About Us
“We uphold the highest standards of empirical research, using established methodologies and submitting our studies to ethical scrutiny and peer review processes.”
The Centre for the Study of Emotion and Law has its roots in a research project which set out to empirically investigate the basis for the assumption, common in asylum claim determinations, that traumatic memories are always consistently and accurately recalled.
We uphold the highest standards of empirical research, using established methodologies and submitting our studies to ethical scrutiny and peer review processes. In this way we can be confident that we are making available the best possible scientific knowledge to legal decision making processes.
Annual Reports
Download our Annual Reports here
For 2009/11 please note that we have changed our end of year from September 30th to March 31st, so this report and the accounts reflect an 18 month period.
2009/11 (1.8MB)
2008/9 (5MB)
2007/8 (5MB)
Make A Donation
In order to keep researching and establishing this body of empirical evidence, we need your support. Every little helps! Please print and fill in the Gift Aid form and send it, together with a cheque made payable to the Centre for the Study of Emotion and Law, to:
Centre for the Study of Emotion and Law,
Royal London House,
22-26, Finsbury Square,
London EC2A 1DX
If you would like to set up a regular donation – however small, it will add up – please contact us at info@csel.org.uk or call 020 7920 6489.


