pjr1000@cam.ac.uk
Faculty Contact Details
Room: F11a
Tel: (01223) 330093
College Contact Details
Room: L4 Caius Court
Tel: (01223) 332400
Professor of Private International Law
M.A., Ph.D. (Cantab.); Solicitor;
CV / Biography
Chair of Management Committee Cambridge Centre for Business Research 1st January 2018 - present
Member of the University Council 1st January 2017 - 1st January 2018 (also member of General Board, Chair of Applications Committee, Business Committee, Committee on Cambridge Students Unions)
Director of Tripos, Law Faculty 1st January 2014 - 30th September 2016
Fellow, Gonville & Caius College 1st October 1989 - present
Director of Studies,Gonville & Caius College 1st October 1990 - present
Chair Working Group on Tripos Law Faculty Cambridge University, 1st October 2012 - 31st December 2013
Organiser 10th Anniversary Conference of Journal of Private International Law held 3rd - 5th September 2015
Governor, Oundle School September 2006 - July 2016 (Chair of Education Strategic Committee September 2009 - July 2016)
Solicitor (admitted 1986)
Publications
Books
Collier's Conflict of Laws (CUP, 2013) 4th Edition
Publisher:
ISBN 13:
9780521735056
Published May 2013
Articles
"After BREXIT: Is International Commercial Litigation in London Doomed?" New Law Journal 16/12/16
Citation:
New Law Journal 16/12/16
Published: Dec 2016
"Problems of the applicable law of the contract in common law jurisdiction: the good arguable case" [2013] Jo Priv Int Law 387
Citation:
[2013] Jo Priv Int Law 387
Published: Dec 2013
"All England Law Reports Annual Review of Conflict of Laws" [2011] Alll England Annual Review 81-101
Citation:
[2011] Alll England Annual Review 81-101
Published: Apr 2011
"All England Law Reports Annual Review of Conflict of Laws" [2010] All England Law Reports Annual Review pp 81-96
Citation:
[2010] All England Law Reports Annual Review pp 81-96
Published: Apr 2011
"All England Law Reports Annual Review of Conflict of Laws" [2009] All England Law Reports Annual Review 87-105
Citation:
[2009] All England Law Reports Annual Review 87-105
Published: Oct 2010
"All England Law Reports Annual Review of Conflict of Laws" [2008] All England Law Reports Annual Review pp 83-96
Citation:
[2008] All England Law Reports Annual Review pp 83-96
Published: Apr 2009
"All England Law Reports Annual Review of Conflict of Laws" [2007] All England Law Reports Annual Review 85-97
Citation:
[2007] All England Law Reports Annual Review 85-97
Published: Apr 2008
"All England Law Reports Annual Review of Conflict of Laws" [2006] All England Law Reports Annual Review 91-105
Citation:
[2006] All England Law Reports Annual Review 91-105
Published: Apr 2007
"All England Law Reports Annual Review of Conflict of Laws" [2005] All England Law Reports Annual Review p 101-114
Citation:
[2005] All England Law Reports Annual Review p 101-114
Published: Apr 2006
"All England Law Reports Annual Review of Conflict of Laws" [2004] All England Law Reports Annual Review 89-101
Citation:
[2004] All England Law Reports Annual Review 89-101
Published: Apr 2005
"Kuwait Airways Corp v Iraqi Airways Corp: The Territoriality Principle in Private International Law: Vice or Virtue?" [2003] CLP 56
Citation:
[2003] CLP 56
Published: Oct 2003
"Conflict of Laws" [2003] All England Law Reports Annual Review pp 89-101
Citation:
[2003] All England Law Reports Annual Review pp 89-101
Published: Jan 2003
"Conflict of Laws" [2002] All England Law Reports Annual Review pp 82-91
Citation:
[2002] All England Law Reports Annual Review pp 82-91
Published: May 2002
"Plus ça Change? Article 5.1 of the Regulation on Jurisdiction and the Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments" [2001] CYbEL pp 383-406
Citation:
[2001] CYbEL pp 383-406
Published: Jun 2001
"Conflict of Laws" [2001] All England Law Reports Annual Review pp 93-106
Citation:
[2001] All England Law Reports Annual Review pp 93-106
Published: May 2001
"English Court's Jurisdiction over Companies: How Important is Service of the Claim Form in England?" [2000] CFiLR 272-292
Citation:
[2000] CFiLR 272-292
Published: Jun 2000
"Conflict of Laws" [2000] All England Law Reports Annual Review pp 93-106
Citation:
[2000] All England Law Reports Annual Review pp 93-106
Published: May 2000
"Habitual Residence: The New Domicile?" [2000] ICLQ 84-107
Citation:
[2000] ICLQ 84-107
Published: Mar 2000
"Conflict of Laws" [1999] All England Law Reports Annual Review pp 81-93
Citation:
[1999] All England Law Reports Annual Review pp 81-93
Published: May 1999
"Confusion Reigns: Issue Estoppel and Abuse of Process in Foreign Judgments" [1998] CJQ 91-102
Citation:
[1998] CJQ 91-102
Published: Apr 1998
"Choice of law in Tort: A Missed Opportunity?" [1995] ICLQ 650 - 8
Citation:
[1995] ICLQ 650 - 8
Published: Oct 1995
"Situs of Debts: Illogical, Unnecessary and Misleading" [1990] CLJ 441 - 460
Citation:
[1990] CLJ 441 - 460
Published: Jul 1990
Book Chapters
"Lis Pendens and Third States" (with Lein), The Brussels I Review Proposals (British Institute of International and Comparative Law, 2012), pp. 103-124
Pages:
103-124
Published Jun 2012
"Chapter 1 - scope of the Brussels I Regulation" (with Magnus & Mankowski), Brussels I Regulation (2nd ed) (Sellier, 2011), pp. 46-75
"The Common Law Rules of Jurisdiction of the English Courts Over Companies' Foreign Activities" (with Piet Jan Slot et al), Globalisation and Jurisdiction (Kluwer Law International, 2004), pp. 91-103
"Modification and Exclusion of Directors' Duties" (with Barry Rider), The Realm of Company Law: Festchrift for Professor LS Sealy (Kluwer Law International, 1997), pp. 93-105
Case Notes
Car Trim and Wood Floor [2010] CLJ 452
Published: Nov 2010
Swaps in another dimension - Haugesund v Depfa [2010] LMCLQ 529
Published: Nov 2010
Forum shopping in Brussels II bis - Re C [2010] IPRAX 533
Published: Jul 2010
Lucasfilm v Ainsworth [2010] CLJ 245
Published: Jun 2010
International Insolvency - HIH Casualty and Insurance Co [2008] CLJ 476
Published: Nov 2008
Public policy and cultural objects - Iran v Barakat [2008] CLJ 246
Published: Jul 2008
Damages - Substance or procedure? Harding v Wealands [2006] CLJ 515
Published: Oct 2006
Domicile and Illegal Residence - Mark v Mark [2006] CLJ 37
Published: Apr 2006
Damages - Substance or Procedure? Harding v Wealands [2005] CLJ 305
Published: Jul 2004
Third party debt orders - Soc Eram v Cie Internationale [2003] CLJ 576
Published: Nov 2003
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