Eric Baskind

School of Law

Eric is senior lecturer in the School of Law teaching across the LLB and LLM programmes. He is module leader for Commercial Law, Sports Law, Mooting and International Dispute Resolution. He is also a member of the Criminal Law teaching team.

He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts, a Member of the Society of Legal Scholars and a Member of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators.

Eric is Master of Moots at the school of law, LJMU, and National Adjudicator for the English Speaking Union/Essex Court Chambers National Mooting Competition. Eric is also admissions tutor for the part-time LLB degree.

Eric is the author of:
• Commercial Law (Oxford University Press), 2013, 2016, 2019
• Commercial Law Concentrate (Oxford University Press), 2012, 2014, 2015, 2017, 2019
• Mooting: The Definitive Guide (Routledge), 2016

Eric is also a consultant in the prevention and management of violence and aggression and in the use of physical interventions. He has been instructed as an expert witness both in the UK and in other countries in more than 3,000 cases involving restraint-related injuries and deaths and martial art systems. He holds black belts in a number of martial arts including ju-jitsu where is graded to 7th Dan.

Amongst the organisations he is currently advising are:
• the High Secure Hospitals at Ashworth, Rampton, Broadmoor and Carstairs where he is the Independent Expert Advisor to the Violence Reduction Manual Steering Group
• the Scottish Prison Service where he is carrying out a review into the use of control & restraint across the Scottish prison estate.
• the Security Industry Authority where he chairs an expert panel reviewing the management of violence and aggression and use of force in connection with the SIA’s licence-linked qualifications
• the College of Policing’s Mental Health Restraint Expert Reference Group where he leads the work on restraint practices
• the British Ju-Jitsu Association Governing Body where he is honorary lawyer and advisor in physical restraint

Eric gave both written and oral evidence to The Lord Carlile of Berriew QC Independent Inquiry into the Use of Physical Restraint in Prisons, Secure Training Centres, and Local Authority Secure Children’s Homes, held in the House of Lords, 2006 and 2011. He was also a Commissioner serving on the National Independent Commission on Enforced Removals with specific responsibility for advising on the management of violence and aggression and the safe use of restraint. The Commission was chaired by Lord Ramsbotham, GCB, CBE, formerly Chief Inspector of Her Majesty’s Prisons, and was established in March 2012 following the death of Mr Jimmy Mubenga who died whilst being restrained during his deportation from the UK.

Eric is Chairman of the Centre for Physical Interventions at the British Self Defence Governing Body (BSDGB), a not-for-profit organisation dedicated to the improvement in personal safety and to the reduction in violence and aggression in the workplace. He is a Member of the European Violence in Psychiatry Research Group and the European Network for Training in the Management of Aggression.

Eric is the author of:
• Defend Yourself: the Complete Guide to Personal Safety (Pelham Books, London, 1993).
• Coercive Measures in the Management of Imminent Violence: Restraint, Seclusion, and Enhanced Observation in Violence in Mental Health Settings: Causes, Consequences, Management (Springer-Verlag, New York, 2007), (chapter co-author)

In 2014, Eric was presented with a Lifetime Achievement Award in recognition of his outstanding work in the prevention and managing of violence and aggression.

Degrees

Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, LLB (Hons), (First Class)
Liverpool John Moores University, United Kingdom, LLM, (Distinction)

Academic appointments

Senior lecturer, Liverpool John Moores University, 2000 - present

Journal article

Blake L, Pugh R, Skelton L, Baskind E, Harries B, Butler M, Sethi F. 2020. Risk mitigation and the legal and ethical considerations for COVID-19 in a psychiatric inpatient setting Journal of Psychiatric Intensive Care, 16 :101-110 DOI

Baskind EI, Sethi F, Parkes J, Paterson B, O'Brien A. 2018. Restraint in mental health settings; is it time to declare a position? British Journal of Psychiatry, 212 :137-141 DOI Author Url Publisher Url Public Url

Book

Baskind EI. 2018. Commercial Law Oxford University Press. UK Publisher Url

Baskind E. 2017. Commercial Law Concentrate Law Revision and Study Guide Oxford University Press 9780198803843

