Key details
India Hughes
Lecturer in Law
India joined the University of Greenwich in 2024, whilst completing her PhD thesis at the University of Kent. India completed her LLB at Kent Law School and went on to work as a Legal Assistant in Child Protection for Kent County Council, before returning to the Kent Law Clinic as Clinic Coordinator. India was then awarded a SeNSS 3+1 Studentship to complete her MA in Social Research Methods and PhD in Socio-Legal Studies, researching the use of Section 20 voluntary accommodation agreements in child protection social work. India’s research focuses on the tension between state support and state intervention into citizens’ private and family lives. |
Responsibilities within the university
Teaching on;
Family Law
Law of Tort
Human Rights Law
Research / Scholarly interests
Child protection and public family law; autonomy and privacy in family law and policy; public law and human rights; state power and neoliberalism.
Presentations
India Hughes (2023) ‘Voluntary Accommodation Agreements in Child Protection: The Law and Practice of Section 20 Children Act 1989’, Critical Conversations in Child Protection: A Webinar Series, Centre for Child Protection, University of Kent