Dr Katharine Thompson

Job: Senior Lecturer

Faculty: Business and Law

School/department: Leicester De Montfort Law School

Research group(s): Administrative Justice, Consumer Law

Address: The Gateway, De Montfort University, Leicester, UK, LE1 9BH

T: +44 (0)116 2506106

E: kht@dmu.ac.uk

W: http://www.dmu.ac.uk/bal

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Personal profile

Katharine teaches Employment Law at undergraduate and postgraduate level and Food Law at postgraduate level. She is the Law School's Admissions Tutor. She researches in the areas of Food Law and Public Law and has written a number of books and articles in these areas. Katharine is also the Food Safety Editor for Butterworths Law of Food and Drugs.

Publications and outputs

Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011
Parliamentary Voting System and Constituencies Act 2011 Parpworth, Neil; Thompson, Katharine
Prosecuting a Director in a representative rather than a personal capacity.
Prosecuting a Director in a representative rather than a personal capacity. Parpworth, Neil; Thompson, Katharine
Children, Schools and Families Act 2010
Children, Schools and Families Act 2010 Parpworth, Neil; Thompson, Katharine
A new sentencing methodology for environmental offences?
A new sentencing methodology for environmental offences? Parpworth, Neil; Thompson, Katharine
Failing to adduce sample evidence: An abuse of process?
Failing to adduce sample evidence: An abuse of process? Parpworth, Neil; Thompson, Katharine
Defining 'Delineated Area' for the purposes of a priority right to attend a school.
Defining 'Delineated Area' for the purposes of a priority right to attend a school. Parpworth, Neil; Thompson, Katharine
Fly-tipping: A real environmental crime.
Fly-tipping: A real environmental crime. Parpworth, Neil; Thompson, Katharine
Food law
Food law Willett, Chris; Atwood, B.; Thompson, Katharine
Pollution control: the powers and duties of local authorities.
Pollution control: the powers and duties of local authorities. Hawke, N.; Jones, B.; Parpworth, Neil; Thompson, Katharine

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Research interests/expertise

Food Safety Law, Administrative Law, Environmental Law.

Areas of teaching

Employment Law, Food Law

Qualifications

LLB (Aberdeen); MA Industrial Relations (Warwick); PhD (CNAA)

Courses taught

Employment Law, Labour Law, Food Safety Law, Food Sources Protection, Introduction to Food Law.

Professional esteem indicators

Editor – Environmental Health Law Reports, Sweet & Maxwell 1998-2003

Editor – Food Safety and Hygiene, Butterworths Law of Food and Drugs since 1999 -