Dr. Rebecca Money-Kyrle

rebecca.money-kyrle@law.ox.ac.uk

 

Qualifications

• MA (Music/Anthropology) (Girton College, University of Cambridge, 1990)
• CPE and Law Society Finals (The College of Law, London, 1992-3)
• Solicitor (England and Wales, 1995)
• Accredited Mediator (Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution, London, 2003)
• M.St Legal Research (University of Oxford, 2007)
• DPhil Oxon

 

Academic research

Rebecca is a post-doctoral researcher on the European Civil Justice research project.  This wide-ranging comparative project examines access to justice and collective redress procedures  in many different jurisdictions, including in Latin America,  the USA, Asia, Africa and Europe.  It scrutinises procedural and substantive law enabling (or in some cases restricting) access to justice on a representative or collective basis, in cases where there are multiple or mass claims.  The research assesses sector-specific procedures in consumer protection, financial services and securities law, environmental protection, employment law, and fundamental rights, as well as collective redress procedures under general civil law.  It considers the availability or otherwise of alternative dispute resolution procedures, case management controls, and costs and funding controls.

Rebecca completed both her master’s and doctoral research degrees at the Centre for Socio-Studies.  Rebecca's DPhil thesis ‘Pre-charge Detention of Terrorist Suspects and the Right to Liberty and Security’ developed theoretical paradigms for counter-terrorism detention against a liberal model of individual autonomy and security.  Against that conceptual analysis, Rebecca then undertook a detailed study of the Labour government’s policy justifications for law and practice of stop and search and pre-charge detention of terrorist suspects under the Terrorism Act 2000.  That research drew on concepts that were explored in Rebecca's M.St in Legal Studies ‘The Civil Contingencies Act 2004: Constitutional Safety Net or Authoritarian Charter?’ (Oxford 2007) which examined constitutional and human rights implications of the CCA emergency powers. 

 

Professional experience

Before joining the Centre for Socio-Legal Studies, Rebecca practised as a litigation solicitor. Her diverse public law practice included cases involving regulatory powers, competition law, property, planning and environment law, as well as cases involving human rights, civil liberties, and immigration and asylum matters.   Whilst in private practice, Rebecca was actively involved in pro bono projects, including acting for clients in ‘death row’ appeals to the Privy Council.  She has acted for the UNHCR in litigation in the UK Court of Appeal and House of Lords, and worked on several projects for the Human Rights Institute of the International Bar Association. 

Rebecca has spoken at lectures and seminars on a wide range of subjects throughout her career.  Before commencing her current post-doctoral research, Rebecca was a lecturer in constitutional law at Somerville College, Oxford. 

 

Research Interests

• Civil liberties, human rights, liberty, security, and the rule of law
• Constitutional theory, law and practice
• Judicial review
• International and domestic human rights law
• Police powers
• Theoretical and legal concepts of national security and emergency powers
• Civil justice systems and the rule of law 

 

Teaching interests

• Constitutional Law
• Administrative Law
• Civil Liberties and Human Rights
• Public International Law
• European Law 

 

Selected publications and reports

Money-Kyrle, R (2012) Collective Redress: A Comparative Study of Safeguards and Barriers (Hart, forthcoming)

Rapporteur for the International Bar Association on an investigative mission to Malawi concerning the rule of law, access to justice, and the independence of the judiciary and legal profession (http://www.ibanet.org/Document/Default.aspx?DocumentUid=7141B042-B9FD-44A8-A0A4-3A27833B1F7D)

UK chapter in Obstacles to Justice and Redress for Victims of Corporate Human Rights Abuses (2008), a report submitted by Oxford Pro Bono Publico to Professor Ruggie, the UN Secretary-General’s Special Representative on Business and Human Rights

 ‘An erosion of free speech?’ Legal Week 2002, 4(34), 1

‘Judicial review: the courts' role’ P.L.J. 2001, 68, 5-8

Advocates' immunity after Osman Part 1 N.L.J. 1999, 149(6893), 945-946; Part 2 N.L.J. 1999, 149(6894), 981