Academic Staff (Legal expertise)

Listed below are the specialist areas of legal expertise in the School, together with the relevant academic staff and some of our current research students.

Visiting staff are denoted by (V)

ADR and dispute resolution:Dr Stavros Brekoulakis, Dr Julia Hörnle, Dr Laurent Levy (V), Professor Julian Lew (V), Penny Martin, Professor Loukas Mistelis, Chris Newmark (V)

Asylum and immigration law: Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas, Dr Prakash Shah

Banking and finance law: Professor C Chatterjee (V), Dr Gabriel Gari, Professor Alastair Hudson,Professor Rosa Maria Lastra, Andrew McKnight (V), Dr Shalini Perera, Professor René Smits (V),Professor George Walker

Child law: Ms Shazia Choudhry, Professor Geraldine Van Bueren

Civil liberties: Professor Geraldine Van Bueren

Class actions: Professor Rachael Mulheron

Communications law: Anne Flanagan, Dr Julia Hornle, Noam Shemtov

Comparative law: Professor Roger Cotterrell, Professor Margot Horspool (V), Professor Andrew Le Sueur, Professor Kate Malleson, Professor Loukas Mistelis, Dr Prakash A Shah, Professor Uma Suthersanen, Professor Cees van Dam (V)

Company law / Corporate law: Professor Alan Dignam, Professor Janet Dine, Mr Rod Edmunds,Professor Alastair Hudson, Dr  Shalini Perera, Kateena O’Gorman

Competition law: Steven Anderman (V), Dr Maher Dabbah, Anne Flanagan, Julia Hörnle, Professor Valentine Korah (V), Professor Spyros Maniatis

Copyright law: Gillian Davies (V), Mr Jonathan Griffiths, Phillip Johnson (V), Adrian Sterling (V), Professor Uma Suthersanen, Dr Guido Westkamp

Constitutional law: Professor Lizzie Barmes, Professor Eric Heinze, Dr Mario Mendez, Professor Andrew Le Sueur, Professor Kate Malleson

Conflict of laws: Dr Stavros Brekoulakis, Julia Hörnle, Professor Loukas Mistelis,

Contract law: Professor Michael Lobban, Ms Catharine MacMillan, Dr Jill Marshall, Professor Rachael Mulheron, Angie Raymond

Courts, judges, access to justice: Professor Andrew Le Sueur, Professor Kate Malleson

Criminal law including international criminal law, criminal justice and criminology: Professor Peter Alldridge, Mr Leonidas Cheliotis (V), Ms Shazia Choudhry, Professor Sean McConville, Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas, Professor Richard Nobles, Dr Phoebe Okowa, Professor David Ormerod,Professor David Schiff, Professor William Wilson

Disability law: Professor Peter Alldridge

Development: Professor Peter Drahos, Dr Gabriel Gari, Professor Johanna Gibson, Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas, Professor Loukas Mistelis, Professor Uma Suthersanen

Electronic commerce: Laura Edgar, Julia Hörnle, Anjanette Raymond, Professor Chris Reed, Gavin Sutter, Professor Ian Walden 

Elder law: Professor Geraint Thomas

Energy and natural resources: Norah Gallagher (V), Professor Loukas Mistelis, Dr Laurence Shore (V)

Ethnic minority law: Dr Prakash Shah

European commercial law: Marise Cremona (V), Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas

European Union law: Professor Kenneth Armstrong, Professor Lizzie Barmes, Mr Nick Bernard, Eileen Denza (V), Dr Julia Hörnle, Professor Margot Horspool (V), Professor Rosa Maria Lastra, Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas, Dr Mario Mendez, Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas, Dr Tom O'Shea, Professor Takis Tridimas

European and International taxation: Dr Tom O'Shea

Evidence: Professor Peter Alldridge, Professor David Ormerod

Equality and discrimination law: Professor Lizzie Barmes, Professor Kate Malleson, Dr Ann Mumford,Professor Geraldine Van Bueren

Family law: Ms Shazia Choudhry

Feminist legal theory: Dr Jill Marshall, Dr Ann Mumford

Foreign investment law: Professor Donald Donovan (V) Norah Gallagher (V), Dr Gabriel Gari, Professor Julian Lew (V), Professor Loukas Mistelis, Audley Sheppard (V), Dr Laurence Shore (V),

General media law: Gavin Sutter, Professor Ian Walden

Housing law: Professor Alastair Hudson, Professor Geraint Thomas

Human rights and civil liberties: Ms Merris Amos, Professor Lizzie Barmes, Ms Shazia Choudhry,Professor Janet Dine, Mr Rod Edmunds, Professor Eric Heinze, Dr Jill Marshall, Dr Sejal Parmar (V),Professor Geraldine Van Bueren,

Indigenous people: Professor Michael Blakeney, Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Professor Johanna Gibson, Professor Uma Suthersanen

