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Mariette Jones is a Senior Lecturer in Law at Middlesex University, UK, affiliated with the Faculty of Business and Law and the Department of Law and Social Sciences. She serves as a module leader for Tort Law, UK Company Law (LLB), and Comparative Corporate Governance (LLM), while co-supervising PhD candidates. From 2019-2024, she led the LLB Programme. Her research focuses on freedom of expression, defamation, privacy law, and comparative legal frameworks, with notable work on UK online safety legislation and post-Apartheid South African legal reforms.
- Education: Solicitor qualification in South Africa (2000), PhD from Middlesex University (2020)
Her research explores intersections between digital regulation and free speech, including algorithmic censorship, surveillance law, and comparative defamation jurisprudence. Recent publications analyze UK Online Safety Bill implications, Brexit’s constitutional impacts, and post-Apartheid thought freedom.
- Awards: Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, Society of Legal Scholars membership
Teaching extends to guest lectures at France’s Catholic University of Lille. She has supervised PhD candidate Sadia Snigdha and served as an external examiner at Sussex University (2018–2023). Her work bridges legal theory and practice, addressing global digital governance challenges and historical legal injustices.
