Kris Gledhill

BA, University of Oxford, 1984
LLM, University of Virginia, 1985
Barrister of the Inner Temple, London (admitted 1989)

Contact details
Building 810, room 7.27
1-11 Short Street
Auckland

Phone: +64 9 3737599 ext.89562
Email: k.gledhill@auckland.ac.nz

Available to Students
Open door policy; appointments can also be made

Profile

Kris Gledhill came to New Zealand in 2006 to undertake a PhD course, having developed an appellate criminal and public law practice in England which included numerous appearances in precedent setting cases in the House of Lords and Court of Appeal. He accepted a lectureship at Auckland University Law School from the start of 2007, though he maintains his English practice on a part-time basis. Prior to joining academia on a full-time basis, he had taught extensively on judicial training courses for the Mental Health Review Tribunal in England (of which he is a legal member) and continuing professional development courses; and had been involved in teaching an online mental health law course at New York Law School.

Research Interests

• Mental Health Law
• Prison Law
• Human Rights Law
• Comparative Criminal Law

Special Interests

Kris has a particular interest in forensic risk assessment and the regulation of its use in the legal arena; he has spoken on this topic to the New Zealand Judiciary, the Department of Corrections and the Medico-Legal Society and is currently engaged in research and writing in this area. His other keen interest is in comparative human rights law, particularly its impact on mental health law: he has spoken on this topic in many fora, and recently authored a report for the Mental Health Commission of Ireland on the compliance of the Mental Health Act 2001 with human rights standards.

Courses Taught

• LAW 201 Criminal Law
• LAW 231 Law of Torts
• LAW 496 International Human Rights Law

Kris also teaches occasional LL.M. topics, including Criminal Defences (2007) and Torts Law and Human Rights (2009)

Recent Publication

Books

• Mental Health Law Reports (1999 to date): London, Southside Legal Publishing, Editor; www.southsidepublishing.co.uk
   
• Prison Law Reports (1999 to date): London, Southside Legal Publishing, Editor; www.southsidepublishing.co.uk
   
• Psychiatric Ethics and the Rights of Persons with Mental Disabilities: Unesco 2008, co-author; ISBN 965-7077-39-7; available for download here
   
• International Human Rights and Mental Disability Law: Carolina Academic Press, 2006, co-author; ISBN 978-1-59460-210-8; www.cap-press.com
   
• Mental Health Tribunals - Essential Cases: Southside Legal Publishing, Author (2005 and annual updates); ISBN 978-0-9552071-0-5; www.southsidepublishing.co.uk
   

Articles

• The Interpretive Obligation: the Duty to Do What is Possible [2008] NZ Law Review 283-332
• Human Rights Instruments and Mental Health Law: the English Experience, 34 Syracuse Journal of International Law and Commerce 359-403
• Community Treatment Orders, [2007] Journal of Mental Health Law 149-169