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Senior Lecturer
- About
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- Email Address
- ilona.cairns@abdn.ac.uk
- Office Address
Room 46D, Block C
Taylor Building
University of Aberdeen
AB24 3UB
- School/Department
- School of Law
Biography
Ilona joined the School of Law as a lecturer in February 2014 after initially joining the School as an AHRC funded PhD student in 2011. She was promoted to senior lecturer in 2021.
Ilona has expertise in criminal law, evidence, family law and gender and the law and has experience teaching in these areas at both undergraduate and postgraduate level. Her current research focuses mainly on the regulation and reform of the law relating to sexual offences and domestic abuse. She is particularly interested in these issues from an evidential standpoint and several of her publications relate to the Scottish corroboration rule, sexual offences and domestic abuse. Ilona has recently published on the application of the Moorov doctrine in the context of proving the new Scottish offence of domestic abuse and (with Dr Isla Callander) on how this offence applies to children.
Ilona would be open to requests to supervise students with an interest in any aspect of criminal law & justice; the law of evidence; family law and gender & the law (including feminist approaches to law).
Internal Memberships
- Student Progress Convenor (Law)
- Research Committee
- Learning & Teaching Committee
- UG Policy Committee
- Personal tutor
Latest Publications
Surrogacy and Criminal Law
Research Handbook on Surrogacy and the Law. Shakargy, S., Achmad, C., Trimmings, K. (eds.). 1 edition. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 240-262, 23 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)‘Gold Standard' Legislation for Adults Only: Reconceptualising Children as ‘Adjoined Victims' Under the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018
Social and Legal Studies, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 914–940Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBook review of Chris Ashford and Alexander Maine (eds), Research Handbook on Gender, Sexuality and the Law
Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 137-139Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2021.0684
The Moorov Doctrine and Coercive Control: Proving a ‘course of behaviour’ under s. 1 of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018
International Journal of Evidence and Proof, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 396-417Contributions to Journals: ArticlesResponse to Scottish Law Commission Discussion Paper on Aspects of Family Law: Cohabitation (DP No 170)
University of Aberdeen: School of Law.Other Contributions: Other Contributions
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Ilona has taught on the following courses at the School of Law:
- Family Law (Ordinary)
- Evidence (Ordinary)
- Criminal Law (Ordinary)
- Gender, Law and Society (Honours)
- Criminal Law (LLM)
- Criminal Evidence & Proof (LLM)
Ilona currently co-ordinates Family Law Ordinary, Gender, Law & Society (Hons) and Criminal Evidence and Proof (LLM).
- Publications
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Surrogacy and Criminal Law
Research Handbook on Surrogacy and the Law. Shakargy, S., Achmad, C., Trimmings, K. (eds.). 1 edition. Edward Elgar Publishing Ltd., pp. 240-262, 23 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters (Peer-Reviewed)‘Gold Standard' Legislation for Adults Only: Reconceptualising Children as ‘Adjoined Victims' Under the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018
Social and Legal Studies, vol. 31, no. 6, pp. 914–940Contributions to Journals: ArticlesBook review of Chris Ashford and Alexander Maine (eds), Research Handbook on Gender, Sexuality and the Law
Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 137-139Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2021.0684
The Moorov Doctrine and Coercive Control: Proving a ‘course of behaviour’ under s. 1 of the Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018
International Journal of Evidence and Proof, vol. 24, no. 4, pp. 396-417Contributions to Journals: ArticlesResponse to Scottish Law Commission Discussion Paper on Aspects of Family Law: Cohabitation (DP No 170)
University of Aberdeen: School of Law.Other Contributions: Other ContributionsSmith v Lees 1997 SCCR 139: Judgment
Scottish Feminist Judgments: (Re)Creating Law from the Outside In. Cowan, S., Kennedy, C., Munro, V. (eds.). Hart Publishing, pp. 39-53, 15 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
'Access to Justice' for complainers? The pitfalls of the Scottish Government's case to abolish corroboration
Scottish Criminal Evidence Law: Current Developments and Future Trends. Duff, P., Ferguson, P. R. (eds.). Edinburgh University Press, pp. 41-66, 26 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersWhat Counts as “Domestic”?: Family Relationships and the Proposed Criminalisation of Domestic Abuse in Scotland
Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 21, no. 2, pp. 262-268Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2017.0418
The Costs of (Partial) Inclusion: The Evolution, Limits and Biases of the Principal Feminist Challenges to International Law
Women’s Human Rights and the Elimination of Discrimination. Jänterä-Jareborg, M., Tigroudja, H. (eds.). Hague Academy of International LawChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersMuslim Prison Chaplains in Canada and Britain
The Sociological Review, vol. 63, no. 1, pp. 36-56Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1111/1467-954X.12224
Feminising Provocation in Scotland: The Expansion Dilemma
Juridical Review, vol. 4Contributions to Journals: ArticlesDoes the abolition of corroboration in Scotland hold promise for victims of gender-based crimes?: Some feminist insights
Criminal Law Review, vol. 8, pp. 640-655Contributions to Journals: ArticlesGender Mainstreaming & ‘Equality Proofing’ in British Law-Making: A Comment on the Impact of the Equality Act 2010
Aberdeen Student Law Review, vol. 4, pp. 92-104Contributions to Journals: Articles