School of Law Staff
Head of School
Undergraduate Programme Convenor
Alex Fischer
Dr Gina Heathcote (Deputy)
Undergraduate Tutor
First year tutor: Dr Catriona Drew
Intermediate year tutor: Dr Gunnar Beck
Final year tutor: Vida Allen
Overseas tutor: Dr Sanzhu Zhu
Undergraduate Careers Officer
Dr Jonathan Ercanbrack
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
Dr Catriona Drew
Dr Anicee Van Engeland (Deputy Overseas) and Gail Price (Deputy Access)
Postgraduate Admissions Tutors
Dr Scott Newton (MA) & Dr Makeen Makeen (LLM)
Postgraduate Convenor
Professor Amanda Perry-Kessaris
Dr Ernest Caldwell (Deputy, MA) and Dr Sarah Keenan (Deputy, LLM)
Research Tutor
Professor Philippe Cullet
PhD/Research Admissions Tutor
Dr Lutz Oette
Academic Staff
Vida Allen
Senior Teaching Fellow
Undergraduate Final Year Tutor
- Tel: 0207 898 4660
- Email: va2@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 257
- Office Hours: Weds 11:45-12:45 (open door),12:45-13:45 (by appt)
Diamond Ashiagbor
Professor of Labour Law
Labour law; equality and anti-discrimination law; human rights; equality and multiculturalism; European Union law; the law and economics of labour market regulation; labour law; trade and development.
- Tel: 0207 898 4246
- Email: da40@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 537
- Office Hours: Thursday 11.00 - 13.00
Mashood Baderin
Professor of Law
Islamic Law, International and Comparative Human Rights Law, Public International Law, Human Rights & Islamic Law, especially interaction between International Law, Human Rights Law, and Islamic Law in Muslim States. Appointed as Independent Expert on the Situation of Human Rights in the Sudan by the UN Human Rights Council at its 19th Session on 23rd March 2012.
- Tel: 020 7898 4715
- Email: mb78@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 220
- Office Hours: by email appointment
- On Sabbatical:2012-13
Fareda Banda
Professor in the Laws of Africa
Human Rights of Women, English Family Law, Comparative Family Law focusing on Africa, Law and Society in Africa, Alternative Dispute Resolution.
- Tel: 020 7898 4664
- Email: fb9@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 237
- Office Hours: Tuesday 11.00 - 13.00
Gunnar Beck
Reader in Law
UG Intermediate Year Tutor
EU law, legal theory; legal reasoning and method in common law and civil law jurisdictions; moral and political philosophy
- Tel: 020 7898 4661
- Email: gb18@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 239
- Office Hours: Wednesday 4:00 to 6:00pm
Ernest Caldwell
Lecturer in Chinese Law
Deputy Postgraduate Convenor (MA)
Traditional and Modern Chinese Legal Thought; Legal Historiography; Law and Language; Chinese Constitutional Law; Comparative/Interdisciplinary Methodologies
- Tel: +44 (0)207 898 4645
- Email: ec24@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 258
- Office Hours: Thursday 2pm to 4pm
Matthew Craven
Professor of International Law
Public international law, human rights (economic, social and cultural rights), international legal theory, history of international law (colonialism and decolonisation), international dispute settlement - Tel: 020 7898 4673
- Email: mc7@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 263
- Office Hours: By appointment
Philippe Cullet
Professor of International and Environmental Law
Research Tutor
Law and environment, law and natural resources, intellectual property, water, human rights, international law, India. - Tel: 020 7898 4651
- Email: pcullet@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 226
- Office Hours: Wednesday 3:00 to 5:00pm
Catriona Drew
Lecturer in International Law
Undergraduate Admissions Tutor
UG First Year Tutor
Public International Law; international legal history (particularly self-determination of peoples), and legal theory
- Tel: 020 7898 4482
- Email: cd4@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 533
- Office Hours: Wed 4:30 to 5:30 (Law); Thurs 4:00 to 5:00 (CISD)
Ian D Edge
Lecturer in Law
Chair of UG Examination Board
Islamic law; the general law of Egypt and the Gulf; commercial law in the Middle East; conflict of laws and international transactions. - Tel: 020 7898 4665
- Email: ie1@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 241
- Office Hours: Tuesday 4:00 - 6:00
Jonathan Ercanbrack
Lecturer in the Law of Islamic Finance
UG Careers Tutor
Islamic commercial law, the Law of Islamic Finance (LIF), especially the interaction of the LIF with municipal legal systems, the regulation of Islamic finance.
