All Outputs (10)

Exploring Consumer Detriment in Immersive Gaming Technologies (2023)
Journal Article

Recent technological advances have led to immersive consumer experiences becoming increasingly common. However, there has been relatively little discussion of the consumer detriment that results from the exploitation of immersion. In this article, we... Read More about Exploring Consumer Detriment in Immersive Gaming Technologies.

Virtual coercion and the vulnerable consumer: ‘loot boxes’ as aggressive commercial practices (2022)
Journal Article

Loot boxes have recently become a game mechanism of concern to policy-makers and regulators. The similarity between loot boxes and gambling is clear, and loot boxes and their regulation are commonly viewed through the lens of gambling. By contrast, v... Read More about Virtual coercion and the vulnerable consumer: ‘loot boxes’ as aggressive commercial practices.

Workplace 4.0: Exploring the Implications of Technology Adoption in Digital Manufacturing on a Sustainable Workforce (2022)
Journal Article

As part of the Industry 4.0 movement, the introduction of digital manufacturing technologies (DMTs) poses various concerns, particularly the impact of technology adoption on the workforce. In consideration of adoption challenges and implications, var... Read More about Workplace 4.0: Exploring the Implications of Technology Adoption in Digital Manufacturing on a Sustainable Workforce.

Health and nutrition claims for infant formula are poorly substantiated and potentially harmful (2020)
Journal Article

Assessing plain and intelligible language in the Consumer Rights Act: a role for reading scores? (2019)
Journal Article

Under the Consumer Rights Act 2015 consumer contracts and consumer notices are required to be expressed in plain and intelligible language. This is a difficult concept to capture. Determining whether a contract is expressed in plain and intelligible... Read More about Assessing plain and intelligible language in the Consumer Rights Act: a role for reading scores?.

European Novel Foods Policy at a critical juncture: drawing lessons for future Novel Food Governance through a retrospective examination of Regulation 258/97 (2017)
Journal Article

This paper presents a timely analysis of the European Union (EU) Novel Foods Regulation EC 258/97, identifying trends in the policy process and the applications that have been made under the regulation. The ways that the Novel Foods Regulation has fu... Read More about European Novel Foods Policy at a critical juncture: drawing lessons for future Novel Food Governance through a retrospective examination of Regulation 258/97.

The role of civil liability in ensuring police responsibility for failures to act after Michael and DSD (2016)
Journal Article

Police failures may contribute to a failure to prevent injury, or worse. The question of whether the police should be liable for such investigatory failures has exercised the higher courts frequently since the seminal case of Hill. The Supreme Court... Read More about The role of civil liability in ensuring police responsibility for failures to act after Michael and DSD.

The response to whistleblowing by regulators: a practical perspective (2015)
Journal Article

The Public Interest Disclosure Act 1998 provides protection for whistleblowers; it does not place statutory obligations on regulators to act in response to whistleblowing concerns. Using Freedom of Information requests as a research methodology, this... Read More about The response to whistleblowing by regulators: a practical perspective.

One HACCP, two approaches: experiences with and perceptions of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) food safety management systems in the US and the EU (2014)
Journal Article

This paper explores the differences in the use of the Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) system to manage food safety risks in the food chain from farm to fork in the EU and the US. In particular, this paper investigates the current uses... Read More about One HACCP, two approaches: experiences with and perceptions of the Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points (HACCP) food safety management systems in the US and the EU.

Procedural control and the proper balance between public and private interests in defamation claims (2014)
Journal Article

Claims in defamation involve courts in balancing of a number of interests. The Claimant’s interest in their reputation must be balanced with the Defendant’s interest in free expression. The Court’s interest in fair, efficient and proportionate adjudi... Read More about Procedural control and the proper balance between public and private interests in defamation claims.