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Emma Nottingham LLB PhD FHEA is a Reader at the . She researches the legal and ethical aspects of children’s rights within a range of contexts. She has published in leading law journals including the Journal of Media Law, Medical Law Review and the Journal of Professional Negligence and regularly provides expert comment for the media including the BBC News channel, BBC Breakfast, BBC 5Live, BBC Radio 4, BBC Radio 2, ITV Meridian News and LBC Radio.
Emma has a particular interest in bioethics and the rights of children in healthcare. She is a member of the Institute of Medical Ethics Research Committee and sits on the Clinical Ethics Committee at Hospitals Southampton. Emma also has expertise in the intersection of law, ethics and digital technologies, particularly in relation to the impact of the digital world on children. She is co-director of the and is currently researching the protection of children on broadcast and digital media.
Emma has experience of teaching the law of torts, family law, child law, medical law and value studies. She was shortlisted for the Winchester Students’ Union award of Lecturer of the Year 2019.
Dr Nottingham welcomes enquiries about postgraduate research supervision.
Publications
Emma Nottingham, 'Digging into Legal Archaeology: A Methodology for Case Study Research' (2022) Journal of Law and Society (forthcoming)
Caroline Stockman, Emma Nottingham, 'Surveillance Capitalism in Schools: What’s the Problem?(2022)14(1)Digital Culture & Education'1–15
Emma Nottingham, 'Imogen Goold, Cressida Auckland, and Jonathan Herring, Medical Decision-Making on Behalf of Young Children: A Comparative Perspective, Hart, 2020, hardback, 390 pp,£85.00, ISBN 978-1-5099-2856-9' (2022) Medical Law Review
Emma Nottingham, ‘LGBT teaching in primary school: equality, discrimination and freedom of expression’ (2020) 42(2) Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 243-245
Emma Nottingham, ‘Experience as a Legal Blogger at the Tafida Raqeeb Case’ (December 2019)[2019] Family Law 1476
Emma Nottingham, ‘Dad! Cut that Part Out!’ Children’s Rights to Privacy in the Age of ‘Generation Tagged’: sharenting, digital kidnapping and the child micro-celebrity’ in Jane Murray, Beth Blue Swadener and Kylie Smith (ed) The RoutledgeInternational Handbook of Young Children’s Rights (Routlegde 2019)
Emma Nottingham and Karolina Szopa, ‘“Try Some Net Curtains” the protection of privacy under the tort of private nuisance’ (2019) Journal of Professional Negligence
Alexander Chrysanthou and Emma Nottingham, 'Conferences as a Tool for Interdisciplinary (Postgraduate) Learning in Bioethics' (2018) 9(2) European Journal of Bioethics 235-246
Emma Nottingham, Book section on Gillick v West Norfolk and Wisbech Area Health Authority [1986] 3 AC 112 in Erika RackleyandRosemary Auchmuty(ed)Women's' Legal Landmarks Project (Hart Publishing 2018)
Lucy Frith,Carwyn Hooper,Silvia Camporesi,Thomas Douglas,Anna Smajdor,Emma Nottingham,Zoe Fritz,Merryn Ekberg,Richard Huxtable(on behalf the Institute of Medical Ethics) ‘Institute of Medical Ethics Guidelines for confirmation of appointment, promotion and recognition of UK bioethics and medical ethics researchers’ (2018) Journal of Medical Ethics
Emma Cave and Emma Nottingham, `Who Knows Best (Interests)? The Case of Charlie Gard' (2018) 26(3) Medical Law Review 500–513
Marion Oswald, Helen Ryan, Emma Nottingham, Rachael Hendry, Sophie Woodman, ‘Have ‘Generation Tagged’ Lost their Privacy? A report of workshop findings' (2017)
Emma Nottingham, Commentary on Re W (A minor) (Medical treatment court's jurisdiction) in Helen Stalford,Kathryn Hollingsworth,Stephen Gilmore(ed)Rewriting Children’s Rights Judgments From Academic Vision to New Practice (Hart Publishing 2017)
Marion Oswald, Helen James, Emma Nottingham, 'The Not-so-Secret Life of Five Year Olds': Legal and Ethical Issues Relating to Disclosure of Information and the Depiction of Children on Broadcast and Social Media’ (2016) 8 Journal of Media Law 198-228
Emma Nottingham, ‘The posthumous use of sperm - a sorry tale’ (2016) BioNews
Emma Nottingham, ‘Vicarious Liability for the acts of foster carers: NA v Nottinghamshire County Council [2014] EWHC 4005’ (2015) Journal of Professional Negligence
Emma Nottingham, Book review. Children’s Socio-Economic Rights, Democracy and the Courts, Aoife Nolan. (2013) 25(1) Child and Family Law Quarterly 96-98
Sarosh Khan, Jennifer Lavelle and Emma Nottingham, (2012) Maritime Labour Convention: an overview. Britannia News, supplement Conventions, 3-10
Blog Posts
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Emma Nottingham, (June 2021)The Transparency Project Blog
Emma Nottingham, (August 2020)
Emma Nottingham, (May 2020)The Transparency Project Blog
Emma Nottingham, (January 2020)The Transparency Project Blog
Emma Nottingham, (October 2019) The Transparency Project Blog
Emma Nottingham and Peta Coulson-Smith, (October 2019) The Transparency Project Blog
Emma Nottingham, (September 2019) The Transparency Project Blog
Emma Nottingham (September 2019) The Transparency Project Blog
Emma Nottingham, (September 2019) The Transparency Project Blog
Emma Nottingham, (July 2019) Blog
Emma Nottingham, (June 2019) The Transparency Project Blog
Emma Nottingham, (2019) The Transparency Project Blog
Emma Nottingham, (2017) The Transparency Project Blog
Emma Nottingham, Transparency Project (2017)
Oswald Marion, James Helen, Nottingham Emma, (2016) ‘The not-so-secret life of ‘Generation Tagged’ Information Law and policy Centre at IALS Blog ; The UoW Blog http://www.winchester.ac.uk/blog/Pages/The_not_so_secret_life_of_'Generation_Tagged'.aspx
Emma Nottingham, (2014) HEAL UoS Blog
Emma Nottingham, (2012) Health Ethics and Law of Southampton Blog
Emma Nottingham, (2011) Health Ethics and Law of Southampton Blog
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