School of Law

The Centre for Business Law and Practice is a leading research centre in Business Law and Practice. It is large and well established with 14 members including seven professors and with an excellent reputation and particular expertise in corporate law (including corporate governance and corporate finance), banking, insolvency law and corporate rescue and commercial law (including contract law, consumer law and arbitration).

Dissemination of Research

The Centre promotes all forms of research, including doctrinal, theoretical (including socio-legal) and empirical research. The results of its work are disseminated as widely as possible by publishing monographs, articles, reports, and through regular seminars and conferences (see links on the left). 

Members' research is regularly cited by the courts. Staff members have acted as consultants to law firms, accounting bodies, national law reform bodies and government departments in various countries, and international organisations such as the International Monetary Fund and the World Bank.

National and International Networks

The Centre has strong international connections which include the Centre for Economic Law Vrijie Universiteit of Brussels, the Centre for Markets, Law and Regulation, University of New South Wales, the Centre for Corporate and Commercial Law, National University of Jodphur; and East China University of Political Science and Law, Shanghai.

It has links with the Leeds University Business School (which is adjacent to the Law School) and with the local and national business community and profession.

Funding

Centre members have been successful in attracting grants from bodies such as the Leverhulme Trust, the British Academy and the AHRC amongst others.

Research Students

The Centre has a strong research culture and is supportive of its PhD students. It runs an annual PhD student conference and a 'brown bag' lunch seminar series at which students can meet and hear about each other's research as well as the research of Centre academics.