Successful Session for our Lower 6 Pupils on Law Delivered by a Distinguished Oxford Professor
June 19, 2025
We were delighted to welcome back to Norwich School on 19 June 2025 Professor Peter Mirfield, a highly respected Emeritus Professor of Law at Jesus College, Oxford University.
Pulling on his 52 years of legal experience, Professor Mirfield delivered for a third successive year a highly informative and practical session on the academic subject of Law to a group of the school’s budding lawyers organised by Development Director, Mr Pearson and Deputy Head of UCAS, Mr Pearce.
His tutorial kicked off with an introduction to this academic subject and included examples of the necessary critical rigour required to study this subject. Subsequently, Professor Mirfield led an in-depth discussion on a celebrated and particularly contentious legal case that went to Appeal (Fagan v Metropolitan Police Commissioner) and concluded with a number of thought-provoking worked examples relating to the Theft Act 1968. It proved to be a lively session of discussion and insight, and Professor Mirfield was patient and cogent in his explanations.
The intent of the session was to be inspiring and to help our Sixth Formers make informed choices for their studies beyond Norwich School.
Earlier in the day, being a former Norwich School Governor, Professor Mirfield and his wife Jean were suitably impressed by a tour of the new Lower School extension and our 15 Upper King Street facility. Our day concluded with a joyful performance of School of Rock in the Blake Studio.



