st277@cam.ac.uk
College Contact Details
Room: Girton College, B2
Tel: 01223 337022
MA, PhD (Cantab); Barrister (Inner Temple)
University Lecturer in Private Law; Examinations Secretary
Interests
Legal History, Tort Law, Contract Law, Roman Law, Comparative Law
CV / Biography
Stelios Tofaris is a Fellow in Law at Girton College, Cambridge, and a University Lecturer in Private Law in the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. He read law (BA, PhD) at Corpus Christi College, Cambridge. In 2018, he was awarded a University of Cambridge Pilkington Prize for Excellence in University Teaching. Since 2019, he is the Book Review Editor of the Cambridge Law Journal.
Publications
Books
Hepple and Matthews' Tort Law: Cases and Materials (with David Howarth, Martin Matthews, Jonathan Morgan, Janet O'Sullivan) (Hart, 2015) 7th Edition
Publisher:
Hart
ISBN 13:
9781849465557
Published Oct 2015
Articles
"Commercial Construction of Exemption Clauses" [2019] Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 270
Citation:
[2019] Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 270
Published: May 2019
"The Negligence Liability of Local Authorities for Failure to Protect Children from Abuse: Where to Draw the Line?" (2018) 34 Professional Negligence 190
Citation:
(2018) 34 Professional Negligence 190
Published: Dec 2018
"Negligence Liability for Omissions and the Police" [2016] 75 Cambridge Law Journal 128
Citation:
[2016] 75 Cambridge Law Journal 128
Published: Mar 2016
"Trust Law Goes East: The Transplantation of Trust Law in India and Beyond" (2015) 36 Journal of Legal History 299
Citation:
(2015) 36 Journal of Legal History 299
Published: Dec 2015
Book Chapters
"The Regulation of Unfair Terms in Indian Contract Law: Past, Present and Future", Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia III: Contents of Contract and Unfair Terms (Oxford University Press), forthcoming
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Published Forthcoming
Case Notes
Duty of Care in Negligence: A Return to Orthodoxy? [2018] 77 CLJ 454
Published: Nov 2018
Vicarious Liability and Non-Delegable Duty for Child Abuse in Foster Care: A Step Too Far? (2016) 79 Modern Law Review 884-900
Published: Sep 2016
Rylands v Fletcher Restricted Further [2013] 72 CLJ 11
Published: Apr 2013
Negligence liability of public bodies: Locating the interface between public and private law [2011] 70 CLJ 294
Published: Jul 2011
Who pays for the sub-contractor's negligence? Vicarious liability and liability for "extra-hazardous" activities re-examined [2010] 69 CLJ 13
Published: Mar 2010
Damages for sewage smells in nuisance and under the Human Rights Act 1998 [2009] 68 CLJ 273
Published: Mar 2010
Ironing out the law of limitation for tort actions [2008] 67 CLJ 463
Published: Mar 2010
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