Research Interests

Open to PhD applications in

• Property law
• Property theory, especially progressive property
• Property law and sustainability
• Theft and other property offences
• Tort law and property
• Unjust enrichment and property

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Public outreach & key achievements

• Past-President of the Association for Law, Property, and Society
• Honorary Academic Member of the Property Bar Association
• Finalist, Inner Temple Book Prize 2011
• Dean of Education in the Faculty of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences 2021-present; Head of the School of Law, 2016-2021

Alumni: Where are they now

PhD area	The Judicial and Legal Role of the Lord Chancellor of Ireland 1852-1922
Name	Dr Richard McBride
Years of study	PhD awarded 2024
PhD area	Agricultural land ownership and nature conservation: Reconceptualising property to further environmental protection in Northern Ireland
Name	Dr Brona McNeill
Years of study	PhD awarded 2022
PhD area	A liability in unjust enrichment where the claimant is understood to be the owner
Name	Dr Etaf Almotawaa
Years of study	PhD awarded 2022
PhD area	What kind of interest is the 'mere equity' to rescind? A historical and conceptual analysis of equitable rescission
Name	Dr Adam Reilly
Years of study	PhD awarded 2017

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Get ahead: tips on how to prepare your application to study for a PhD at QUB Law

Read our guidance on the steps in our PhD applications process and how to present your research proposal.

Interested in a postdoctoral fellowship at QUB Law?

If you have already completed a PhD or are about to do so, and you are looking for a mentor for a postdoctoral fellowship in one of my areas of expertise, please get in touch via email. The School of Law has a strong track record in supporting able candidates who are working towards fellowship applications to funders such as the British Academy, EU Marie Sklodowska-Curie scheme, ESRC NINE and the Leverhulme Trust.