Centre for the study of

    Emotion&Law

Registered Charity No. 1120257

 

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 7, Devonshire Street, London W1W 5DY

Stuart Turner is a Consultant Psychiatrist.  A leader in the field of refugee research and pioneer in the clinical treatment of traumatic stress in refugees and asylum seekers, he has published widely in this area.   He is an Honorary Senior Lecturer at UCL.

Chris Brewin is a Professor of Psychology at University College, London.  He is internationally known and widely published.  He is a scientist specializing in the field of memory and psychological responses to trauma and has conducted, supervised and collaborated with many studies collecting empirical evidence relevant ot the theory and treatment of anxiety, depression and post traumatic stress disorder.

Catriona Jarvis is a Senior Immigration Judge on the United Kingdom Asylum and Immigration Tribunal (AIT).  Ms Jarvis has a Masters Degree in International Legal Studies, Refugee and Human Rights Law.  She has written about the judicial assessment of credibility in refugee appeals, was joint author of the IAA Asylum Gender Guidelines, and contributed to the 2004 Chief Adjudicator Guidance Note on Children.  She is the Rapporteur of the Vulnerable Groups working party of the International Association of Refugee Law Judges. 

Kate Gleeson is the Research Director for the Bristol Doctoral Programme in Clinical Psychology in Bristol.   She has a strong publications track record, particularly in qualitative research.   She has a long association with the Centre for Appearance Research in Bristol.

Syd Bolton is a solicitor and part-time MPhil/PhD student at the University of Kent where he is researching the extent of rehabilitation rights for tortured children in international law with the benefit of the first Larry Grant scholarship and bursary.  Until March 2009 he was the Children’s Law and Policy Adviser at The Medical Foundation for the Care of Victims of Torture where he worked since 2004 having previously worked as an asylum, human rights, immigration and nationality lawyer at Islington Law Centre since 2001.  He is a member of the Immigration Law Practitioners Association children’s sub-committee and was a member of ILPA’s Advisory Group on Age Dispute.  From 2004 – 2009 he chaired the protection sub-group of the national Refugee Children’s Consortium, and is a co-opted member of the International Association of Refugee Law Judges vulnerable persons working group, currently working on international judicial guidance for child asylum seeking appellants.  He is a member of the Children’s Commissioner’s Advisory Board on children and asylum and a regular contributor to policy and legislative debates with members of both Houses of Parliament.