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 Brenda Hale Fellow in Law at Girton College, Cambridge, and 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" (Hart) 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 ), pp. (forthcoming )
Publisher:
Oxford University Press
Pages:
(forthcoming )
Published Aug 2019
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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