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Dr Huw Pritchard
Senior Lecturer in Law
- Welsh speaking
- Media commentator
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
Huw joined the School of Law and Politics in September 2015 as a lecturer in law and devolved governance. His main areas of interest are devolution in Wales and the UK and devolution of justice. He is also interested in constitutional law, administrative justice, and the impact of devolution on health and social care law. He is a member of the Wales Governance Centre.
He is a member of the Academic Panel of the Administrative Justice Council since 2018. He is secretary of the Public Law Wales association. Huw is also a member of Cardiff School of Law and Politics' Center for Health and Social Care Law.
Huw was a member of the Socio-Legal Studies Association Board as the liaison for the association's annual conference in Cardiff in 2021.
Huw teaches through the medium of Welsh and English and is one of the associate lecturers at the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.
Publication
2023
- Roberts, H. and Pritchard, H. 2023. Challenges for Human Rights Treaty monitoring in a devolved UK: A case study. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 74(1), pp. 123-154. (10.53386/nilq.v74i1.1020)
2021
- Davies, G. and Pritchard, H. 2021. Constitution-building in Wales: finding ways forward. Project Report. Wales Governance Centre.
2020
- Nason, S. and Pritchard, H. 2020. Administrative justice in Wales. Journal of Law and Society 47(S2), pp. S262-S281., article number: JOLS12273. (10.1111/jols.12273)
- Nason, S., Sherlock, A., Pritchard, H. and Taylor, H. 2020. Public administration and a just Wales. Project Report. Nuffield Foundation.
- Nason, S. and Pritchard, H. 2020. Administrative justice and the legacy of executive devolution: establishing a tribunals system for Wales. Australian Journal of Administrative Law 26(4), pp. 233-254.
2019
- Jones, R., Wyn Jones, R., Pritchard, H. and Nicholas, L. 2019. International evidence on driving down imprisonment rates: What Wales could be?. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Governance Centre. Available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/1701402/International-Evidence-on-Driving-Down-Imprisonment-Rates.pdf
- Pritchard, H. 2019. Revisiting Legal Wales. Edinburgh Law Review 23(1), pp. 123-130. (10.3366/elr.2019.0533)
2018
- Awan-Scully, R., Stirbu, D., Pritchard, H., Larner, J. and Davies, N. 2018. Unpacking diversity: Barriers and incentives to standing for election to the National Assembly for Wales. Cardiff: Wales Governance Centre. Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/files/2018/07/REPORT-Unpacking-Diversity-July-2018.pdf
2017
- Pritchard, H. T. 2017. Building a Welsh jurisdiction through administrative justice. In: Nason, S. ed. Administrative Justice in Wales and Comparative Perspectives. The Public Law of Wales University of Wales Press, pp. 218-242.
- Pritchard, H. 2017. The Ongoing Devolution Processes in the United Kingdom. In: Calmes-Brunet, S. and Sagar, A. eds. Federalism, Decentralisation and European Regionalisation. Comparative Perspectives., Vol. XVII. Collection L'Unite du Droit Toulouse & Rouen: Editions l'Epitoge
2016
- Pritchard, H. 2016. Justice in Wales: principles, progress and next steps. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Governance Centre. Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/files/2016/09/Justice-in-Wales-Sept-2016.pdf
Articles
- Roberts, H. and Pritchard, H. 2023. Challenges for Human Rights Treaty monitoring in a devolved UK: A case study. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 74(1), pp. 123-154. (10.53386/nilq.v74i1.1020)
- Nason, S. and Pritchard, H. 2020. Administrative justice in Wales. Journal of Law and Society 47(S2), pp. S262-S281., article number: JOLS12273. (10.1111/jols.12273)
- Nason, S. and Pritchard, H. 2020. Administrative justice and the legacy of executive devolution: establishing a tribunals system for Wales. Australian Journal of Administrative Law 26(4), pp. 233-254.
- Pritchard, H. 2019. Revisiting Legal Wales. Edinburgh Law Review 23(1), pp. 123-130. (10.3366/elr.2019.0533)
Book sections
- Pritchard, H. T. 2017. Building a Welsh jurisdiction through administrative justice. In: Nason, S. ed. Administrative Justice in Wales and Comparative Perspectives. The Public Law of Wales University of Wales Press, pp. 218-242.
- Pritchard, H. 2017. The Ongoing Devolution Processes in the United Kingdom. In: Calmes-Brunet, S. and Sagar, A. eds. Federalism, Decentralisation and European Regionalisation. Comparative Perspectives., Vol. XVII. Collection L'Unite du Droit Toulouse & Rouen: Editions l'Epitoge
Monographs
- Davies, G. and Pritchard, H. 2021. Constitution-building in Wales: finding ways forward. Project Report. Wales Governance Centre.
- Nason, S., Sherlock, A., Pritchard, H. and Taylor, H. 2020. Public administration and a just Wales. Project Report. Nuffield Foundation.
- Jones, R., Wyn Jones, R., Pritchard, H. and Nicholas, L. 2019. International evidence on driving down imprisonment rates: What Wales could be?. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Governance Centre. Available at: https://www.cardiff.ac.uk/__data/assets/pdf_file/0015/1701402/International-Evidence-on-Driving-Down-Imprisonment-Rates.pdf
- Awan-Scully, R., Stirbu, D., Pritchard, H., Larner, J. and Davies, N. 2018. Unpacking diversity: Barriers and incentives to standing for election to the National Assembly for Wales. Cardiff: Wales Governance Centre. Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/files/2018/07/REPORT-Unpacking-Diversity-July-2018.pdf
- Pritchard, H. 2016. Justice in Wales: principles, progress and next steps. Project Report. [Online]. Cardiff: Wales Governance Centre. Available at: http://sites.cardiff.ac.uk/wgc/files/2016/09/Justice-in-Wales-Sept-2016.pdf
Research
My recent research has been on justice in Wales and how justice is managed within a single legal jurisdiction that has two legislatures and governments. Although justice is largely a reserved matter, aspects of justice intersect the list of reserved competencies. This can be seen clearly through administrative justice where the Welsh Government has responsibilities for forms of administrative justice such as devolved tribunals, Welsh Commissioners and the Ombudsman.
I have been involved in the following projects as a co-investigator exploring the implications of this divide:
Co-investigator
Paths to Administrative Justice in Wales (September 2019 - May 2020) [Nuffield Institution]
Justice and Jurisdiction (2018-2020) [ESRC]
Teaching
Huw is Director of the LLM Governance & Devolution programme and leads the following modules:
- Constitutionalism and Governance
- Law of Devolution in Wales
At undergraduate lecel, Huw leads the following modules:
- Welsh Devolution I Datganoli yng Nghymru
- Public Law I Cyfraith Gyhoeddus
He teaches through the medium of Welsh and English and chairs the Law Subject Panel for the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol.
Biography
Huw completed his PhD at the School of Law, Bangor University, in 2015. This research focused on administrative tribunals in Wales and their significance for the devolution of functions for justice to Wales. His research was fully funded by the Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol. Prior to that, he completed an LLM in Law and Devolved Government from Bangor Law School (2009) and an LLB in Law and Welsh at Cardiff University (2008).
Professional memberships
- Chair, Subject Panel for Law, Coleg Cymraeg Cenedlaethol
- Member Association of Law Teachers
- Member UK Constitutional Law Association
- Member Society of Legal Scholars
Academic positions
2012-15: Part-time Lecturer, School of Law, Bangor University
Committees and reviewing
- Secretary, Public Law Wales
- Academic Panel, Administrative Justice Council
- Lexis Nexis, Welsh Law Expert Panel
