Professor Tony Ward

Professor

School: Northumbria School of Law

Tony Ward joined Northumbria in 2016 having previously worked at the University of Hull and De Montfort University Leicester. His interests as a legal scholar focus on the law of evidence and in particular expert evidence, including historical and philosophical perspectives on experts. He is also a criminologist specialising in state crime. i.e. violence and corruption by governments and officials. He is Co-Director of the International State Crime Initiative and one of the Editors-in-Chief of its journal State Crime. He is co-author with Penny Green of State Crime: Governments, Violence and Corruption (Pluto 2004) and State Crime and Civil Activism (Routledge, 2019), and with Gerry Johnstone of Law and Crime (Sage 2010)

Campus Address

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Expert evidence, human trafficking, state crime, law and literature.

Key Publications

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Recognising Expertise in English Civil Litigation: Standards, Experience and Reliability, Plenderleith Ferguson, A., Ward, T. 1 Apr 2026, In: The International Journal of Evidence & Proof
Book Review: The Emerald International Handbook of Activist Criminology by Victoria Cannings, Greg Martin and Steve Tombs, Ward, T. 1 May 2025, In: Theoretical Criminology
Child criminal exploitation and cuckooing under the Crime and Policing Bill: Offences and Defences, Ward, T., Fouladvand, S., Vogler, R. 14 Nov 2025, In: Criminal Law Review
Reformulating the Riat Guidance on Hearsay: R v BOB, BYY, AEN and BEK [2024] EWCA Crim 1794, Ward, T. 4 Aug 2025, In: The Journal of Criminal Law
Third Parties in Criminal Proceedings: National Report in England and Wales, Ward, T. 30 Jul 2025, In: Ordine Internazionale e Diritti Umani
Can FATF's Focus on Beneficial Ownership Aid Anti-Corruption Efforts in a ‘Low-Capacity’ Country? Challenges From the Front Line in Nigeria, Harvey, J., Sproat, P., Turner, S., Ward, T. 25 Nov 2024, Global Anti-Money Laundering Regulation, London, Routledge
International Expert Statement on Israeli State Crime, Green, P., Lasslett, K., McCulloch, J., Rolston, B., Keenan, J., Tombs, S., Wise, L., Stańczak, D., MacManus, T., Michalowski, R., Seoighe, R., Rothe, D., Kramer, R., Stanley, E., Barak, G., Cameron, H., Whyte, D., Scraton, P., Barsocchini, R., Bradshaw, E., Ciocchini, P., White, R., Williams, C., Huggins, M., Poynting, S., Meirelles, R., Cunneen, C., Catello, R., Sherwood, A., Ward, T., McConnachie, K., Falk, R., Elver, H., Bandiera, R., Perugini, N., Zeffert, H., da Silva Filho, J., Matyakubova, D., Sentas, V., Giannacopoulos, M., Sobout, A., Grewcock, M., de Nardin Budó, M., Forero-Cuéllar, A., Darke, S., Afana, R., McMillan, N. 16 Feb 2024, In: State Crime Journal
Non-Conviction Based Asset Recovery in Nigeria - An Additional Tool for Law Enforcement Agencies?, Sproat, P., Ward, T., Harvey, J., Turner, S., Shehu, A., Bello, A. 11 Sep 2024, Financial Crime, Law and Governance, Cham, Switzerland, Springer
Proof of Foreign Law: a Reduced Role for Expert Evidence?, Ward, T., Plenderleith Ferguson, A. 31 May 2024, In: Journal of Private International Law
Self-Defence and the Reliability of Expert Evidence: R v Mazzer [2024] EWCA Crim 557, Ward, T. 1 Dec 2024, In: The Journal of Criminal Law

PGR Supervision

Samuel Lees Prosecutorial Discretion and Universal Jurisdiction: A Comparative Study of England and Wales, and France. Start Date: 22/11/2024 End Date: 15/05/2025
Andrew Birks Funeral and Exhumation Rites in the England and Wales, and how they impact on faith organisations. Start Date: 01/10/2023
Marco Palladino Algorithms, Justice, and Human Dignity: A Kantian–Rawlsian Approach to Online Governance Start Date: 17/06/2021
Poloko Hiri Rules, Discretion and Expert Evidence in the England and Wales Court of Appeal - (Criminal Division): 2013-2023. Start Date: 17/06/2022 End Date: 26/04/2026
Andrew Birks Funeral and Exhumation Rites in the England and Wales, and how they impact on faith organisations. Start Date: 01/10/2023 End Date: 17/04/2025