Yr Ysgol Reolaeth - School of Management
A Morgan Advanced Studies Institute Event
SpeakerHuw Evans - Cardiff Metropolitan University | Prifysgol Metropolitan Caerdydd
Speaker's BiographyHuw lectures in law and related areas on the Health & Social Care, Environmental Health and Food Science & Technology degree programmes. He is also a dissertation supervisor. He also lectured on the Consumer & Trading Standards degree previously delivered by Cardiff Metropolitan University. Before becoming a lecturer Huw practiced as a solicitor working in private practice, the Crown Prosecution Service, the Welsh Office and the National Assembly for Wales.
From: 8 Apr 2020, 3 p.m.To: 8 Apr 2020, 4:30 p.m.
Location: Room 102, School of Management, Bay Campus
Local authorities have significant enforcement responsibilities. Prominent manifestations are trading standards and environmental health departments. Legislation required to be enforced covers things such as product safety, food safety, consumer protection and weights and measures. People can die from a product or food which is unsafe or suffer serious detriment from financial exploitation, especially the more vulnerable in society. Sustained decreased resourcing (otherwise known as ‘austerity’) has called into question the ability of local authorities to fulfil the role that the law has placed on them. This should be a cause for public concern. But it seems not to be. Injustice can arise through failure of enforcement. This to be contrasted with the prominence attached to police enforcement and ‘law and order’. The seminar explores these issues and their implications, and arises from Huw Evans’ PhD thesis concerning trading standards in Wales.
All welcome to attend - please email Laura Wood (l.p.wood@swansea.ac.uk) to confirm attendance.
Contact: Laura Wood (Email: l.p.wood@swansea.ac.uk) - Telephone: 01792 604807
Event created by: l.p.wood