Dr Sue Lazer

Senior Lecturer in Law

School of Law and Social Justice
s.lazer@chester.ac.uk
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I completed my LLB (Hons) at Leeds University and proceeded to the Law Society Finals at the College of Law. I started training as an articled clerk in 1986 following which I was admitted as a solicitor and worked in private practice and local government.

I moved into Higher Education working at the University of Huddersfield within the Law School teaching a variety of both legal practice (LPC) and academic subjects with a focus on litigation and evidence. I became law subject group leader and Director of the Legal Advice Clinic. During my time at Huddersfield I was admitted as a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and completed both my LLM and PhD. Publications have been on aspects of litigation and evidence. I have also supervised Masters students towards completion of the LLM on areas of professional practice. I have been appointed to numerous External Examiner roles on courses regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) and undertaken several returns to practice. 

I am now a Senior Lecturer at Chester Law School.

  • Law in Context
  • Law in Practice
  • Evidence
  • Contract
  • Work based Learning

Publications have been on aspects of litigation and evidence. 

2021

Lazer, Susan (2021) The Principle of Orality: An Analysis of the Principles Governing the Prevalence of Direct Oral Testimony in the English Adversarial Trial System and the Impact of Reforms to Reduce its Status. Doctoral thesis, University of Huddersfield.

S. Halliday, S. Lazer & A. Wood "Country Report England and Wales" in eds G. Hochmeyr and W. Gropp "Die Verjährung als Herausforderung für die grenzüberschreitende Zusammenarbeit in Strafsachen Entwicklung eines Harmonisierungsvorschlags", Nomos, 2021. The edited collection represents the culmination of the German Research Council funded project „Die Verjährung als Herausforderung der grenzüberschreitenden Zusammenarbeit in Strafsachen“, Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft (DFG) – 392065098.

Criminal Limitation Periods as a Challenge to cross-border Cooperation in Criminal Matters - Development of a Harmonization Proposal”. Country report: England and Wales.

2017

Swaby, Gerald and Lazer, Susan (2017) Civil litigation update: 'fundamental dishonesty' reviewed by appeal court. CILEX Journal. ISSN 2050-0580.

2016

Lazer, Susan (2016) Book review: The Modern Law of Evidence. CILEX Journal. p. 49. ISSN 2050-0580.

  • LLB Hons (Leeds)
  • LLM (Huddersfield)
  • PhD (Huddersfield)
  • FHEA
  • Solicitor