English Legal System

Dr Helen Rutherford is an Associate Professor in Law at Northumbria University. She practised as a solicitor for several years and is a Qualified Teacher and Fellow of the HEA. Helen is Programme Leader for the Law Foundation Year and teaches civil litigation, legal history, and inquests on the MLaw and LLB degrees. She has managed civil firms in the pro-bono Student Law Office and has taught English legal system, tort, civil rights in practice, and trials of dissenters at undergraduate level and civil litigation on the Legal Practice Course. Birju Kotecha is an Assistant Professor in Law at Northumbria University. He was called to the Bar by the Honourable Society of the Middle Temple in July 2021. He has taught English Legal System, Tort and Public International Law to undergraduates. He has also taught Professional Ethics to postgraduate students on the Bar Training Course. He has acted as admissions tutor for Bar programmes and chaired the Law School's Bar Scholarship committee. Angela Macfarlane is an Assistant Professor in Law at Northumbria University, a solicitor and a Fellow of the HEA. Angela has experience in criminal law, civil actions against the police, commercial, commercial property and employment law as a solicitor. Angela has managed employment law firms in the pro-bono Student Law Office, is an experienced Programme Leader of postgraduate law programmes and has taught commercial contracts, employment law, key skills for employability, information rights in employment, and equality and diversity at undergraduate and postgraduate level.