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Email

rjh1009@cam.ac.uk

University Lecturer; Chair of the MCL Examiners

Interests

International banking and financial law; Art and cultural property law.

CV / Biography

Richard was a Professor of Law at King's College London before he returned to Cambridge in 2014. He has held numerous posts in the Cambridge Law Faculty including Director of the Masters in Corporate Law (postgraduate) and Director of Tripos (undergraduate). He has also served as President and Senior Tutor of Fitzwilliam College, where he is a Life Fellow.

Selected publications

 

Books

Commercial law: text, cases, and materials (with M Clarke, R Munday, L Sealy, A Tettenborn & P Turner), 2017) 5th Edition

Co-Author/s:
M Clarke, R Munday, L Sealy, A Tettenborn & P Turner

Ellinger’s Modern Banking Law (with E Ellinger & E Lomnicka), 2006) 4th Edition

Co-Author/s:
E Ellinger & E Lomnicka

Commercial and Consumer Law (ed), 1999) 2nd Edition

Articles

'Problems of uncertainty with endeavours clauses' (2017) 32 JIBFL 466-469

Citation:
(2017) 32 JIBFL 466-469
Published: Jan 2017

'Contractual estoppel and the Misrepresentation Act 1967' University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper Series, Paper No 57/2016' University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper Series, Paper No 57/2016

Citation:
University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law, Legal Studies Research Paper Series, Paper No 57/2016
Published: Nov 2016

'Implied Terms after Belize Telecom' (2014) 73 CLJ 315-349

Citation:
(2014) 73 CLJ 315-349
Published: Jan 2014

'Controlling contractual discretion' (2013) 72 CLJ 65-90

Citation:
(2013) 72 CLJ 65-90
Published: Jan 2013

'Release provisions in intercreditor agreements' [2012] JBL 213-233

Citation:
[2012] JBL 213-233
Published: Jan 2012

'Security, security trusts and the amendment of syndicated credit agreements: lessons from Australia' [2012] LMCLQ 145-171

Citation:
[2012] LMCLQ 145-171
Published: Jan 2012

'Fraud and letters of credit: Part 1' (2003) 18 JIBFL 91-98

Citation:
(2003) 18 JIBFL 91-98
Published: Jan 2003

'Fraud and letters of credit: Part 2' (2003) 18 JIBFL 132-137

Citation:
(2003) 18 JIBFL 132-137
Published: Jan 2003

'Fraud and letters of credit: is there a nullity exception?' (2002) 61 CLJ 239-294

Citation:
(2002) 61 CLJ 239-294
Published: Jan 2002

'Lender liability for environmental damage' (2001) 60 CLJ 405-429

Citation:
(2001) 60 CLJ 405-429
Published: Jan 2001

'Bankers’ references and the bank’s duty of confidentiality: when practice does not make perfect ' (2000) 59 CLJ 21-23

