All Staff Members | Dan Ritchie | University of Cumbria

Biography

Dan spent time working in legal practice before working in the field of information technology (initially, largely in a consultancy capacity).

He returned to the field of law whilst working on data-retention requirements in response to the passing of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 and the Anti-Terrorism Crime and Security Act 2001 on a JISC committee, which reignited his passion for law.

Dan undertook teaching at the University of Central Lancashire in 2005 in conjunction with postgraduate research.

In 2007 Dan joined the University of Cumbria where he teaches Criminal Law, the Law of Criminal Evidence, Equity and Trusts and Tort Law. He also teaches law modules on the undergraduate programme for Business. (Dan has also taught Business Law, Media Law, Intellectual Property Law and Law for Forensic Science).

Along with Dan's teaching duties, he is currently working on an international collaborative masters programme in Business Law.

Qualifications and memberships

Bachelor of Laws - LLB (Hons)

PGCert - Learning and Teaching in Higher Education

Master of the Arts - Education Professional Practice

Fellow of the Higher Education Academy

Academic and research interests

Dan's academic interests lie mostly in the criminal law. He teaches Criminal Law, the Law of Criminal Evidence, Equity and trusts and Tort Law on the LLB. Dan also teaches law modules, including corporate law, on the undergraduate programme for the Accounting and Finance programme in Lancaster.

Dan's research interests primarily lie in the legal regulation of surveillance and privacy. Dan has presented research papers on the legal histories of the interception of communications, privacy and data retention. He has also published on the topic of privacy in relation to the interception of communications.

More recently Dan commenced research into the philosophy of legal education and the changing landscape in relation to the Solicitors Qualifying Examination with colleagues at the University. Recent publications include a book chapter, co-authored with Fiona Boyle - Caring About Complaints: Perceptions of Complaints Procedures Considered Through the Lens of Ethic of Care - in Wellbeing and the Legal Academy published by Springer and co-authored Exploring Staff–Student Partnership in Curriculum Design, published in Education Sciences.