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Virtually join us at the annual Revision Event 2022. This year’s remarkable tutors will teach you useful tips, tricks and review key topics from your module guide. Designed to complement your learning, the sessions will give you direct instruction from a University of London approved tutor and a sense of community by connecting you to other students. With your assessments approaching, make sure to take part in the Revision Event this year from the comfort of your own home.
Chris Riley
Chris Riley has taught Company law in a number of UK universities for over 30 years. He currently teaches at Durham University, and is also the Module Leader for Company law on the University of London’s Bachelor of laws programme. In an earlier life, he qualified and practised as a solicitor, working in the corporate department of a large provincial law firm. Aside from teaching, his current research focuses on issues around AI and directors’ duties, and the regulation of corporate groups.
Join him on this adventure
At this year’s Revision Event, Chris will focus on three topics from the Company law module guide. First, he’ll begin by looking at how directors’ duties can be enforced, including through derivative claims. Secondly, he’ll examine the tension that can arise between majority and minority shareholders, and the protection which company law gives to the latter. Finally, he’ll switch the focus from smaller companies (where minorities tend to suffer most) towards larger companies, especially those listed on the London Stock Exchange. He’ll look at what’s distinctive about these larger companies, and at some of the additional regulation to which they’re subject – addressing what’s usually referred to as their ‘corporate governance’. Each of these three topics is important in its own right. But since you’re moving into revision mode, he’ll also use the opportunity to practise and develop your examination skills in Company law.
By the end of the revision session, you should understand much better these three important areas of company law, and feel more confident about answering questions on them in the exam.
Chris Riley
Anne Street
Anne Street is a Senior Teaching Fellow at SOAS, and a convenor of Contract, Property and Equity and Trusts to undergraduates for nearly 30 years. Anne began her teaching at University College London (UCL) where she studied for both her undergraduate and postgraduate degrees before moving to SOAS. As an academic she has been devising courses, writing learning materials and exams for decades. Join her this year at the Revision Event where she’ll be teaching Property law.
Join her on this adventure
Anne Street will begin with the issues which arise from Chapter 3 and hopefully engage with the central discussions during her tutorials so that you get a full grasp of this core area of study. Then Chapter 9 will be looked at, to understand how this contractual relationship has become enforceable as a Property Right. She will then look at the mortgagees rights from Chapter 10 before lastly looking at Chapter 11 and adverse possession.
It is a chance to really engage with this fascinating topic, where working at the essentials pays dividends.
Anne Street
Dr Carol Brennan
Carol Brennan has been teaching Tort Law for over thirty years, both in UK universities and also in distance learning programmes. She obtained her LLB from the University of London (LSE) and is pleased to have travelled full circle and to be teaching here, at this later stage in her career. She is the author of two current Oxford University Press textbooks on Tort Law. Among her fields of research are medical law and state responses to institutional child abuse She enjoys contributing to the UG Laws Blog with her own perspective on contemporary issues related to Tort.
Join her on this adventure
Dr Brennan is very keen that Tort students have a good grounding in the fundamentals of the subject. In anticipating the coming exams, it will be helpful for students to review some of the more challenging topics in Tort, to both share and test their own knowledge, and of course to use this as a good opportunity to ask any questions they might have.
It was good to get to know some of you at the Study Support Event 2021 and I look forward to seeing you again in March!
Dr Carol Brennan
Dr Laura Lammasniemi
Dr Laura Lammasniemi is an Associate Professor at Warwick School of Law. She specialises in criminal law, and has previously taught at various University of London colleges. Laura’s principal research interests lie in the areas of crime, gender, and class from a historical perspective. Currently she is working on a project on the history of sexual consent in criminal courts, 1870-1950, and in 2021, she was chosen to deliver the 2021 British Social Sciences Award Lecture on this topic. Laura has spoken at the House of Commons on the issue of human trafficking and has participated in BBC TV and radio shows as a legal history expert. Laura has developed resources for Criminal law and Dissertation modules offered at the University of London Worldwide and delivered a number of the Lecture Plus sessions for Criminal law.
Join her on this adventure
She will cover a range of topics during the revision day including revision techniques. She will start the day with criminal damage that has made the headlines all year with the prosecution and acquittal of Coulston Four. She will then focus on attempts and tackle problem questions on dealing with attempts. In the final sessions, she will turn her focus on defences and explore failure of proof defences through past essay exam questions. This will be an interactive session so please come prepared to contribute to the small group and all class discussions.
The more you participate during the day, the more you will get out of each of the sessions!
Dr Laura Lammasniemi
Amanda Taylor
Amanda Taylor is a University of London Teaching Fellow and was a senior lecturer and deputy LLB course leader at University of Westminster for 16 years. She now freelances for many other universities teaching Equity and Trusts at undergraduate and postgraduate level.
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Amanda will be looking at Formalities and Constitution during her session. It is a topic that looks at the legal and equitable methods of transfer of property. She will touch upon the questions that arise when those requirements have not been fully met…will Equity come to the rescue?
