Newcastle University

Roles and Responsibilities

Director of Excellence in Learning and Teaching

Chair of the Board of Studies 

Undergraduate Degree Programme Director (2010-2012)

Member of the Law School Research Committee (2010-2012)

Member of the Faculty Teaching and Learning Committee (2010-)

Module co-ordinator (with Mr Colin Murray), Public law (2010-)

Co-ordinator (With Ms Jenny Johnstone) of the Newcastle Law School Street Law Project

Qualifications

BA (Law) Hons (University of Sheffield) (First Class Hons)
PhD (Cantab) (AHRC Scholar)

Previous Positions

Visiting Professor: University of Melbourne (2011); University of New South Wales (2011); University of Otago (2011)

King's College London, Lecturer (2007-2009); Senior Lecturer (2009-2010)

University of Otago (New Zealand), Lecturer/Senior Lecturer (2002-2004); Visiting Lecturer (2006)

Queens' College Teaching Associate in Law (Cambridge) (2006)

Trinity Hall, Supervisor (2004-05)

Cardiff University, lecturer (1996-2002)

University of Sheffield, Research Assistant (1995-96)

Memberships

Standing Committee on Youth Justice 

Children’s Right Alliance for England

Strategic Litigation for the Rights of Children

Society of Legal Scholars

The British Society of Criminology

Socio-Legal Studies Association

The Howard League for Penal Reform

The National Association for Youth Justice

Research Interests

Youth Justice; Criminal Justice; Children's Rights; Public Law

Current Work

Kathryn Hollingsworth’s current research interests lie in the areas of children’s rights, youth justice and public law. She is particularly interested in the application of theories of responsibility and children’s rights to the area of youth justice, and the intersection of public law, children’s rights and youth justice.  She has published a number of articles in this area and is currently working on a book, to be published by Hart in 2013, entitled Children, Rights and Criminal Justice.

Previous Interests

Prior to her work in children's rights and criminal justice, Kathryn Hollingsworth published more generally in the area of constitutional and administrative law, in particular on the constitutional role of public sector audit (as part of a three year project funded by the Leverhulme Trust) and on public sector ombudsman. She is the co-author (with Fidelma White) of Audit, Accountability and Government (Oxford; Cavendish/OUP; 1999) as well as a number of articles in this area.  She has been the recipient of research grants from the Canadian High Commission and the Nuffield Foundation.

Postgraduate Supervision

Kathryn welcomes enquiries about postgraduate supervision in the areas of youth justice, children's rights, family law, and public law

Esteem Indicators

Invited to give oral evidence before the Environmental Audit Select Committee of the House of Commons on the environmental monitoring of Government (evidence given April 2000: www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm200001/cmselect/cmenvaud/67/0041803.htm).

Audit, Accountability and Government quoted in Parliamentary debate and used to inform proposed law changes

Invited to give written evidence to the Review of Audit and Accountability for Central Government, headed by Lord Sharman

Invited to give oral presentations to two Regional Committees of the National Assembly for Wales, as part of the Assembly’s Internal Review of Procedures

Invited to give written evidence to the National Assembly for Wales internal review of procedures

Assistant editor, Legal Studies (1998-2002)

Professional affiliations

Associate (academic) Member of the Standing Committee for Youth Justice

Member of Children’s Right Alliance for England

Member of Strategic Litigation for the Rights of Children

Member of Society of Legal Scholars

Member of the British Society of Criminology

Member of the Socio-Legal Studies Association

Member of the Howard League for Penal Reform

Member of the National Association for Youth Justice

Funding

The Regional Committees of the National Assembly of Wales: Issues of Accountability and Participation. The Nuffield Foundation, Small Grant Scheme. £3260 (April 2000-01).

Environmental Monitoring of Government: The Canadian High Commission, Faculty Research Programme. $3000 cdn (April 1998-March 1999).

The Constitutional Role of Public Sector Audit: The Leverhulme Trust. (Sept 1996-June 1998), with Ian Harden and Fidelma White.

