Jane Martin
Senior Lecturer
- Faculty:
- Faculty of Business and Law
- School:
- Economics, Finance and Law
- Location:
- Cambridge
- Areas of Expertise:
- Law , Criminal law , Family law , Medical law , Tort law
- Research Supervision:
- Yes
Jane is an expert in criminal litigation and other areas of the law, particularly in relation to professional skills and the application of the law.
- Background
Following her degree in History and Politics, Jane qualified as a solicitor, working in private practice as a partner specialising in litigation.
Jane then joined the Crown Prosecution Service, eventually managing the CPS in Cambridge before moving to CPS HQ as a policy adviser to the DPP and then as policy adviser to the Director of the Serious Fraud Office.
After leaving government work, Jane acted as in-house counsel for a charity that supported women who had been trafficked and as a consultant specialising in research and strategy for public agencies working in complex communities.
- Research interests
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- Landscape history and the law
- Professional skills for lawyers
- Areas of research supervision
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- Trafficking
- Criminal litigation
- Criminal law
- Qualifications
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- BA (Hons) History and Politics, Warwick University
- Solicitor of the Supreme Court