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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)

Selected publications

 

Books

Collier's Conflict of Laws, 2013) 4th Edition

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

"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, 2012), pp. 103-124

Pages:
103-124
Co-Author/s:
Lein
Published Jun 2012

"Chapter 1 - scope of the Brussels I Regulation" (with Magnus & Mankowski), Brussels I Regulation (2nd ed), 2011), pp. 46-75

Publisher:
Pages:
46-75
Co-Author/s:
Magnus & Mankowski
Published Sep 2011

"The Common Law Rules of Jurisdiction of the English Courts Over Companies' Foreign Activities" (with Piet Jan Slot et al), Globalisation and Jurisdiction, 2004), pp. 91-103

Pages:
91-103
ISBN 13:
978-9041123077
Co-Author/s:
Piet Jan Slot et al
Published May 2004

"Modification and Exclusion of Directors' Duties" (with Barry Rider), The Realm of Company Law: Festchrift for Professor LS Sealy, 1997), pp. 93-105

Pages:
93-105
ISBN 13:
978-9041107336
Co-Author/s:
Barry Rider
Published Oct 1997

Case Notes

Car Trim and Wood Floor [2010] CLJ 452

Published: Nov 2010

Swaps in another dimension - Haugesund v Depfa [2010] LMCLQ 529

Co-Author/s:
Paul Davies
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