Dr Stelios Tofaris
- University Associate Professor
Contact
Location
- Girton College, B2, Girton College
About
Stelios Tofaris is a Fellow in Law at Girton College, Cambridge, and an Associate Professor 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.
Research
Legal History, Tort Law, Contract Law, Roman Law, Comparative Law
Research centres: Cambridge Private Law Centre (CPLC); Centre for English Legal History (CELH)
Publications
Selected publications
Robinson v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire [2018] UKSC 4: The Need for a New Landmark?
Chapter
1 August 2025
In Private Law and the UK Supreme Court (eds J Russell and L Graham), Routledge
Stelios Tofaris
Essays in Law and History for David Ibbetson: Querella
Book
1 December 2024
Hart Publishing
Stelios Tofaris, Joe Sampson
Specific Performance and the Indian Contract Act: History, Theory and Politics
Chapter
1 December 2024
In Essays in Law and History for David Ibbetson: Querella (eds J Sampson and S Tofaris), Hart Publishing
Stelios Tofaris
Illegality and Insanity in Tort Law
Journal article
1 November 2024
[2024] 83 CLJ 429
Stelios Tofaris, Findlay Stark
Formation
Chapter
1 November 2024
In Foundations of Indian Contract Law (eds KV Krishnaprasad, S Swaminathan, V Umakanth and N Venkatesan), Oxford University Press
Stelios Tofaris
Incorporation and Exemption Clauses in Consumer Contracts: Parker v South Eastern Railway Company
Chapter
1 January 2024
In Landmark Cases in Consumer Law (eds J Gardner and I Ramsay), Hart Publishing
Stelios Tofaris
Limping Into the Future: Negligence Liability for Mental Injury to Secondary Victims
Journal article
1 November 2022
[2022] 81 CLJ 452
Stelios Tofaris
The Transplantation of Trusts Law in India
Chapter
1 March 2021
In Asia-Pacific Trusts Law: Theory and Practice in Context (eds YK Liew and M Harding), Hart Publishing
Stelios Tofaris
The Regulation of Unfair Terms in Indian Contract Law: Past, Present and Future
Chapter
1 November 2020
In Studies in the Contract Laws of Asia III: Contents of Contracts and Unfair Terms (eds M Chen-Wishart and S Vogenauer), Oxford University Press
Stelios Tofaris, M. Chen-Wishart, S. Vogenauer
Commercial Construction of Exemption Clauses
Journal article
1 May 2019
[2019] Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 270
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