- Tel: 0207 898 4095
- Email: je6@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 256
- Office Hours: Wednesdays 10:00 - 12:00
Alexander Fischer
Lecturer in Law
Undergraduate Programme Convenor
- Tel: 020 7898 4302
- Email: af5@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 259
- Office Hours: Tuesday 13:30- 15:30
Nicholas H D Foster
Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law
Comparative commercial and comparative corporate law, with special reference to Islamic law and the laws of the Middle East, in particular the UAE; Islamic Finance. - Tel: 020 7898 4666
- Email: nf4@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 225
- Office Hours: 4.30 - 6.30 Wednesday
Gina Heathcote
Senior Teaching Fellow
Deputy Undergraduate Programme Convenor
International feminist legal theories; International Law especially laws on the use of force; women's human rights; political and legal theories
- Tel: 020 7898 4367
- Email: gh21@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 535
- Office Hours: Wednesday 10:30 - 12:30
Andrew Huxley
Professor of South East Asian Law
Deputy Chair of UG Examination Board
South East Asian law, particularly Burma and Thailand; Buddhism and law; comparative legal theory; trusts and law of torts - Tel: 020 7898 4668
- Email: ah6@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 238
- Office Hours: Thursday 2:15 to 4:15pm
- On Sabbatical:Term 1 2012-13
Catherine Jenkins
Lecturer in Law
Chair of PG Examination Board
Academic Board Faculty Rep
Human rights; transitional justice; law and conflict; international criminal law; post-conflict reform and reconstruction; legal developments in post-apartheid South Africa; law and society in Africa. - Tel: 020 7898 4676
- Email: cj3@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 236
- Office Hours: Wednesday 14:00 - 16:00
- On Sabbatical:Term 2 2012-13
Sarah Keenan
Lecturer in Law
Deputy Postgraduate Convenor (LLM)
Feminist, spatial, critical.
- Tel: 0207 898 4652
- Email: sk128@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 254
- Office Hours: Wednesday 11:30- 13:30
David Kennedy
Professor of Law
International law, social thought, law and development, American legal thought
- Email: dk5@soas.ac.uk
Paul Kohler
Senior Lecturer in Law
Head of School
Property including land, personal and trusts; Jurisprudence.
