Dr Sarah Nason has a BA Law 1st Class from the University of Cambridge and a PhD Laws from University College London. Her research interests are in public law and human rights, administrative justice, social welfare law, devolution, comparative public law, jurisprudence (legal philosophy), access to justice, and legal technology including AI. Sarah is a member of the editorial board of the journal Public Law, and co-author of the journal's Current Survey. She is a member of the Wales Advisory Committee to the England and Wales Law Commission, an Executive Committee member of Public Law Wales, and a Board Member of the Legal Wales Foundation. Sarah is also Co-Chair of the Great Britain and Ireland Chapter of the International Society of Public Law ICON-S. Sarah's research has been funded by the ESRC, by UK and Welsh Governments, the British Academy, the Nuffield Foundation, and the Society of Legal Scholars. Sarah welcomes PhD supervision in any of her research areas. 

Currently Teaching 

Undergraduate

SXL1110/2210 - Public Law (Co-Module Leader)

SXL2135/3135 - Law, Justice and Rights (Co-Module Leader)

SXL2202/3202 - Law and Technology (Module Leader)

SXL2203/3203/3205 - Practical, Professional Skills (Co-Module Leader)

SXL1202/2201 - Law, Justice and Procedure (Lecturer)

SXL3113 - Dissertation (Supervision)

Postgraduate

SXL4009/4109 - Legal Research Methods

SXL4300/4301 - Dissertation 

I am willing to supervise a PhD

2025

• Accepted/In pressJudicial Review and Administrative Justice Within and Across the UK Nations: A Tale of Divergence and Convergence
  Edwards, L. & Nason, S., 13 Nov 2025, Controlling the Administrative State: Essays in Honour of Matthew Groves. Aronson, M. & Weeks, G. (eds.). Bloomsbury, 31 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedThe role of communities and connections in social welfare legal advice on Anglesey
  Nason, S., Butcher, P. (Contributor), Closs-Davies, S. & Jasny, L., 31 Jan 2025, Bangor University, British Academy & Nuffield Foundation . 90 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Other report › peer-review

2024

• PublishedGiving Rural Communities a Stake: Insight from across the devolved nations
  Nason, S. & Hutcheon, D., 6 Nov 2024, In: The Welsh Agenda. 73, 8 p., 16.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedJudicial Review and Devolution in Wales
  Nason, S., 26 Jan 2024, Supperstone, Goudie & Walker: Judicial Review Seventh edition. Fenwick, H. (ed.). 7 ed. LexisNexis Butterworths, 18 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedRural Assets: Policy and Practice Insights from England
  Nason, S., Hutcheon, D., Macaulay, B., Natalini, D. & Currie, M., 24 Sept 2024, Glasgow Caledonian University, British Academy, Nuffield Foundation. 37 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Other report › peer-review
• PublishedRural Assets: Policy and Practice Insights from Northern Ireland
  Nason, S., Hutcheon, D., Macaulay, B., Currie, M. & Natalini, D., 24 Sept 2024, Glasgow Caledonian University, British Academy, Nuffield Foundation. 38 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Other report › peer-review
• PublishedRural Assets: Policy and Practice Insights from Scotland
  Nason, S., Hutcheon , D., Macaulay, B., Currie , M. & Natalini, D., 24 Sept 2024, Glasgow Caledonian University, British Academy, Nuffield Foundation. 35 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Other report › peer-review
• PublishedRural Assets: Policy and Practice Insights from the Devolved Nations
  Nason, S., Hutcheon, D., Macaulay, B., Natalini, D. & Currie, M., 24 Sept 2024, Glasgow Caledonian University, British Academy, Nuffield Foundation. 137 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Other report › peer-review
• PublishedRural Assets: Policy and Practice Insights from Wales
  Nason, S., Hutcheon, D., Macaulay, B., Currie, M. & Natalini, D., 24 Sept 2024, Glasgow Caledonian University, British Academy, Nuffield Foundation. 34 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Other report › peer-review
• PublishedThe role of communities and connections in social welfare legal advice
  Nason, S., Butcher, P., Closs-Davies, S., Jasny, L., Hughes, S. (Contributor), Martikke, S., Osifo , F. (Contributor) & Poole , L., 30 Sept 2024, Bangor University, British Academy & Nuffield Foundation . 77 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Other report › peer-review
• PublishedTribunals as Part of the Administrative Justice System
  Nason, S. & Pritchard, H., 3 Oct 2024, Administrative Tribunals in the Common Law World . Thomson, S., Groves, M. & Weeks, G. (eds.). Oxford : Bloomsbury, 29 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2023

