Sarah Worthington

Contact details:

3-4 South Square, Gray’s Inn, London WC1R 5HP.

Telephone +44 (0)20 7696 9900. Fax +44 (0)20 7696 9911. LDE 338 (Chancery Lane).
Email: clerks@southsquare.com. Web: www.southsquare.com

Degrees and awards:

Barrister, Middle Temple (March 2005)

PhD - University of Cambridge (1995)

LLM - (2 year programme) University of Melbourne (1990)

LLB (First class Hons) - University of Queensland (1986)

BSc (2A Hons) - Australian National University, Canberra (1974)

Present positions:

Professor of Law, London School of Economics and Political Science

Deputy Director, Research and External Relations, LSE (Sept 2005-)

Professorial Fellow, Law School, University of Melbourne (2005 -)

Public advisory work:

Consultant to the Law Commission (2002-5)

Bank of England, Financial Markets Law Committee, Member of the Working Group on Registration of Security Interests (2004-5)

Trusts Law Committee Member (2005-)

Speaker/Adviser OECD Roundtable on Corporate Governance, Moscow, 2001

DTI Company Law Review - Member of Working Group L (on Sanctions), 2000-1

Consultant to Australian Law Reform Commission (Reference on Superannuation; Reference on Collective Investment Schemes) - 1991-1993

Consultant to National Companies and Securities Commission (now the Australian Securities Commission) (policy development and advice on legislative reform) - 1989

Consultant to Australian Finance Conference Ltd (the self-regulatory body for finance companies - legal advice and policy development) - 1989-1991

Member of the Insolvency Lawyers’ Academic Advisory Group (1999- )

Member of the Advisory Council for the Study Group for a European Civil Code

(2003- )

Fellow of the International Institute for Corporate Governance and Accountability (2000- )

Member of the Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) Executive Committee (and various other posts 1995-present)

Journal editorial posts:

Modern Law Review: Director amd Member of the Editorial Committee (1999- ); Joint Articles Editor (2001-4); Company Secretary (1999-2001);

International Corporate Rescue: Editorial Board (2003- )

Amicus Curiae: Co-editor for Equity and Trusts (1997- )

University of Queensland Law Journal, international editorial board (2004- )

Company and Securities Law Journal: Associate Editor (1992); Current Developments Editor (1991-2); Book Reviews Editor (1991-2)

Teaching experience:

Undergraduate Courses: Contract Law; Equity; Commercial Law; Commercial Contracts; Company Law/Business Associations; Insolvency Law; Personal Property Law; Sale of Goods Law; Restitution.

Postgraduate Courses: Secured Financing Law, Corporate Governance, Corporate Finance; Company Law; Restitution.

External Examining/ Appointments Committees:

External Assessor at Chair and Readership level: University of Aberdeen; King's College London; University of Leicester; Hong Kong Polytechnic University; Univeristy of Alberta; University of Otago; University of McGill.

External Examiner: King’s College London; University of Sussex); Napier University, Edinburgh; LSE (all Company and Commercial Law subjects, both domestic and international)

PhD Examining: University of Cambridge; University of Western Australia; LSE/University of London; KCL/University of London

PUBLICATIONS

(i) Books:

Equity (2003, Clarendon Law Series: Oxford) (321 pages)[cited in CA, Pratt v Medwin [2003] EWCA Civ 9 [2] (Arden LJ); and in New Zealand HCt in No 68 Ltd v Eastern Services Ltd (Baragwanath J) [9 August 2004]

Personal Property Law: Text and Materials (2000, Hart Publications: Oxford) (716 pages) [cited in CA, Pennington v Waine, 4 March 2002]

Proprietary Interests in Commercial Transactions (1996, Clarendon Press: Oxford) (270 pages) [cited in House of Lords, National Westminster Bank plc v Spectrum Plus Ltd [2005] UKHL 41; and Court of Appeal, Twinsectra Ltd v Yardley, 28 April 1999]

(ii) Edited Books:

Commercial Law and Commercial Practice (24 chapters, edited collection, with self-authored introductory chapter, Hart Publishing, 2003) (690 pages + xi-xix Introduction)

(iii) Articles and Chapters (2000-2005 only):

2005:

