful convictions: a comparative perspective. Abingdon, Oxon: Routledge. ISBN 9781032134741.
  18. ^ a b c Criminal law reform now: proposals and critique. Oxford ; New York: Hart. 2019. ISBN 9781509916771.
  19. ^ Counter-terrorism, constitutionalism and miscarriages of justice: a Festschrift for Professor Clive Walker. Oxford London New York New Delhi Sydney: Hart. 2019. ISBN 9781509915729.
  20. ^ Ormerod, David; Quirk, Hannah. "The Post Office Miscarriage of Justice (Editorial)". Criminal Law Review. 2023: 509-512.
  21. ^ Ormerod, David; Quirk, Hannah. "The Westminster Commission on the CCRC (Editorial)". Criminal Law Review. 2021: 335-337.
  22. ^ Quirk, Hannah. "Covid-19 and jury-less trials? (Editorial)". Criminal Law Review. 2020: 569-571.
  23. ^ Quirk, Hannah. "Why you should care about the right to trial by jury". openDemocracy.
  24. ^ Quirk, Hannah (March 2020). "Compensation for Miscarriages of Justice: Degrees of Innocence". The Cambridge Law Journal. 79 (1): 4–7. doi:10.1017/S0008197320000136.
  25. ^ Quirk, Hannah; Wortley, Natalie (August 2017). "Criminal Law and the Society of Legal Scholars". The Journal of Criminal Law. 81 (4): 278–281. doi:10.1177/0022018317722221.
  26. ^ Brazier, Margot; Devaney, Sarah; Griffiths, Danielle; Mullock, Alex; Quirk, Hannah (September 2016). "Improving healthcare through the use of 'medical manslaughter'? Facts, fears and the future". Clinical Risk. 22 (5–6): 88–93. doi:10.1177/1356262217696623.
  27. ^ Lightowlers, Carly; Quirk, Hannah (January 2015). "The 2011 English 'Riots': Prosecutorial Zeal and Judicial Abandon". British Journal of Criminology. 55 (1): 65–85. doi:10.1093/bjc/azu081.
  28. ^ Quirk, Hannah (November 2013). "Don't Mention the War: The Court of Appeal, the Criminal Cases Review Commission and Dealing with the Past in Northern Ireland". The Modern Law Review. 76 (6): 949–980. doi:10.1111/1468-2230.12044.
  29. ^ Quirk, Hannah; Requa, Marny (May 2012). "The Supreme Court on Compensation for Miscarriages of Justice: Is it better that ten innocents are denied compensation than one guilty person receives it?". The Modern Law Review. 75 (3): 387–400. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2230.2012.00906.x.
  30. ^ Quirk, Hannah (September 2007). "Identifying Miscarriages of Justice: Why Innocence in the UK is Not the Answer". The Modern Law Review. 70 (5): 759–777. doi:10.1111/j.1468-2230.2007.00662.x.
  31. ^ "Post Office Horizon IT scandal - Justice Committee". 16 April 2024.
  32. ^ "The Comparative Study of Miscarriages of Justice in Light of the English Experience". 20 February 2023.
  33. ^ London, King's College (8 July 2020). "Spotlight on COVID: Criminal justice and the future of the jury". King's College London.
  34. ^ "Writing Your Thesis (And Avoiding Procrastination)". 29 April 2020.
  35. ^ "Assize Seminars 2018: Limitations to Loss of Self Control". 27 November 2018.
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