• PublishedAlternative Dispute Resolution in Turkish Administrative Justice and Learning from other Legal Jurisdictions
  Nason, S. & Arat, N., 1 Mar 2023, Council of Europe. 92 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review
• PublishedCodification of Administrative Law in the United Kingdom: Beyond the Common Law
  Nason, S., 27 Jul 2023, Codification of Administrative Law: A Comparative Study on the Legal Basis of Administrative Law. Uhlmann, F. (ed.). Bloomsbury
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedJudicial review scholarship expanding legal scholarly imagination
  Bell, J. & Nason, S., 10 Feb 2023, Research Handbook on Administrative Law. Edward Elgar, p. 115-136
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedPublic Law and Empirical Legal Research
  Nason, S., 22 Sept 2023, Researching Public Law in Common Law Systems. Daly , P. & Tomlinson, J. (eds.). Edward Elgar, p. 207-230 15 p. (Elgar Studies in Legal Research Matters).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2022

• PublishedExplanatory Journeys: Visualising to Understand and Explain Administrative Justice Paths of Redress
  Roberts, J. C., Butcher, P., Sherlock, A. & Nason, S., Jan 2022, In: IEEE Transactions on visualization and computer graphics. 28, 1, p. 518-528 11 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHolistic Legal Support for Litigants in Person: The North and Mid Wales Virtual Law Clinic Partnership
  Nason, S., 31 Oct 2022, In: International Journal of Clinical Legal Education . 29, 2
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedLegislating to Empower Communities: Comparing Community Asset Acquisition Law in the UK
  Nason, S., 2 Sept 2022, Social Science Research Network (SSRN).
  Research output: Working paper
• PublishedMaking justice and rights work in Wales: the case for ground up constitutional change
  Nason, S. & Edwards, L., 1 Apr 2022, In: Public Law. 2022, 4, p. 224-244
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedMethodological Pluralism and Modern Administrative Law
  Nason, S., Feb 2022, The Methodology of Constitutional Theory . Kyritsis, D. & Lakin, S. (eds.). Bloomsbury, 29 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2021

• PublishedAdministrative Procedure and Judicial Review in the United Kingdom
  Nason, S., 18 Oct 2021, Judicial Review of Administration in Europe . Della Cananea, G. & Andenas, M. (eds.). Oxford: OUP, 24 p. (The Common Core of European Administrative Laws).
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedJustice in Wales
  Nason, S., Mar 2021, Senedd Cymru. 40 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• PublishedOversight of Administrative Justice Systems
  Nason, S., Sept 2021, Oxford Handbook of Administrative Justice . Hertogh, M., Kirkham, R., Thomas, R. & Tomlinson, J. (eds.). Oxford: OUP, 35 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedPlus ça Change? An Empirical Analysis of Judicial Review in Modern Administrative Law
  Nason, S., 25 Feb 2021, Executive Decision-Making and the Courts : Revisiting the Origins of Modern Judicial Review. Arvind, T., Stirton, L., Kirkham, R. & Mac Síthigh, D. (eds.). Bloomsbury, 22 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review
• PublishedReviewing Judicial Review in Wales
  Nason, S. & Edwards, L., Apr 2021, Prifysgol Bangor University. 42 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Other report › peer-review
• PublishedStrengthening and advancing equality and human rights in Wales
  Nason, S., Hoffman , S., Beacock , R. & Hicks , E., 26 Aug 2021, Welsh Government. 165 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report › peer-review

