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Felicity Gerry is an Australian barrister, academic, and media commentator. [1] [2] [3] [4] She is a professor of Legal Practice at Deakin University and practices at Libertas Chambers in London and Crockett Chambers in Melbourne. [2] [5] [6]
Gerry studied undergraduate law at the University of Kingston Upon Thames, earning a Bachelor of Laws (Honours) degree. [7] [8] She attained postgraduate qualification as a barrister at the Inns of Court School of Law, London (Middle Temple) in 1994. [7] She later went onto complete her Masters of Law (LLM) and PhD at Charles Darwin University. [1]
Gerry has appeared in the UK Supreme Court on joint enterprise law and the Australian High Court on rights to second appeal. [9] [6] She contributed to the International Bar Association's report on human trafficking, and is a senior anti-human trafficking consultant for Lawyers Without Borders. [2] [10] [11] She has conducted research and handled cases involving human trafficking and modern slavery. [12] [13] In 2015, she assisted in reprieving human trafficking survivor Mary Jane Veloso from execution in Indonesia. [14]
She co-wrote a legal memorandum on due diligence and compliance issues under international law (including modern slavery considerations) regarding the Singapore stock exchange listed Golden City scheme in Myanmar. [15] This memo led to divestment from the scheme. [16]
She is a professor of Legal Practice at Deakin University, where she teaches courses on contemporary international legal challenges, including sanctions law, war crimes, modern slavery, and digital law. [2] [17] Gerry has also been appointed Honorary Professor at the University of Salford. [17]
She is a commentator on international legal issues, particularly relating to international crimes, terrorism, and human rights abuses. [18] [12] [19] She has appeared in a number of documentaries and news stories, including BAFTA nominated, The Cruel Cut, the Foreign Correspondent produced, Mary Jane: The woman who escaped a firing squad, the Logie Award nominated, The Queen & Zak Grieve, and BBC Three's Sex on the Edge. [20] [21] [22] [23] She is also the Editor-in-Chief of ANZSIL Perspective. [24]
In 2014 Gerry was part of the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales team drafting a report to the Parliamentary Inquiry into Female Genital Mutilation ('FGM'), which contributed to legislative change on FGM law in the United Kingdom. [34] [35] [36] She is the co-author of the Sexual Offences Handbook: Law, Practice and Procedure, published by Wildy, Simmonds and Hill Publishing in the United Kingdom and has written two reports for LexisNexis on women in prison. [37] [38]
She is also leading the campaign for posthumous exoneration of Christine Keeler, who was jailed for nine months in 1963 for a perjury, associated with the Profumo scandal. [39]
In addition to her work in R v Jogee, she has contributed research and advocacy to changing the law on joint enterprise in the United Kingdom, and was a co-drafter of the Joint Enterprise (Significant Contribution) Bill tabled in UK Parliament by Kim Johnson MP in 2023. [40] [41] [42]
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