Invitation to attend research event: use of ‘ordinary language’ in Crown Court sentencing remarks

‘Ordinary language’ in Crown Court sentencing remarks. It will take place at 12 Bloomsbury Place on Thursday 26th June 10.45 – 16.00. Attendance is free.

The event will report findings from an ongoing corpus linguistics and law research project on the language used in sentencing remarks, focusing on just how ‘ordinary’ it is. We hope the event will facilitate discussion amongst attending stakeholders (judiciary, academics, and practitioners). HHJ Jonathan Cooper (one of our honorary professors at Nottingham Trent University and Judicial College course director) is also involved and will speak at the event. Spaces are very limited in order to stimulate the most useful discussion and engagement.

The research project is led by Dr David Wright (Associate Professor in Linguistics), with Dr Helen Newsome-Chandler (Research Assistant in Corpus Linguistics and Law) and Dr James Thornton (Associate Professor of Law, Criminal Justice and Ethics). HHJ Jonathan Cooper (one of our honorary professors and Judicial College course director) is also involved and will speak at the event more generally.

More information about the event and the schedule for the day is available here: https://www.eventbrite.com/e/ordinary-language-in-crown-court-sentencing-remarks-tickets-1401795621439?aff=oddtdtcreator. The event is free and lunch and refreshments will be provided.