‘A Modern Re-Appraisal of Re Diplock’ (with T Akkouh) in C Mitchell and P Mitchell, XXXX, (forthcoming, Hart Publishing, 2005) [book title TBC]

‘Proprietary Remedies and Insolvency Policy: The Need for a New Approach’ in J Lowry and L Mistalis, The Dimensions of Commercial Law: Essays in Honour of Professor Sir Roy Goode, (Lexis-Nexis/Butterworths, forthcoming 2005)

‘The Disappearing Divide Between Property and Obligation: The Impact of Aligning Legal Analysis and Commercial Expectation’ in S Degeling and J Edelman (eds), Equity in Commercial Law (Sweet & Maxwell, Thompson, and Carswell, forthcoming 2005).

‘Property, Obligation and Insolvency Policy: Cutting the Gordian Knot’ (2005) 20 Journal of International Banking and Financial Law 100-103 (4,500 words, commissioned after Roy Goode Lecture on same issue)

Palmer’s Company Law: responsible for Part 8A: Management of the Company

2004:

‘An “Unsatisfactory Area of the Law”—Fixed and Floating Charges Yet Again’ (2004) 1 International Corporate Rescue 175-184 [cited in House of Lords, National Westminster Bank plc v Spectrum Plus Ltd [2005] UKHL 41]

Palmer’s Company Law: responsible for Part 8A: Management of the Company

2003:

‘Aligning Commercial Law and Commercial Practice’ in S Worthington (ed), Commercial Law and Commercial Practice, ch 1 (2003, Hart Publishing: Oxford)

‘Equity: Property and Obligation’ in P Cane and M Tushnet (eds), The Oxford Handbook of Legal Studies, ch 5, 80-98 (2003, OUP: Oxford)

‘Reviewing Rescission: Real Rights or Mere Possibilities’ [2003] Insolvency Lawyer 14-23 (based on 2002 RLR piece, but commissioned input for insolvency law practitioners)

Palmer’s Company Law: responsible for Part 8A: Management of the Company

2002:

‘Integrating Equity and the Common Law’ (2002) 55 Current Legal Problems 223-262

‘The Commercial Utility of the Trust Vehicle’ in D J Hayton (ed), Extending the Boundaries of Trusts and Similar Ring-Fenced Funds (2002, Kluwer, London) 135-162

‘The Proprietary Consequences of Rescission’ [2002] Restitution Law Review 28-68

‘Rehabilitating Personal Property Law as a Serious Topic for Teaching and Research’ (2002) 36 Canadian Business LJ 1-28

2001:

‘Shares and Shareholders: Property, Power and Entitlement - Parts I and II’ (2001) 22 The Company Lawyer 258-66, and 307-314

‘Justifying Claims to Secondary Profits’ in E J H Schrage (ed), Unjust Enrichment and the Law of Contract (2001, Kluwer, The Hague, London, NY), pp 451-473

‘Reforming Directors’ Duties’ (2001) 64 Modern Law Review 439-458

‘Corporate Governance: regulating board-level management of enterprises’ (2001) Law in Transition (EBRD commission)

2000:

‘Review Article: Interests in Goods’ (Review of Interests in Goods, N Palmer and E McKendrick (eds) (2nd edn, LLP, 1998)) (2000) 34 Canadian Business LJ 269-287

‘Corporate Governance: Remedying and Ratifying Directors’ Breaches’ (2000) 116 Law Quarterly Review 638-675

‘Commercial Law: Confining the Remedial Boundaries’ (with Professor Sir Roy Goode QC) in D Hayton (ed) Law’s Future(s): British Legal Developments in the 21st Century (2000, Hart Publishing) pp 281-312

‘Passing of Property’ in E McKendrick (ed), Sale of Goods (2000, Lloyd’s of London Press), pp 57-105

‘Subrogation Claims on Insolvency’ in F Rose (ed), Insolvency and Restitution (2000, LLP), Ch 4 (pp 66-76)

‘The Pari Passu Principle and Ranking Restitutionary Rights’ (with Vanessa Finch) in F Rose (ed), Insolvency and Restitution (2000, LLP), Ch 1 (pp 1-20)

‘Equitable Estoppel: Unpacking a Doctrine’ (2000) 27 Journal of Malaysian and Comparative Law 227-246