- Tel: 020 7898 4656
- Email: pk3@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 227
- Office Hours: By appointment
Martin W Lau
Professor of South Asian Law
LLM Programme Convenor
ISP Tutor
Laws of South Asia; comparative environmental law, Islamic law - Tel: 020 7898 4657
- Email: ml1@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 231
- Office Hours: Tuesday 10:30 - 12:30
Makeen F Makeen
Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law
PG Admissions Tutor (LLM)
Intellectual property (particularly comparative copyright law); information technology law; international construction arbitration; contract law; commercial law in the Middle East - Tel: 020 7898 4502
- Email: mm76@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 299a
- Office Hours: Thursday 14:00 - 16:00
Werner F Menski
Professor of South Asian Laws
Careers Tutor
Classical and modern Hindu law; Muslim Law; Laws of South Asia; Family law; Comparative law; South Asians in the UK; Immigration law; Ethnic minorities - Tel: 020 7898 4674
- Email: wm4@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 233
- Office Hours: Wednesday 8:30- 10:30
- On Sabbatical:2012-13
Peter Muchlinski
Professor of International Commercial Law
Research Tutor
Faculty Research Committee Rep
The regulation of multinational enterprises, international corporate governance and corporate social responsibility, foreign investment law, WTO law and practice, competition law, international commercial law and development. - Tel: 020 7898 4751
- Email: pm29@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 228
- Office Hours: Monday 5:00 - 6:00 and Thursday 2:00 - 3:00
Scott Newton
Lecturer in Laws of Central Asia
PG Admissions Tutor (MA)
Deputy Chair of PG Exam Board
Post-Soviet law and legal/institutional reform in Central Asia and CIS; law and development (markets and globalisation in developing and transitional states); law, governance and post-conflict reconstruction; human rights - Tel: 020 7898 4658
- Email: sn21@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 299
- Office Hours: Wednesday 14:00 - 16:00
Lutz Oette
Lecturer in Law
Research/PhD Admissions Tutor
Public international law; human rights, particularly prohibition of torture; victims' rights and reparation; human rights, law reform and justice in Sudan
- Tel: 020 7898 4727
- Email: lo8@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 235
- Office Hours: Friday 11.30 - 12.30
Emilia Onyema
Senior lecturer in International Commercial Law
UG 2nd Year Tutor
International trade law; Comparative commercial law and alternative dispute resolution; International Commercial Arbitration; Law and Development in Africa; Customary laws of West Africa.
- Tel: 020 7898 4717
- Email: eo3@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 242
- Office Hours: Tuesday 11:30- 13:30
Amanda Perry-Kessaris
Professor in International Economic Law
Postgraduate Programme Convenor
Faculty Board Rep
Economic approach to law, foreign investor-government-civil society relations, World Bank in legal reform, law and development practitioners, socio-legal methods
- Tel: 0207 898 4501
- Email: a.perry-kessaris@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 539
- Office Hours: By appointment
Gail Price
Senior Teaching Fellow
Deputy Undergraduate Admissions Tutor (Access)
- Tel: 0207 898 4660
- Email: gp10@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 257
Iain Scobbie
Sir Joseph Hotung Research Professor in Law, Human Rights and Peace Building in the Middle East
Faculty Promotions Committee Rep
Public international law, especially its relation to the Israel/Palestine situation; theory of international law; international humanitarian law; the law and practice of the International Court of Justice
- Tel: 020 7898 4221
- Email: is17@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 4405
- Office Hours: Monday 15.00-16.00 (T1) Tuesday 15.00-16.00 (T2)
Chandra Lekha Sriram
Professor in Law
International human rights law, international criminal law, transitional justice, conflict prevention, conflict resolution and post-conflict peace building in Africa, South Asia and Latin America.
- Tel: 0207 898 4540
- Email: cs79@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 541
- Office Hours: Monday 15.00 to 17.00pm
Carol G. S. Tan
Senior Lecturer in Law
Contract, legal history, British overseas rule and the law especially in relation to the leased territory of Weihaiwei and to ethnic Chinese communities in Hong Kong and South East Asia, law and society in South East Asia, traditional Chinese law
- Tel: 020 7898 4630
- Email: ct9@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 4415
- Office Hours: Tuesday 14.30 - 16.30
- On Sabbatical:Term 2 2012-13
Anicee Van Engeland
Lecturer in Law
Deputy Undergraduate Admissions Tutor (Overseas)
Centre for Gender Studies member
- Tel: 0207 898 4646
- Email: av5@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 255
- Office Hours: Monday 15:00 - 16:00 + Wednesday 14:00 - 15:00
Lynn Welchman
Professor of Law with particuclar reference to the Middle East and North Africa
Islamic law; law of the Middle East and North Africa, especially comparative family law; human rights; gender and law, Palestine and the law - Tel: 020 7898 4672
- Email: lw10@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 229
- Office Hours: Tuesday 10.15 - 12.15 terms 2 and 3
- On Sabbatical:Term 1 2012-13
Sanzhu Zhu
Senior lecturer in Chinese Commercial Law
Undergraduate Overseas Tutor
Chinese law; comparative commercial and corporate law with reference to China; legal aspects of Chinese financial and futures markets; civil procedure and dispute resolution in China, particularly securities disputes.
