Nicola Monaghan

Principal Lecturer in Law

Institute of Arts and Humanities

School of Law

Contact Details

Nicola joined the 51视频 in 2016. She has been teaching law at Higher Education institutions since 2001 and specialises in Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure and the Law of Evidence. Nicola is an unregistered barrister and a member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple.

She is the author of two textbooks: (8th edn, Oxford University Press, 2025) and (Cambridge University Press, 2015).

She edited and contributed to (Routledge, 2024) and co-edited and contributed to (Routledge, 2018).

Nicola is the series editor for the book series, Routledge Studies in Courts and Legal Systems.

You can learn more about Nicola's research on her

Teaching Interests

Nicola teaches Criminal Law, Criminal Justice and the Law of Evidence on the LLB. She also supervises dissertations and has previously taught Criminal Law and Practice on the LLM in Legal Practice.

Qualifications

PhD (currently studying, due to complete by March 2029)
Bar Vocational Course (2001, City, University of London)
LLM Criminal Litigation (2000, City, University of London)
LLB Law (Hons) (1999, Warwick University)

Research Interests

Nicola’s research interests include jury misconduct and the criminal trial and she has published peer-reviewed journal articles in the Criminal Law Review, Journal of Criminal Law, International Journal of Evidence and Proof, and Information and Communications Technology Law. Her work has been cited by academics and by the Law Commission.

Professional Bodies

Member of the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple
Member of the Society of Legal Scholars
Member of the Socio-Legal Studies Association
Member of the British Society of Criminology
Member of the International Society of Public Law

Publications and conferences

For a full list of publications, please visit .

Recent research activity:

2026

‘Exploring jury misconduct in a digital age’, British Society of Criminology Conference 2026, Nottingham Trent University, July 2026‘

Jury legitimacy and digital misconduct: A fracture in the democratic ideal?’, ICON.S Annual Conference 2026, University College Dublin, June–July 2026

‘Exploring lawyers’ perspectives of jury engagement’, Criminal Justice Centre PhD Conference 2026, Warwick Law School, May 2026

‘A thematic review of appellate jury irregularity cases between 2023 and 2025: recurring jury problems, SLSA Annual Conference 2026, University of Sussex, March-April 2026

‘Jurors and the use of extraneous material during deliberations: comparing the issues raised by two recent cases from England and Wales and New South Wales’ [2026] Criminal Law Review 4-18

2025

(8^th edn, Oxford University Press, 2025)

‘’ (2025) 89 (5-6) Journal of Criminal Law 358

‘’ (2025) 89(3) Journal of Criminal Law 174-179

‘’ (2025) 89(2) Journal of Criminal Law 105-108

‘When Jurors Go Rogue’, Rights and Justice Festival at The Hive, July 2025

2024

N Monaghan (ed), (Routledge, 2024)

‘ in N Monaghan (ed), Contemporary Challenges in the Jury System: A Comparative Perspective (Routledge, 2024)

‘’ (2024) 88(5-6) Journal of Criminal Law 401-404

‘Juries Under the Spotlight’, 51视频 Academic Blog, February 2024

External Responsibilities

Current external responsibilities:

Series editor for Routledge Studies in Courts and Legal Systems
Case note contributor for the Journal of Criminal Law
External Examiner at Leeds Beckett University (2023 - 2027)
External Examiner at the University of the West of England, Bristol (2022 - 2026)

Previous external responsibilities:

Critical Reader for Public Law and Criminal Law module at the Open University (2015)
External Examiner for LLM for Sunderland University (2009-2013)
Peer-reviewer for journal articles and book reviews