Lecturer
LLB (Exeter), LLM (Leicester), of the Inner Temple, Barrister-at-Law

Email: john.hartshorne@le.ac.uk
Telephone: 0116 252 2465

John Hartshorne joined the Department in 1995. He lectures and tutors on the Law of Tort and Law of Evidence undergraduate modules. His research interests centre on the Law of Evidence and the Common Law, with a particular interest in damages. He is currently undertaking research examining the relationship between claims in defamation and claims for misuse of private information.

He is a member of the University’s Forensic Research Centre

Research Interests

Common Law; Evidence.

Selected Publications

• 'The Value of Privacy' (2010) 2(1) Journal of Media Law 67-84
• ‘Expert evidence: difficulties and solutions in prosecutions for infant harm’ (with José Miola) (2010) 30(2) Legal Studies 279-300.
• ‘Confusion, contradiction and chaos within the House of Lords post Caparo v Dickman’ (2008) 16(1) Tort Law Review 8–22.