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sew1003@cam.ac.uk

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Room: A4b, New Court

Downing Professor Emeritus of the Laws of England

DBE KC (Hon), BSc (ANU), LLB (Qld), LLM (Melb), PhD (Cantab), FBA, FRSA, FAAL

Interests

Specialises in equity, personal property and commercial and corporate law. Her research is primarily focused on the controversial issues relating to property rights and abuse of power in commercial, not-for-profit and corporate contexts.

CV / Biography

Currently: Professor of Law, LSE; Trustee, British Museum; Member of the Board of Governors, London Business School; Bencher of Middle Temple; Barrister and Academic Member, South Square, Gray's Inn; Panel Member, PRIME Finance; Syndic, Cambridge University Press and Cambridge Assessment. Fellow, International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law; Fellow, Academia Europaea. Visiting appointments: Merralls Fellow (2016) and Professorial Fellow, University of Melbourne; Cheng Yu Tong Visiting Professor, University of Hong Kong; Distinguished Fellow, Australian Centre for Private Law, University of Queensland. Panelist on ALI’s Restatement Fourth, Property International Advisory Panel (2015-)

Previously: Director, Cambridge Private Law Centre; Treasurer, British Academy; Member of Council, British Academy; Member of Council, AHRC; Fellow, European Law Institute; President, Society of Legal Scholars; member, Judicial Appointments Committee Diversity Forum; member of Operating Board and chair of Audit Committee, Cambridge University Press; member, Advisory Council for the Study Group for a European Civil Code; consultant, UK Law Commission; member of working groups of the Bank of England Financial Markets Law Committee and the UK Company Law Review.

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