Information technology: Professor Peter Alldridge, Mr Jonathan Griffiths, Professor Christopher Millard ,Professor Chris Reed, Professor Uma Suthersanen, Gavin Sutter, Professor Ian Walden,

Internet law: Anne Flanagan, Dr Julia Hornle, Professor Christopher Millard, Professor Chris Reed,Professor Ian Walden

Intellectual property law: Professor Michael Blakeney, Professor Peter Drahos, Dr Gail Evans, Anne Flanagan, Professor Johanna Gibson, Mr Jonathan Griffiths, Professor Spyros Maniatis, Dr Duncan Matthews, Professor Chris Reed, Noam Shemtov, Adrian Sterling (V), Professor Uma Suthersanen, Dr Guido Westkamp

International arbitration: Dr Stavros Brekoulakis, Professor Donald Donovan (V), Norah Gallagher (V),Dr Stefan Kröll (V), Dr Laurent Levy (V), Dr Julian Lew, Humphrey Lloyd QC(V), Penny Martin, Professor Loukas Mistelis, Chris Newmark (V), Angie Raymond, Audley Sheppard (V), Dr Laurence Shore (V), Dr Ali Yesilirmak (V).

International commercial law (Sales): Angie Raymond

International economic law: Professor Janet Dine, Dr Gabriel Gari, Professor Rosa Maria Lastra, Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas

International secured transactions: Angie Raymond

International environmental law:Professor Olufemi Elias (V), Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice

International trade law: Professor Janet Dine, Dr Gabriel Gari, Dr Joanna Gomula-Crawford (V), Dr Stefan Kröll (V), Dr Rafael Leal-Arcas, Professor Loukas Mistelis, Anjanette Raymond

International humanitarian law: Dr Jill Marshall, Dr Phoebe Okowa, Professor Geraldine Van Bueren

International humanitarian law and disarmament law: Dr Marco Roscini

International protection of human rights: Ms Sejal Parmar (V),

International water law: Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice

Judicial review: Professor Andrew Le Sueur

Jurisprudence and legal theory: Professor Peter Alldridge, Professor Roger Cotterrell, Professor Peter Drahos, Professor Eric Heinze, Professor Michael Lobban, Dr Jill Marshall, Professor Richard Nobles,Professor David Schiff. 

Labour law: Professor Lizzie Barmes

Law and literature: Professor Eric Heinze

Legal education: Professor Peter Alldridge

Legal history: Professor Michael Lobban, Ms Catharine MacMillan, Professor Seán McConville

Migration law: Dr Prakash A Shah

Medical law: Professor Richard Ashcroft, Professor Elaine Gadd, Professor Rachael Mulheron

Patent law: Roger Cullis (V), Professor Johanna Gibson, Tibor Gold (V), Phillip Johnson (V), Dr Duncan Matthews, Professor Uma Suthersanen

Pensions: Professor Alastair Hudson, Professor Richard Nobles, Professor Geraint Thomas

Privacy and data protection: Anne Flanagan, Professor Christopher Millard

Property law: Mr Rod Edmunds, Professor Alastair Hudson, Ms Catharine MacMillan, Professor Geraint Thomas

Public law: Ms Merris Amos, Professor Lizzie Barmes, Professor Andrew Le Sueur, Professor Kate Malleson, Dr Mario Mendez

Public international law: Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice, Penny Martin, Dr Phoebe Okowa

Regulation: Professor Peter Drahos, Professor Rosa Maria Lastra, Professor Uma Suthersanen

Restitution: Professor Alastair Hudson, Professor Rachael Mulheron, Professor Geraint Thomas

Secured transactions: Andrew McKnight (V), Professor Loukas Mistelis, Ms Angie Raymond.

Social welfare and poverty law: Professor Kenneth Armstrong, Dr Ann Mumford, Professor Geraldine Van Bueren

Sociology of law: Professor Roger Cotterrell, Professor Johanna Gibson, Professor Richard Nobles,Professor David Schiff

Taxation: Ms Laura Edgar, Dr Ann Mumford, Dr Tom O'Shea, Dr Christiana HJI Panayi, David Southern(V), Joy Svasti-Salee (V)

Telecommunications: John Angel (V), Anne Flanagan, Nick Higham (V), Professor Ian Walden

Terrorism law: Professor Valsamis Mitsilegas

Torts: Mr Jonathan Griffiths, Professor Rachael Mulheron, Gavin Sutter

Trade Mark law: Professor Michael Blakeney, Dr Gail Evans, Tibor Gold (V), Phillip Johnson (V),Professor Spyros Maniatis, Jeremy Phillips (V), Professor Uma Suthersanen

Traditional knowledge: Professor Michael Blakeney,

Treaties: Professor Malgosia Fitzmaurice

Trusts and equity: Mr Rod Edmunds, Professor Alastair Hudson, Professor Geraint Thomas