Professor Janet O'Sullivan

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Selwyn College
  • Professor of Private Law
Professor Janet O'Sullivan

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About

1994 - Present: Fellow and Vice-Master of Selwyn College; Professor of Private Law; 2005 winner of Pilkington Teaching Prize for Excellence in University Teaching; 1989 - 1994: Solicitor, Slaughter and May

Research

Contract and Tort, particularly remedies and professional negligence.

Research centres: Cambridge Private Law Centre (CPLC)

Publications

Selected publications

Politics, Policy and Private Law Vol II Book 1 April 2025 Hart Publishing Janet O'Sullivan, Jodi Gardner, Amy Goymour, Sarah Worthington Concurrent tort liability for breach of contractual obligations of reasonable care – coherence and crying for the moon Chapter 1 October 2024 In Borderlines in Private Law (eds W. Day and J. Grower), Oxford University Press Janet O'Sullivan OʼSullivan & Hilliard's The Law of Contract Book 1 June 2024 Oxford University Press Janet O'Sullivan Politics, Policy and Private Law Vol I Book 1 December 2023 Hart Publishing Janet O'Sullivan, Jodi Gardner, Amy Goymour, Sarah Worthington Negligence, policy and novel exceptions Chapter 1 December 2023 In Politics, Policy and Private Law Vol I: Tort, Property and Equity (2024 Hart Publishing) (eds J. Gardner, A. Goymour, J. O'Sullivan and S. Worthington) Janet O'Sullivan Gambling Disorder, Financial Loss and Suicide—A Journey to the ‘Outer Reaches’ of the Common Law Journal article 1 July 2023 (2023) 76 Current Legal Problems pp 173–200 Janet O'Sullivan Specific performance and the reflective loss rule Chapter 1 June 2023 In Equity Today: 150 Years After the Judicature Reforms (eds B. McFarlane and S. Elliott), Hart Publishing Janet O'Sullivan Implied terms in fact and evidence of prior negotiations: an exploration Journal article 1 November 2022 (2022) LQR 558 Janet O'Sullivan Implied terms in fact and evidence of prior negotiations: an exploration Journal article 1 October 2022 (2022) Law Quarterly Review pp 558-582 Janet O'Sullivan O'Sullivan & Hilliard's The Law of Contract Book 1 April 2022 Oxford University Press Janet O'Sullivan
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