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Paul McKeown

Barrister, Associate Professor of Law

The City Law School Professional law programmes

Contact details

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Paul McKeown T505 , Law School Building [T]
City, University of London
Northampton Square
London EC1V 0HB
United Kingdom

About

Overview

Before joining The City Law School, Paul McKeown was a member of Mitre House Chambers and practiced in criminal defence. He defended regularly in the Crown Court in cases involving offences against the person, sexual offences, public order offences and offences of dishonesty. He also conducted some appellate work. In chambers, he served on the general management committee and co-chaired the pupillage committee. As co-chair of the pupillage committee, he redesigned chambers selection procedures and rewrote its pupillage handbook.

At The City Law School, he has wide experience of cross-programme teaching and course development. He was leader for evidence on the bar course for many years and guided it through difficult periods of regulatory change. In the latest period of regulatory change, he led the development of evidence for fully online and blended learning bar course modules, creating many new educational materials, including more than fifty short podcasts on the most difficult topics. In addition to teaching evidence, he teaches criminal advocacy, criminal litigation, conference skills and professional legal ethics.

He teaches on academic programmes too, and currently teaches undergraduate students on LL.B Evidence modules. For a number of years he taught on the LL.M 'Criminal trials: evidence and proof' module and the LL.M 'Forensic psychology for the criminal practitioner' module.

He has received numerous awards for excellence in teaching and curriculum development from both the law school and the university. He has received a Student Voice Award from the City, University of London, Students' Union. He has been shortlisted for awards from the university and the students' union, as well. He has recently been made a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (SFHEA).

In the field of academic writing, he is co-author of Keane & McKeown, The Modern Law of Evidence (Oxford University Press), which is in its 14th edition. This is a leading text on the law of evidence which has been cited with approval by appellate courts in the UK and Commonwealth and by the International Criminal Tribunal (Rwanda). He is also member of the Criminal Law Review's case commentary team and has published many commentaries on evidence cases. In the last academic year he has published articles on the criminal standard of proof and is currently involved in developing an empirical research project on this topic.

Publications

Publications by category

Books (8)

  • Keane, A. and McKeown, P. (2020). The Modern Law of Evidence 13th Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-969832-5.
  • Keane, A. and McKeown, P. (2018). The Modern Law of Evidence 12th Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-881185-5.
  • Keane, A. and McKeown, P. (2016). The Modern Law of Evidence 11th Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-874929-5.
  • Keane, A. and McKeown, P. (2014). The Modern Law of Evidence 10th Edition. Oxford University Press, USA. ISBN 978-0-19-968434-2.
  • Keane, A. and McKeown, P. (2012). The Modern Law of Evidence 9th Edition. Oxford University Press. ISBN 978-0-19-969832-5.
  • McKeown, P. (2012). Evidence Manual. McKeown, P. (Ed.), Oxford University Press.
  • Keane, A., Griffiths, J. and McKeown, P. (2010). The Modern Law of Evidence 8th Edition. Oxford University Press, USA.
  • Keane, A. and McKeown, P. The Modern Law of Evidence. ISBN 978-0-19-874929-5.

Internet publications (4)

  • Keane, A. and McKeown, P. (2020). Legal Updates: Modern Law of Evidence 13th Edition: https://learninglink.oup.com/access/keane-mckeown13e-student-resources#tag_updates. Oxford University Press.
  • Keane, A. and McKeown, P. (2019). Legal updates for the Modern Law of Evidence 12th Edition: https://learninglink.oup.com/access/keane12e-student-resources#tag_updates. Oxford University Press.
  • McKeown, P. (2019). Similar Fact Evidence (2019)

    (Westlaw; Criminal Topics; Overview).     Westlaw.
  • Keane, A. and McKeown, P. Legal updates for the Modern Law of Evidence 12th Edition: https://learninglink.oup.com/access/keane12e-student-resources#tag_updates.

Journal articles (26)

  • McKeown, P. (2020). R v Gillings Crim LR [2020], 11, 1057-1060, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (11).
  • McKeown, P. (2020). R v Green Crim L R [2019] 8, 709-712, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (8).
  • McKeown, P. (2020). R v Day Crim LR [2020] 2, 170- 174

    Commentary.     Criminal Law Review, 2.
  • McKeown, P. (2020). R v Shaid Crim LR [2020] 2, 167-170, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (2).
  • McKeown, P. (2020). R v Omotoso Crim LR [2019] 2, 156-160, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (2).
  • McKeown, P. (2020). R v Brown Crim LR [2020] 1, 71-74, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (1).
  • Keane, A. and McKeown, P. (2019). Time to Abandon ‘Beyond Reasonable Doubt’ and ‘Sure’: The Case for a New Direction on the Criminal Standard and Why and How it should be Used. Criminal Law Review, Crim LR [2019] 6(6), pp. 505–527.
  • McKeown, P. (2019). R v Cooper Crim L R [2019] 1, 42-44, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (1).
  • McKeown, P. (2018). Randell v DPP [2018], 10, 850-852, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (10).
  • McKeown, P. (2018). DPP v Sugden [2018], 9, 752-756, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (9).
  • McKeown, P. (2018). R v Jukes [2018], 8, 658-666, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (8).
  • McKeown, P. (2018). AB v CPS [2018] Crim LR, 7, 576-581, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (7).
  • McKeown, P. (2018). R v JR Crim LR [2018], 6, 478-481, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (6).
  • McKeown, P. (2018). R v Hay [2018], 5, 400- 402, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (5).
  • McKeown, P. (2018). R v JL [2018], 2, 184-187, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (2).
  • McKeown, P. (2018). R v Grimes [2018] Crim LR, 1, 68-70, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (1).
  • McKeown, P. (2017). R v Midmore [2017] Crim LR, 10, 793-798, Commentary. Criminal Law Review.
  • McKeown, P. (2017). R v Sardar [2017] Crim LR, 6, 500-504, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (6).
  • McKeown, P. (2017). R v Noble [2017] Crim LR, 6, 473-478, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (6).
  • McKeown, P. (2017). R v Evans [2017] Crim LR, 5, 406-411, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (5).
  • McKeown, P. (2017). R v Mitchell [2017] Crim LR, 4, 310-316, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (4).
  • McKeown, P. (2017). Myers v The Queen; Cox v The Queen; Brangman v The Queen Crim LR [2017], 2, 125-131, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (2).
  • McKeown, P. (2017). R v Awoyemi Crim L R [2017], 2, 131-137, Commentary. Criminal Law Review, (2).
  • McKeown, P. (2000). R v El Treki, Archbold News, (2000), Issue 8. Archbold News, (8).
  • McKeown, P. (2000). R v El Treki, The Criminal Lawyer, No. 107, October 2000, 1, Butterworths. The Criminal Lawyer, (107).
  • McKeown, P. (1999). 'Challenging Crown Court Permission to Name & Shame', The Criminal Lawyer, No 95 July 1999, Butterworths, 2pp. The Criminal Lawyer, (95).