Citation:
(2000) 59 CLJ 21-23
Published: Jan 2000

'Collecting banks, conversion and confusion' (1999) 58 CLJ 278-281

Citation:
(1999) 58 CLJ 278-281
Published: Jan 1999

'EU cross-border credit transfers – the new regime' (1999) 14 JIBFL 387-395

Citation:
(1999) 14 JIBFL 387-395
Published: Jan 1999

'Direct debits and set-off – the tiger roars' (1997) 56 CLJ 500-503

Citation:
(1997) 56 CLJ 500-503
Published: Jan 1997

'Undue influence and unconscionable bargain' [1997] LMCLQ 20-28

Co-Author/s:
J O’Sullivan
Citation:
[1997] LMCLQ 20-28
Published: Jan 1997

'Remedies for wrongful dishonour of a cheque' (1996) 55 CLJ 189-191

Citation:
(1996) 55 CLJ 189-191
Published: Jan 1996

'Taking security after O’Brien' [1995] LMCLQ 346-361

Citation:
[1995] LMCLQ 346-361
Published: Jan 1995

'Prevention of fraud by non-transferable cheques' (1992) 51 CLJ 432-434

Citation:
(1992) 51 CLJ 432-434
Published: Jan 1992

'Remedies for misrepresentation' [1992] NLJ 60-64

Citation:
[1992] NLJ 60-64
Published: Jan 1992

'Consideration and the existing duty' [1991] JBL 19-35

Citation:
[1991] JBL 19-35
Published: Jan 1991

'Damages and the Misrepresentation Act 1967' (1991) 107 LQR 547-551

Citation:
(1991) 107 LQR 547-551
Published: Jan 1991

'Fraud and the Misrepresentation Act 1967' (1991) 107 LQR 31-35

Citation:
(1991) 107 LQR 31-35
Published: Jan 1991

'Pre-incorporation contracts revisited' (1991) 51 CLJ 413-416

Citation:
(1991) 51 CLJ 413-416
Published: Jan 1991

'A reasonable compromise' [1991] LMCLQ 449-454

Citation:
[1991] LMCLQ 449-454
Published: Jan 1991

'Bearing up to bills of exchange' [1991] LMCLQ 463-469

Citation:
[1991] LMCLQ 463-469
Published: Jan 1991

'Does constructive knowledge make a constructive trustee?' (1987) 61 ALJ 281-290

Co-Author/s:
M Brindle
Citation:
(1987) 61 ALJ 281-290
Published: Jan 1987

Book Chapters

"Bills of Exchange and Banking" in H Beale (ed(s)), Chitty on Contracts ), forthcoming

Published Forthcoming

"Bills of Exchange and Banking" in H Beale (ed(s)), Chitty on Contracts , 2024), pp. 189-489

Pages:
189-489
Published Jan 2024

"Bills of Exchange and Banking" in H Beale (ed(s)), Chitty on Contract: Supplement to the 35th edition, 2024), pp. 487-533

Pages:
487-533
Published Jan 2024

"Banking law" in A Burrows (ed(s)), Principles of English Commercial Law, 2015), pp. 191-235

Pages:
191-235
Published Jan 2015

"Banking Law" in A Burrows (ed(s)), English Private Law, 2013), pp. 801-842

Pages:
801-842
Published Jan 2013

"Electronic Funds Transfer" in M Hapgood (ed(s)), Paget’s Law of Banking, 2007), pp. 353-463

Pages:
353-463
Published Jan 2007

"Recharacterisation" in D Neo, TH Wu & M Hor (ed(s)), Lives in the Law: Essays in Honour of Peter Ellinger, Koh Kheng Lian & Tan Sook Yee, 2007), pp. 30-51

Pages:
30-51
Published Jan 2007

"Payment by funds transfer" (with J Taylor) in M Brindle & R Cox (ed(s)), Law of Bank Payments, 2004), pp. 49-185

Pages:
49-185
Published Jan 2004

"Commercial law and commercial practice" in S Worthington (ed(s)), Material Adverse Change Clauses after 9/11, 2003), pp. 305-333

Pages:
305-333
Published Jan 2003

"Relationship of bank and customer (Div C, chs 1-7, 10-17)" in P Cresswell and others (ed(s)), Encyclopedia of Banking Law, 2003)

Published Jan 2003

"Domestic banking operations (Div D, chs 7-8, 11)" in P Cresswell and others (ed(s)), Encyclopedia of Banking Law, 2003)

Published Jan 2003

"Payment and payment systems (Div D1)" in P Cresswell and others (ed(s)), Encyclopedia of Banking Law, 2003)

Published Jan 2003

"Payment in a cashless society" in B Rider (ed(s)), The realm of company law: a collection of papers in hour of Professor Leonard Sealy, 1998), pp. 233-260

Pages:
233-260
Published Jan 1998

"The Commercial Court" in Council of Europe (ed(s)), Commercial Justice , 1996), pp. 33-36

Pages:
33-36
Published Jan 1996