Law School Research

The University of Buckingham Law School is a supportive and nurturing family of researchers who provide their research students with an enriching environment. The school possesses expertise across a wide range of areas, including commercial and company law, public law, judicial studies, maritime law, family law, criminal law, jurisprudence and sex and gender. Our staff are not only academic researchers, but incorporate a range of practice-based experience, working as international consultants with the likes of the UN, OSCE, ABA Rule of Law Initiative, EU, and Council of Europe. These experiences inform their research and supervisory support to postgraduate research students.

This environment has encouraged growth in research and has offered support for members of academic staff and a growing body of postgraduate research students. We currently supervise a wide range of research projects (LLM by Research/MA/PhD). Current areas of research projects include Public International Law, International Human Rights laws, Governance, Intellectual Property,  Financial Services & Regulation, Family Law, Sex & Gender, Comparative Constitutional Law, Judicial Studies; Jurisprudence; and Corporate Law.  If you are interested in any of these subjects, please contact the following staff:

- - Adolfo Paolini
    Financial Regulation and Services; Insurance; Corporate Law
  - Francis Grimal
    Public International Law (use of force)
  - Patricia Covarrubia
    Intellectual Property
  - James Slater
    Jurisprudence; Criminal law
  - Gar Yein Ng
    Comparative Constitutional law; Judicial Studies
  - Sarah Sargent
    International Human Rights Law; Equine Law
  - Jocelynne Scutt
    Family Law; Women’s Rights
  - Frances Burton
    Land Law; Family Law
  - Jessica Walsh (supervise at LLM level only)
    Judicial Independence and Accountability, Public Corruption, Non-Court Dispute Resolution.
  - Obinna Edeji (supervise at LLM level only)
    International Human Rights Law; Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (socioeconomic rights); Political Economy and its direct impact on access to human rights.
  - Kerry Purcell (supervise PhD and LLM levels)
    Medical law and ethics
- Alec Morris (supervise at LLM level only)
  Trusts Law
- Jae Sundaram
  World Trade Law; International Trade Law, & Maritime Law
- Sheena McMurtrie (Supervise at LLM level only)
  Constitutional Law; Administrative Law; Ombudsman

Current PhD supervision:

Judicial Independence and Good Governance
AI Judge: ‘If it pleases your honour…’
Indexing the Rule of Law
Ombudsman Role in Deciding Financial Disputes.
Gender based Analysis of Violence Against Women Act Nigeria
The Legal Person: A Concept of Precision or Arbitrariness vis-à-vis UK-Nigerian Jurisdictions (in 18th-21st Century)
Plea Bargaining in Nigeria
Battered Woman Syndrome/Battered Woman Reality – Marital Killing
Unleashing Arbitration in Fintech Applications
Examining The Smedan Synergy with SME’s in Nigeria
Victim vs Villain: The Vulnerability Discourse of Male Victims of Human Trafficking

How to apply

Visit our how to apply page to find out everything you need to know about the application process.

If you have any questions, please get in touch with us on admissions@buckingham.ac.uk or call us on +44 (0)1280 828205.

Successfully defended PhDs

Natalie Turney

“Deferred Prosecution Agreements and D&O Insurance”

Michael Pollard

“A Legal Framework for Regulating Autonomous Weapon System Deployments”

Angela Bazun

“The militarisation of the Indigenous Peoples in the Niger Delta Region by the Nigerian government: from a constructivist grounded theory to an action-based policy”

Ernest Ugbejeh

“Towards an effective anti-corruption regime in Nigeria. Examination of the anti-corruption Legal Framework of the United Nations, the African Union and Nigeria”

Chukwuemeka Ndukwe-Nnawuchi

“Traditional Medicine : The case for its inclusion in sustainable development – no one should be left behind”

Grace Atsegwasi

“The Health and Safety and Environmental Risk Regulatory regime governing the Nigerian offshore Oil & Gas Industry : Lessons from the United Kingdom’s safety case regime”

Poyan Pechrak-Manesh

“Nuclear first strike”