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Jo Hynes
PhD Student
Amory C360
Amory Building, University of Exeter, Rennes Drive, Exeter, EX4 4RJ , UK
Overview
I am an ESRC funded PhD candidate at the University of Exeter, exploring the legal geographies of immigration law. Using ethnographies of tribunal hearings and interviews with their key actors, I examine the impact of space and technology on access to justice in immigration bail hearings. For more information, visit the project website.
I am part of the ASYFAIR network, which explores the extent to which fair and consistent asylum appeal adjudication occurs across EU member states.
I am also a Senior Researcher at Public Law Project, where my work focusses on online courts and tribunals, digital justice and related access to justice issues.
PhD title: Legal Geographies of Immigration Bail: Space, Technology & Remote Hearings.
Broad research specialisms:
My work is situated in the fields of legal geography and socio-legal studies. In particular, I am interested in legal and geographical imaginations of space, access to justice and courtwatching methodologies.
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Qualifications
BA Geography (University of Oxford)
MSc Global Migration (University College London)
Research
Research projects
Research Reports
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Public Law Project (April 2020) Judicial Review during COVID-19. Full report.
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Public Law Project (August 2020) Online Immigration Appeals: A Case Study of the First-tier Tribunal. Full report.
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Public Law Project (May 2021) Digital Support for HMCTS Reformed Services: What we know and what we need to know. Full report.
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Public Law Project: (2021) Public Law Project roundtable: Preventing exclusion in an age of digitalisation. Full report.
Blog pieces
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UKAJI, 06/05/19: “Hello Dungavel!”: observations on the use of video link technology in immigration bail hearings. Full text.
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Free Movement, 27/03/20: Remote hearings in the immigration tribunal: what could possibly go wrong? Full text.
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Free Movement, 01/07/20: Research interviews reveal crippling impact of new legal aid rules. Full text.
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Admin Law Blog, May 2020: Judicial Review during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Part I) & (Part ll). Full text.
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Law Society Gazette, 26/08/20: PLP research reveals challenges of online immigration appeals. Full text.
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Legal Action Group Magazine, September 2020. Remote Hearings in the Immigration Tribunal. Full text.
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Free Movement, 17/12/20: New research: 34 ways to improve asylum appeals. Full text.
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Legal Action Group Magazine, May 2021. Digital exclusion and HMCTS reformed services. Full text.
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UKAJI , 29/07/21: Preventing exclusion in an age of digitalisation. Full text.
Miscellaneous
- Submission to the House of Lords Constitution Committee enquiry, Constitutional Implications of COVID-19. Full text.
Publications
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