2020

• PublishedAdministrative Justice and the Legacy of Executive Devolution: Establishing a Tribunals System for Wales
  Nason, S. & Pritchard, H., 24 Apr 2020, In: Australian Journal of Administrative Law . 26, 4, 35 p., 3.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedAdministrative Justice in Wales
  Nason, S. & Pritchard, H., Nov 2020, In: Journal of Law and Society. 47, S2, p. 262-281
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedEuropean Principles of Good Administration and UK Administrative Justice
  Nason, S., Jun 2020, In: European Public Law . 26, 2, p. 391-420 24 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedHousing and Justice in Wales
  Nason, S. & Taylor, H., 31 Oct 2020, In: Journal of Housing Law. 23, 5, p. 97-103
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedJustice in Wales for the People of Wales
  Nason, S., May 2020, In: Edinburgh Law Review. 24, 2, p. 297-304 7 p.
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedPublic Administration and a Just Wales
  Nason, S., Sherlock, A., Pritchard, H. & Taylor, H., Mar 2020, Prifysgol Bangor University. 118 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Other report › peer-review
• PublishedPublic Administration and a Just Wales: Education
  Nason, S., Sherlock, A., Taylor, H. & Pritchard, H., Mar 2020, Prifysgol Bangor University. 99 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Other report
• PublishedPublic Administration and Justice in Wales: Social Housing and Homelessness
  Nason, S., Sherlock, A., Taylor, H. & Pritchard, H., Mar 2020, Prifysgol Bangor University. 74 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Other report › peer-review
• PublishedThe Impact of Pan-European General Principles of Good Administration on United Kingdom Administrative Law: Shared Principles in a Strained Relationship
  Nason, S., 11 Sept 2020, Good Administration and the Council of Europe: Law, Principles and Effectiveness. Andrijauskaitė, A. & Stelkens, U. (eds.). Oxford: OUP, 56 p.
  Research output: Chapter in Book/Report/Conference proceeding › Chapter › peer-review

2019

• PublishedThe 'New Administrative Law' of Wales
  Nason, S., 10 Oct 2019, In: Public Law. 2019, p. 703-723
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2018

• PublishedAdministrative Justice: Wales' First Devolved Justice System
  Nason, S., Dec 2018, Prifysgol Bangor University.
  Research output: Book/Report › Other report

2017

• PublishedAdministrative justice in Wales: a new egalitarianism?
  Nason, S., 14 Feb 2017, In: Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law. 39, 1, p. 115-135
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedAdministrative Justice in Wales and Comparative Perspectives
  Nason, S. (Editor), 9 Aug 2017, Cardiff: Universiy of Wales Press. 448 p. (Public Law of Wales )
  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

2016

• PublishedReconstructing Judicial Review
  Nason, S., 1 Dec 2016, Oxford: Hart Publishing. 256 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Book › peer-review

2015

• PublishedAdministrative Justice in Wales: A Research Report
  Nason, S., Nov 2015, Prifysgol Bangor University.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report
• PublishedUnderstanding Administrative Justice in Wales: Full report including executive summary
  Nason, S., Nov 2015, Prifysgol Bangor University. 126 p.
  Research output: Book/Report › Commissioned report

2014

• PublishedJustice Outside London? Five Years of “Regional” Administrative Courts
  Nason, S. M., 1 Sept 2014, In: Judicial Review. 19, 3, p. 188-199
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2013

• PublishedThe Regionalisation of Judicial Review: Constitutional Authority, Access to Justice and Specialisation of Legal Services in Public Law
  Nason, S. & Sunkin, M., 1 Mar 2013, In: The Modern Law Review. 76, 2, p. 223-253
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2012

