Sarah Blandy

Reader in Property Law

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After graduating in law from the University of Warwick, I qualified and practised as a solicitor for ten years before embarking on an academic career. I joined the University of Leeds in 2005, having previously worked at Sheffield Hallam University.

I am Chair of the School of Law's Equality and Diversity Committee.

Scholarly and Research Interests

My research is interdisciplinary and empirical, focusing on socio-legal aspects of residential property law, including:

tenure and rights
multi-owned property
the interaction of family and property law
regulation of conduct, dispute resolution, and access to justice, amongst residential occupiers
legal consciousness amongst residential occupiers
the spatial boundaries of law.

Teaching

I teach on the core modules of advanced legal research in the second year, and equity and trusts in the final year. I also teach in the broad area of property law.

In addition to teaching I also supervise undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations.

PhD Supervision

I would be very pleased to supervise MRes and PhD students on any topic relating to my research interests and expertise.

Key Publications

Books

Blandy, S., Dixon, J. and Dupuis, A. (eds) (2010) Multi-owned Housing: Law, Power and Practice. Aldershot: Ashgate. ISBN 978-0-7546-7566-2

Atkinson, R. and Blandy, S. (eds.) (2006) Gated communities. London: Taylor and Francis / Routledge.

Chapters in Books

Blandy, S. (2011) 'Gating as governance: the boundaries spectrum in social and situational crime prevention', In: Crawford, A. (ed) International and Comparative Criminal Justice and Urban Governance. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press.

Blandy, S. (2010) 'Legal Frameworks for Multi-owned Housing in England and Wales: Owners' Experiences', In: Blandy, S., Dixon, J. and Dupuis, A. (eds) Multi-owned Housing: Law, Power and Practice, Aldershot: Ashgate.

Blandy, S. and Hunter, C. (2006) 'Judicial attitudes to landlord and tenant law: different policies for different sectors', In: Bright, S. (ed.) Landlord and Tenant Law: Past, Present and Future, Oxford: Hart.

Journal Articles

Blandy, S. and Sibley, D. (2010) Law, Boundaries and the Production of Space; Introduction to Special Issue, Social & Legal Studies, 19(3), pp.275-284.

Hunter, C., Nixon, J. and Blandy, S. (2008) Researching the Judiciary: Exploring the Invisible in Judicial Decision Making, Journal of Law and Society, Special Research Issue, 35, pp.76-90.

Atkinson, R. and Blandy, S. (2007) Panic Rooms: The Rise of Defensive Homeownership, Housing Studies, 22(4), pp.443-458.

Full list of my publications