Undergraduate Teaching

Public Law (module co-ordinator)
Criminal Law

• Hollingsworth K. Children and the Criminal Law. In: Bainham, A Gilmore, S, ed. Children: The Modern Law. Jordans, 2013. In Preparation.
• Hollingsworth K. Securing responsibility, achieving parity? The legal support for children leaving custody. Legal Studies 2013, 33(1), 22-45.
• Hollingsworth K. Youth Justice Reform in the Big Society. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 2012, 34(2), 245-259.
• Hollingsworth K. Breaking the Cycle: Future Reform of the Youth Justice System in England and Wales. Chronicle: International Association of Youth and Family Judges and Magistrates 2011, (July), 59-63.
• Hollingsworth K. Children's Rights and the Developing Law by Jane Fortin and Children's Rights in Scotland edited by Elaine E. Sutherland and Alison Cleland. Child and Family Law Quarterly 2010, 22(3), 366.
• Driscoll J, Hollingsworth K. Accommodating Children in Need: R (on the application of M) (FC) v London Borough of Hammersmith and Fulham. Child and Family Law Quarterly 2008, 20(4), 522-540.
• Hollingsworth K. Protecting Rights at the Margins of Youth Justice in England and Wales: Intensive Fostering, Custody and Children Leaving Custody. Youth Justice: An International Journal 2008, 8(3), 229-244.
• Hollingsworth K. 'Responsibility and Rights: Children and their Parents in the Youth Justice System’. International Journal of Law, Policy and the Family 2007, 21, 190-219.
• Hollingsworth K. Judicial Approaches to Children's Rights in Youth Crime. Child and Family Law Quarterly 2007, 19(1), 42-59.
• Hollingsworth K. Protecting the rights of children leaving custody: R (on the application of K) v Parole Board and R (on the application of K) v Manchester City Council. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 2007, 29(2), 163-175.
• Hollingsworth K. R (on the Application of W) v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis; the London Borough of Richmond-upon-Thames – interpreting child curfews: a question of rights?. Child and Family Law Quarterly 2006, 18(2), 253-268.
• Lowe N, Hollingsworth K. The Hague Convention on the Civil Aspects of International Child Abduction. New Zealand: National Centre for Missing & Exploited Children, 2005. New Zealand Country Report 4.1.
• Hollingsworth K. Speaking Loudly and Carrying a Small Stick? The New Zealand Commissioner for Children. Otago Law Review 2004, 10(4), 599-621.
• Hollingsworth K. A Reputation for Probity: The Work of the Audit Committee. In: Jones, J.B., Osmond, J, ed. Building a Civic Culture: Institutional Change, Policy Development and Political Dynamics in the National Assembly for Wales. Cardiff: Institute of Welsh Affairs, 2002.
• Hollingsworth K. Connecting with Wider Wales: The Role of the Regional Committees. In: Jones, J.B., Osmond, J, ed. Building a Civic Culture: Institutional Change, Policy Development and Political Dynamics in the National Assembly for Wales. Cardiff: Institute of Welsh Affairs, 2002.
• Hollingsworth K, Douglas G. Creating a children’s champion for Wales? The Care Standards Act 2000 (Part V) and the Children’s Commissioner for Wales Act 2001. Modern Law Review 2002, 65(1), 58-78.
• Hollingsworth K. Regional Committees of the National Assembly for Wales –finding a role?. Wales Law Journal 2002, 372-386.
• White F, Hollingsworth K. Public Finance Reform: The Government Resources and Accounts Act 2000. Public Law 2001, 50-61.
• Hollingsworth K. Environmental Monitoring of Government: The Case for an Environmental Auditor. Legal Studies 2000, 20(2), 241-263.
• White F, Hollingsworth K. Audit, Accountability and Government. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1999.
• Hollingsworth K, White F, Harden I. Audit, Accountability and Independence: The Role of the Audit Commission. Legal Studies 1998, 18, 78-100.
• White F, Hollingsworth K. Resource Accounting and Budgeting: Constitutional Implications”. Public Law 1997, 437-445.
• Harden I, Hollingsworth K, White F. The Control and Audit of EC Spending. Auditorium 1996, 8-11.
• Harden I, White F, Hollingsworth K. Value for Money and Administrative Law. Public Law 1996, 661-681.