Open up your minds to the fun that is Equity! Please don’t feel shy: the event is there for you to ask questions. Having taught over so many years I can assure that if you don’t fully understand you won’t be alone. Ask away and we can explore the answers together. There is no such thing as a silly question….
Amanda Taylor
Dr Eloise Ellis
A Senior Lecturer at the University of East Anglia where she teaches Public Law and European Union Law. Eloise is also a Visiting Professor at the University of Salzburg, the Université Catholique de Lille and at the Institute of Law, Jersey. Eloise is the co-convenor of the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Public Law section and is on the Academic Panel of the Francis Taylor Building Chambers. Prior to her academic career, she spent several years working as a political adviser and policy manager before spending time in a Government Department, where her roles included working for a Minister. She is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and has a Master’s degree in Higher Education Practice. She has been involved with the University of London, Undergraduate Laws programme in various ways for over ten years developing resources for Public law.
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During the Public law session with Eloise, you will look at aspects of Human Rights and Judicial Review. You will also look at some recent developments in this area of law and look at important constitutional principles, such Parliamentary Sovereignty post-Brexit.
This is a valuable opportunity to engage in interactive discussions with me and other students and to receive tips and techniques on studying and revising for your assessment in this module.
Dr Eloise Ellis
Professor Andrea Biondi
Andrea Biondi is Professor of European Union Law and Director of the Centre of European Law at Kings College London. He has a distinguished academic record with visiting positions at leading universities, including Georgetown University, the College of Europe, Bocconi University in Milan, and the University of Rome Luiss. Professor Biondi’s research interests are in European Union law, with particular emphasis on state aid law, trade law and regulation as well as judicial protection of EU rights. He is also an Academic Associate at 39 Essex Chambers in London.
Join him on this adventure
At the Revision Event 2022, Professor Andrea Biondi will review some of the foundational issues and analyse some relevant recent developments. He will discuss the ongoing controversy regarding respect for the rule of law in certain EU member states and the impact of the European Court of Justice case law. He will also focus on “timeless” questions such as direct effect, trade integration and will examine recent developments in areas such the application of the Charter of Fundamental Rights and EU Citizenship. Finally, Professor Andrea Biondi, together with you, his students, will dissect some exams questions and provide guidance how to tackle one of them. A true roller coaster and truly fun!
Join me for what will be an invaluable day for you as an EU law student.
Professor Andrea Biondi
Professor Jill Marshall
Professor Jill Marshall is a Professor of Law in the Department of Law and Criminology at Royal Holloway University of London and a qualified lawyer in England and Wales. Her work focuses on the relationship between law and living well, human flourishing, what it means to be free, and women’s human rights. This includes analysis of the purpose of law, including human rights, identity and anti-discrimination law purporting to protect aspects of our personal freedom and identities. She is the author of three books including Human Rights Law and Personal Identity and has written widely on these topics. She is also module convenor for the Jurisprudence and legal theory module for Undergraduate Laws at the University of London.
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She will be sharing her knowledge at this year’s Revision Event 2022 with focus on Feminist Legal Theories, Liberalism and law and the Set Case/Part A question.
The day will be reflecting on what you’ve learnt and exploring the important part of the writing process.
Professor Jill Marshall
Professor Martin Dixon
Professor Martin Dixon is the Professor of the Law of Real Property at the University of Cambridge and an Honorary Bencher of Lincoln’s Inn. He is also the Editor of The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, the leading journal on property matters and co-author of Megarry and Wade: The Law of Real Property. He has taught, examined. and written about, Equity and Trusts and property law throughout the common law world, including currently Hong Kong, Singapore and Malaysia. He has been a member of the Chancery Bar Association, the Property Bar Association and the Property Litigation Association and currently Module Convenor for Equity and Trusts.
Join him on this adventure
The revision day will cover formalities and constitution of trusts, charitable trusts and resulting trusts, along with aspects of tracing. Professor Dixon will also give advice on examination technique, especially in relation to answering problem questions.
A great opportunity to ask questions on any aspect of the course.
Professor Martin Dixon
Ioannis Glinavos
Ioannis is a legal academic with 15 years’ experience in the design and delivery of online education. Having worked with the Open University and the University of London, Ioannis is an expert in e-learning in the fields of Contract, Company and Business Law. Ioannis is also an active researcher and prolific writer with publications in top ranked peer-reviewed journals and across international media (The Independent, Forbes, Newsweek, HuffPost). Current teaching work focuses on developing micro-credentials and continuing professional education e-courses.
Join him on this adventure
This is a fantastic opportunity to watch and listen to a presentation of how a contract can be modified after it has been entered into and the various things one needs to be wary of during a process of contractual renegotiation. Ioannis will also present on the tricky topic of exclusion (or exemption) and limitation clauses and explain what happens when the performance of a contract is not as expected, taking you through a presentation of breach of contract and remedies. All these are essential components of knowledge for all contract and commercial lawyers.
Spend some time thinking about the practice questions. Hands on topics like contract law make more sense through real-life examples.
Ioannis Glinavos
Booking for the Revision Event is now available!