Peter is Acting Head of Law at Sheffield Hallam University and the leader of the Sports Law module and in January 2008 he was elected to the editorial board of the International Sports Law Review. He also teaches Land Law and Equity and Trusts.
He has published several articles related to Sports Law, which are detailed below or via the "Quick Links" section on the left hand side of this page.
In 2003 Peter was awarded a fellowship by the New Zealand-United Kingdom Link Foundation to fund a research project in New Zealand.
He was involved in consultation with the Private Members Promotion of Volunteering Bill 2004, which was acknowledged in Hansard (Standing Committee C - Hansard, Wed 19th May 2004, Column No 101), and again later in 2006, (Standing Committee E – Hansard 20th June 2006, Column No 14).
He was an invitee to the All Party Parliamentary Group-Risk and Adventure in Society, which met on 19th Oct 2005 in the House of Commons, Committee Room 7. He has recently contributed to the consultation paper Childhood Review, which was delivered by David Willets MP to the Shadow Cabinet in October 2007
In November of 2005 he presented a paper at the International Play the Game Conference in Copenhagen, suggesting possible reform to the issue of negligence liability amongst sports participants.

Publications
Cricket pair not out in doping row I.S.L.R. 2007, 4(Nov), 57-66; Explores and evaluates the suspension by the Pakistan Cricket Board (PCB), and subsequent Anti Doping Commission ban, imposed on Pakistani cricketers Shoaib Akhtar and Muhammad Asif after they tested positive for the banned performance-enhancing substance 19-Norandrosterone and looks at the circumstances which led to the overturning of the ban.
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Tigana v Fulham FC [2005] 4 ISLR 89; Examination of the unfair dismissal case brought by Jean Tigana against Fulham Football Club.
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Gender Recog Act ISLR [2005] 38; Looks at the implications of the Gender Recognition Act 2004 for sports participants.
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Solomon's Baseball ISLR [2005] Issue 4; Looks at at a possession dispute between two fans both alleging that they had rightful ownership of a record breaking baseball hit into the crowd in USA.
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WADA Report on ATP Drug Tests ISLR [2005] 19; Follow up to the Greg Rusedski article in Issue 3 examining the World Anti Doping Agency report into the surfeit of failed drugs tests in men’s tennis.
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A Reckless Approach to Negligence JPIL [2004] 4 291; Assesses the implications of Blake v Galloway [2004] on the standard of care for sports and recreational cases
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Astrid Andersen Case ISLR [2004] 85; Discussion on a case in New Zealand of a cycle road race director found guilty of criminal nuisance following the death of a race participant.
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Rusedski Positive Test ISLR [2004] 65; Article examining the implications of Greg Rusedski’s failed drugs test, both for him and the world of tennis.
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Wales v Uefa ISLR [2004] 73; Looks at the decision by the Court of Arbitration for Sport not to ban Russia from Euro 2004 after one of their players failed a drugs test
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Vowles - JPIL [2003] 2/3 p85; Analysis of a case where a rugby union referee was held liable by the Court of Appeal for the injuries received by the claimant front row forward following an incident on the field of play where he broke his neck.
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