- Tel: 020 7898 4667
- Email: sz8@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 240
- Office Hours: Wednesday by apppointment, Thursday 1:30 to 2:30
Teaching Fellows
Jing Bian
Senior Teaching Fellow
Financial Regulation, International Economic Law, Chinese Law, Corporate Governance, Cross-border Mergers and Aquisitions
- Email: jb72@soas.ac.uk
Doreen Hinchcliffe
Visiting Lecturer in Law with reference to Islam
Islamic Law; Islamic Law of Succession - Tel: 020 7898 4402
- Email: dh13@soas.ac.uk
Thoko Kaime
Senior Teaching Fellow
Children’s rights, international human rights, climate change, ecosystems services analysis, sustainability analysis, risk analysis and mitigation, African governance issues
- Tel: 020 7898 4651 / 07957 720 533
- Email: thokokaime@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 223
Peter Leyland
Professorial Research Associate
Specialises in public law and comparative public law. Co-editor of the series Constitutional Systems of the World published by Hart and contributor of the first volume in the series. His research interests fall under the broad headings: UK constitutional law; UK administrative law; comparative public law; Thailand’s constitutional and legal system.
- Email: pl3@soas.ac.uk
Janet Loveless
Senior Teaching Fellow
Criminal Law; Evidence; Litigation & Legal Practice; Advocacy - Email: jl4@soas.ac.uk
Maria Federica Moscati
Senior Teaching Fellow
Comparative legal studies; English family law and comparative family law; access to justice and alternative dispute resolution; human rights especially children’s rights and LGBTI rights.
- Email: mm114@soas.ac.uk
Barrie Nathan
Visiting Lecturer
Principal Lecturer on the Lord Chancellor’s Training Scheme for Young Chinese Lawyers (1998 – present). - Email: bn3@soas.ac.uk
Sham Qayyum
Senior Teaching Fellow
- Tel: 020 7898 4674
- Email: sq1@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 233
- Office Hours: Tuesday 14:00-15:00
Research Associates
Professor His Honour Judge Eugene Cotran
Visiting Professor of Law with reference to Africa and the Middle East
African law; Middle Eastern law; immigration law; public and private international law
Michael J E Palmer
Professorial Research Associate
Alternative Dispute Resolution, Arbitration and Civil Procedure; Chinese Law (traditional and modern); Conflict of Laws; Comparative Family Law; Consumer Protection
- Tel: 020 7898 4671
- Email: mp@soas.ac.uk
- Room: 222
Visiting Academics
John Hatchard
Visiting Lecturer
Criminal Law; Criminal Procedure; African Law; Comparative Public Law
- Email: jh10@soas.ac.uk
David McIlroy
Visiting Lecturer
Banking Law; Insolvency Law; Employment Law; Legal Theory; Theology of Law - Tel: 020 74539235
- Email: dm7@soas.ac.uk
James S Read
Visiting Professor of Comparitive Public Law, with special reference to Africa
African and Commonwealth Public Law
Prakash Shah
Visiting Lecturer
Immigration and Nationality Law; Ethnic Minorities and the Law
- Email: cp26@soas.ac.uk
Administrative Staff
Natasha De Meric
- Tel: 020 7898 4402
- Email: pglaw@soas.ac.uk
- Room: R201
- Office Hours: Monday, Tuesday and Thursday
Atikah Chowdhury
- Tel: 020 7898 4485
- Email: ac8@soas.ac.uk
- Room: R201
- Office Hours: Monday to Thursday, 10am - 4pm
