Membership of professional bodies
He is a member of the Advisory Committee on Conscientious Objection, which advises the Secretary of State for Defence. He is also a member of the Isle of Man Self-Assessment Working Party on the Commonwealth Parliamentary Association Benchmarks for Democratic Legislatures.
Consultancy
Review of the interpretation and effectiveness of equality and human rights law relating to religion or belief, EHRC, 2014-2015 (with Vickers and Manfredi).
EHRC Report 97: Review of equality and human rights law relating to religion or belief, (2015) http://tinyurl.com/nah4ldh (with Vickers).
Conferences
“Nationalising a national emergency: The Manx Experience of the 2020 Pandemic”, HSS Coronavirus Seminar Series, July 2020.
“Crown Dependency Parliaments”, Study of Parliaments Group Virtual Seminar Series, May 2020.
“Legislative/Executive relationships in small democracies”, UCM Lecture Series, University College of the Isle of Man, May 2019 (with de Than).
“The Constitutional Conundrum”, Progressive Action Group, Isle of Man, April 2019 (round-table contributor).
“Thinking about constitutional reform in the Isle of Man: Reflections on the Lisvane Period”, Law Drafting and Law Reform in Small Jurisdictions, Centre for Small States, March 2019 (invited contributor).
“The Lisvane Legacy”, UCM Lecture Series, University College of the Isle of Man, January 2019 (with de Than).
“Reforming the Manx Tynwald”, CIFORB Theory of Change Workshop, Manchester Harris College, Oxford, April 2018 (invited contributor).
"Windows into (corporate) souls: Do companies have religious rights?”, Public Lecture, SHU Public Law Conference, April 2018.
“Tales from (another) small island: Reforming the Manx Tynwald”, Public Lecture, SHU Public Law Conference, April 2018.
“Taking the long view on LegCo: Reforming the Council, 1417-2018”, Public Lecture, University College Isle of Man, January 2018.
"Who cares about unbelief?" Roundtable panel, UCL, London, December 2016.
"Commercial religion and law", Krinock Lecture, Hertford College Oxford, July 2016.
"The problem with religious hatred law", LARSN, Cardiff, May 2016.
“An Anglo-American perspective on religion and the workplace”, Observatoire Social International, Paris, October 2015.
Convenor, “Anglo-Brazilian Dialogues on Law and Religion/ Diálogo Anglo-Brasileiro sobre Direito e Religião”, e-seminars, July 2015-2016.
Convenor, “Condemnation”, cross-Faculty workshop, July 2015.
“Patriot Games? The American Revolution and Magna Carta”., Magna Carta Day, 18 June 2015.
“Sovereign/Lord? Modern legal controversies over Revestment”, 250th Anniversary of Revestment Conference, IOMNHAS, May 2015.
“Changing definitions of religion”, Charity Law Unit, Liverpool University, May 2015 (invited paper).
“Microjurisdictions workshop”, April 2015, Jersey Law Institute.
“Sacred places, community cohesion and partnership”, OJLR Summer Academy, June 2014 (invited paper).
“Asking the dissident question in law and religion”, LARSN, Cardiff, May 2014 (invited panelist).
“Counsel pro hac vice in small jurisdictions: The Manx experience”, Centre for the Study of the Legal Profession Westminster University, June 2013.
“Sacred places are shared places”, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion Summer Academy, June 2013.
“Colonialism, capital punishment, and embarrassing Queen Victoria: Manx Capital Punishment 1800-2000”, SJS Webinar, June 2013.
“The special status of religion as a reflection of the fact/value and physical/metaphysical distinctions”, The impact of religion: Challenges for society, law and democracy, Uppsalla Universitet, May 2013 (invited panellist).
“Sacred places are shared places”, Oxford Journal of Law and Religion Summer Academy, June 2013.
“Colonialism, capital punishment, and embarrassing Queen Victoria: Manx Capital Punishment 1800-2000”, SJS Webinar, June 2013.
“Temp or consultant? Reflections on temporary licensing of foreign lawyers in small jurisdictions”, SJS Webinar, February 2013.
“Love rights and love rites in civil partnerships and same-sex marriage”, Centre for Diversity Policy Research and Practice, February 2013.
“Counsel pro hac vice in small jurisdictions: The Manx experience”, Centre for the Study of the Legal Profession Westminster University, June 2013.
"Hate and Blame Colloqium", Oxford Brookes University, June 2012,
"Sacred sites and state failure: The Babri Marjd/Ram Temple Dispute in Ayodhya", Sharing sacred space, International Centre for Law and Religion Studies, December 2011.
"Hateful words of God", Royal Society of Edinburgh Seminar on Defining Racism in Criminal Law, September 2011.
“Autonomy and the Established Church: A contradiction?”, Transformation of Church and State Relations in Germany and Great Britain, Munster Cluster of Excellence (Religion and Politics), June 2010.
“Religion and Law in the 21st Century”, Politics, Religion and International Relations Lecture Series, Centre for Christianity and Culture Regent’s Park College Oxford, April 2010.
“Consuming Occulture”, Lancashire Law School Guest Seminar, February 2010.
“Religion as religio in 21st century English case law”, (LARSN Annual Conference, Cardiff University, May 2010).
“Counter-terrorism, Establishment, and an Anglican Islam”, Oxford Society for Law and Religion, Balliol College, Oxford 26 June 2009.
“Security, Places of Worship and Religious Autonomy”, Brigham Young University/CEU Colloquium, Budapest 26-28 May 2009.
“The Guest House on the Borderlands: Consuming Occulture”, (LARSN Annual Conference, Cardiff University, May 2009).
“Is the authentic human a member of a family? Some thoughts from law and religion”, University of the West of England Human Rights Group, UWE, 26 February 2008.
“Taking due account of religion in sentencing”, Crime, Religion and History, (Oxford Brookes University, Oxford, January 2008).
“Some reflections on sentencing for the exercise of religious rights”, Oxford Society for Law and Religion, Balliol College, 1 December 2007.
“Glocalisation, multidisciplinarity and law and religion”, invited paper at The Changing Nature of Religious Rights in International Law, ESRC/Bristol Centre for the Study of Law and Religion, Bristol, 5-6 July, 2007.
“Sacred places as generators of dangerous social capital?”, British Sociology Assocation (Religion Study Group) Conference, (Manchester University, Manchester, April 2006).
“Religious rights and human rights: The place of a right to exit”, invited paper at Insan Haklarinda Yeni Ariyislar, Mazlumder/EDAM, Istanbul, 27-29 May 2006.
“The tail that has yet to wag the dog: Abu Hamza and state control of places of worship”, University of the West of England Law Seminar Series, March 13 2006.
“Sacred places as generators of social capital: Some thoughts from the United Kingdom”, Keynote paper at Confrontation and Co-Existence in Holy Places: Religious, political and legal aspects of the Israeli:Palestinian context, Jewish-Arab Center Haifa University/Al-Qasemi Academy, 2-3 January 2006
"Religious liberty vs non-discrimination on the grounds of religion", British Association for the Study of Religions (Harris Manchester College Oxford, September 2004)., 2004
"The collapse of the Big Tent: The Bishops and Lords Reform", Centre for Legal Research and Policy Studies, Oxford Brookes University, 17 June 2004., 2004
“Religious representation in a democratic legislature: The case of the Isle of Man Tynwald”, Centre for Democracy Studies, Oxford Brookes University, 2 June 2003., 2004
Other experience
Lecturer, then Senior Lecturer, Lancashire Law School, 1992-1999.