MR RICHARD MOORHEAD

Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London. A qualified solicitor, formerly practising in criminal defence work at the Business Crime Unit of Irwin Mitchell, Sheffield. Researches in the fields of quality assurance in legal aid work, the regulation of legal services, the legal profession and legal education and as well as associated ethical and human rights issues. Currently researching: the Community Legal Service Partnerships and Beacon Councils (for the Department of Environment, Transport and the Regions); reform of pre-action behaviour under the Civil Justice reforms (with Goriely and Abrams); and the Public Defender Service in England and Wales (with Bridges, Cape and Sherr).

Recent research includes:

(2001) Third Way Regulation? Community Legal Service Partnerships (2001) Modern Law Review, forthcoming.

(2001) Quality and Cost: Final Report on the Contracting of Civil, Non-Family Advice and Assistance Pilot (Stationery Office, forthcoming) (Richard Moorhead, Avrom Sherr, Lisa Webley, Sarah Rogers, Lorraine Sherr, Alan Paterson and Simon Domberger).

(2000) Pioneers in Practice: The Community Legal Service Pioneer Partnership Research Project (LCD, London).

(2000) Compensation for Inadequate Professional Services (R.Moorhead, A. Sherr and S. Rogers) (IALS, London)

(1999) (R. Moorhead, S. Rogers and A. Sherr) Willing Blindness?: OSS Complaints Handling Procedures, A report to the office for the Supervision of Solicitors (London: Law Society).

(1999) Human Rights and Legal Aid: Implications of the Human Rights Act 1998 on Legal Aid under the Access to Justice Bill for the Lord Chancellor's Department, with Clare Brown (unpublished).

Editorial advisory board member of The International Journal of the Legal Profession and Amicus Curiae: the Journal of the Society of Advanced Legal Studies. Co-convenor of the Society of Advanced Legal Studies' Working Party on Legal Ethics and Lawyer Fee Arrangements.