Baskind E. 2017. Mooting - The Definitive Guide Routledge

Baskind EI, Osbourne G, Roach L. 2016. Commercial Law Oxford University Press. London 9780198729358 Publisher Url

Baskind E. 2013. Commercial Law Concentrate Law Revision and Study Guide Oxford University Press 9780199671991

Baskind E, Osborne G, Roach L. 2013. Commercial Law Oxford University Press 9780199664238

Baskind EI. 1994. Defend Yourself Pelham (Penguin)

Baskind EI. Commercial Law Oxford University Press

Chapters

Baskind EI, Whittington R, Paterson B. 2006. Coercive Measures in the Management of Imminent Violence: Restraint, Seclusion and Enhanced Observation Richter D, Whittington R. Violence in Mental Health Settings Springer. America Author Url Publisher Url

Other Professional Activity:

College of Policing 'Conflict management using de-escalation, communication and negotiation'.. 2020

Conference organisation:

NICE Guidelines for violence reduction and safer use of restraint. Healthcare conference., Chair. 2018

Ensuring Adherence to the 2017 National Quality Standard for Violence & Aggression, Chair and keynote speaker. 2018

Annual Violence Reduction & Use of Force Conference, Chair and Keynote speaker, http://www.nfps.info/nfps-2016-conference. 2016

National Association of Psychiatric Intensive Care Units (NAPICU), University of Warwick., speaker, http://napicu.org.uk/wp/events/annual-conference/. 2015

What can the UK teach us about physical interventions? Landspitali, National University Hospital of Iceland, Reykjavik, speaker. 2015

Dealing with violence and aggression in a fast-moving world – what have the past 5 years taught us? NFPS, London, keynote speaker, http://www.nfps.info/nfps-july-2015-seminar-videos. 2015

Policing and mental health: restraint, law, guidance and best practice. Why is there so much confusion and contradiction? Liverpool John Moores University., speaker. 2015

Implementing the National Objective to end Prone/Face Down Restraint: Examining Restraint Positions in Practice, Chair, http://www.healthcareconferencesuk.co.uk/national-objective-to-end-prone-face-down-restraint. 2015

Making 'Positive & Safe' a Reality, South Staffordshire & Shropshire NHS Trust, speaker. 2014

Policy, Restraint Practice and the Law, European Network for Training in the Management of Aggression (ENTMA) Dublin, speaker. 2014

Policy, Restraint Practice and the Law, European Network for Training in the Management of Aggression, Dublin, Ireland, Speaker. 2014

Helping the IMBs to identify good and poor practice, Independent Monitoring Board's Immigration & Detention Estate, London, speaker. 2014

Law and Practice on the Use of Physical Restraint, Keynote speaker, http://www.nfps.info/law-abiding-revolution-2014. 2014

Preventing Deaths in Police Custody, Chair (Joint), http://www.publicpolicyexchange.co.uk/events/DK21-PPE.php#details. 2013

External committees:

Guideline Committee Steering Group for violence and aggression, College of Policing, member. 2017

Advisory Board, ProtectED (University of Salford), Member, https://www.protect-ed.org/. 2017

Policing/Mental Health Expert Reference Group, College of Policing, Member. Lead for physical intervention.. 2015

High Secure Services Steering Group (Violence Reduction and Physical Interventions), High Security Hospitals (Broadmoor, Rampton, Ashworth, Carstairs), Expert Advisor. 2014

Physical Intervention Skills Expert Panel, Security Industry Authority (Home Office; SIA), Chair. 2013

National Independent Commission on Enforced Removals, Lord Ramsbotham; Citizens UK, Commissioner. 2013

Award:

Lifetime Achievement Award, Centre for Physical Interventions. 2014

Fellowships:

Royal Society for the Arts, RSA. 2014

Higher Education Academy, Higher Education Academy. 2004

Membership of professional bodies:

Chartered Institute of Arbitrators, Chartered Institute of Arbitrators. 2005