School of Law

Scholarly and Research Interests

I am interested in consumer credit, both policy and law (UK and European), including secured and unsecured credit, and consumer law generally.

Teaching

I teach sale of goods and consumer credit on the Business Law module.

I teach and run Introduction to the Law of Obligations and am a member of the teaching team for Torts.

I am also teaching and running a new postgraduate Consumer Law module.

PhD Supervision

I have recently been appointed a second supervisor for two PhD students, in the areas of company law and corporate rescue.

Key Publications

Journal articles

Brown, S.E. (2012) Protection of the Small Business as a Credit Consumer: Paying Lip Service to Protection of the Vulnerable or Providing a Real Service to the Struggling Entrepreneur? In: Common Law World Review 41 (2012) (1) pp. 59 - 96 Vathek Publishing

Brown, S. (2011) Using the law as a usury law: definitions of usury and recent developments in the regulation of unfair charges in consumer credit transactions J.B.L. 2011, 1, 91-118

Brown, S. (2009) The Unfair Relationship Test, Consumer Credit Transactions and the Long Arm of the Law, 1, LMCLQ, p.90

Brown, S. (2007) The Consumer Credit Act 2006: Real Additional Mortgagor Protection? 71, Conv, p.321