• PublishedThe Administrative Court, the Upper Tribunal and Permission To Seek Judicial Review
  Nason, S. M., 1 Jan 2012, In: Nottingham Law Journal. 12, p. 1-25
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2011

• PublishedFinality is a good thing, but justice is better: recent cases concerning the High Court's supervisory jurisdiction.
  Nason, S. M., 26 Feb 2011.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedPractical-Political Jurisprudence and the Dual Nature of Law
  Nason, S. M., 1 Sept 2011, In: Ratio Juris. 26, 3, p. 430-455
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2010

• PublishedRegionalisation of the Administrative Court and Access to Justice
  Nason, S. M., Hardy, D. & Sunkin, M., 1 Sept 2010, In: Judicial Review. 15, 3, p. 220-227
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

2009

• PublishedNonsense on Stilts? A Quaker view of human rights
  Nason, S. M., 1 Jan 2009, In: Law and Justice. 163, 2, p. 156
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Book/Film/Article review › peer-review
• PublishedRegionalisation of the Administrative Court
  Nason, S. M., 1 Mar 2009, In: Judicial Review. 14, 1, p. 1-5
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedRegionalisation of the Administrative Court and Access to Justice
  Nason, S. M., 9 Sept 2009.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedRegionalisation of the Administrative Court and the tribunalisation of judicial review
  Nason, S. M., 1 Jul 2009, In: Public Law. 3, p. 440-452
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedSaying something interesting in Jurisprudence, a Young Scholar's story
  Nason, S. M., 1 Jan 2009, In: Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy. 34, p. 193-220
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Complete Story of Jurisprudence
  Nason, S. M., 23 Jul 2009.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2008

• PublishedMulticulturalism, Human Rights, and Proportionality.
  Nason, S. M., 1 Jan 2008, In: King's Law Journal. 19, 2, p. 391-401
  Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review
• PublishedThe Judge as a Trimmer.
  Nason, S. M., 12 Dec 2008.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper
• PublishedTowards a Multicultural Theory of Adjudication.
  Nason, S. M., 12 May 2008.
  Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

2022

• BU-IIA Funded Project: Lessons from Emergency Public Contracts awarded during the COVID-19 Pandemic: Sustainability for SMEs

  Project description: During the pandemic, the UK awarded numerous public contracts to large companies exceeding £30.2 billion, via emergency procurement decisions. In the same period many SMEs, including those in Wales, seemingly lost out on these opportunities. Immediate analysis as to the reasons for this is required, particularly given Wales is disproportionately reliant on SMEs to sustain its economy. We will investigate the impact of Welsh public bodies' emergency procurement decision-making on SMEs' ability to achieve sustainability.

  Funding awarded through the Bangor University Innovation and Impact Award (Research Wales Innovation Funding). Value = £9579

  1 Apr 2022 – 31 Mar 2023

  Activity: Other (Contributor)

• Rural Assets: Policy and Practice Insights from the Devolved Nations

  01/05/2022 – 15/08/2024 (Finished)

• Social Welfare Law Advice and Communities

  01/05/2022 – 30/04/2025 (Finished)

• Access to justice in North Wales and the impact of our Law Clinic Project

  01/06/2021 – 19/08/2023 (Finished)

• Judicial Review in Wales: Access to Justice and the Rule of Law

  31/08/2020 – 01/08/2022 (Finished)

• Wales' Human Rights Law Framework

  16/01/2020 – 28/02/2021 (Finished)

• Paths to Administrative Justice in Wales: Principles, Challenges and Opportunities - School of Law costs only

  01/09/2018 – 30/11/2020 (Finished)

• Administrative Justice in Wales project Phases 1&2

  01/01/2015 – 05/08/2016 (Finished)

• Regionalisation of the Administrative Court and Access to Justice

  01/03/2010 – 30/09/2011 (Finished)

• Assessing the potential relationship between regionalisation of the Administrative Court and access to justice outside London and the South East

  01/06/2009 – 17/02/2010 (Finished)