Ms Joan Loughrey
Reader in Law
I am qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and Hong Kong, practising as a commercial litigator before entering academia. I have lectured in Australia as well as in the UK.
I am the Director of the Centre for Business Law and Practice, and Programme Administrator of the Masters programmes offered by the Centre including:
- LLM International Business Law
- LLM International Corporate Law
- LLM International Banking and Finance Law
- LLM International Trade Law
- LLM European and International Business Law
Scholarly and Research Interests
My interests are in the legal profession, the law regulating lawyers, corporate governance and company law. I also have a research interest in medical confidentiality, which provides something of a contrast.
Teaching
At undergraduate level, I teach Company Law, Business Law, Understanding Law Firms and Medical Law.
At postgraduate level, I teach Corporate Law and Advanced Corporate Law.
PhD Supervision
My supervisory capacity for PhDs includes those wanting to examine law and soft law regulating lawyers, particularly business lawyers; legal professional privilege; shareholder litigation; medical confidentiality; and corporate governance.
Key Publications
Books
Loughrey, J. (May 2011) Corporate Lawyers and Corporate Governance, Cambridge.
Journal articles
Loughrey, J.; Keay, A. (2008) 'Something Old, Something New, Something Borrowed: An Analysis of the New Derivative Action under the Companies Act 2006' 124 Law Quarterly Review.
Loughrey, J.; Keay, A.; Cerioni, L. (2008) 'Legal Practitioners, The Corporate Objective and the Shaping of Corporate Governance' 8 Journal of Corporate Law Studies.
Loughrey, J. (2008) 'Can You Keep a Secret? Children, Human Rights, and the Law of Medical Confidentiality' (2008) Child and Family Law Quarterly.
Loughrey, J. (2007) 'Privileged Litigants: Shareholder Rights, Information Disclosure and Corporate Legal Professional Privilege' Journal of Business Law.
Contact Details
- Room: 2.28, The Liberty Building
- Tel: 0113 3437158
- Email: j.m.loughrey@leeds.ac.uk