Company and Commercial Law group
The Commercial Law Research Centre was first established at Brunel in 1982 as the Consumer and Commercial Law Centre with financial support from the EU Commission Consumer Policy Service. This groups enjoys an international reputation. It has placed emphasis on collaboration with similar organisations in the EU, and firm links are now established with universities in most member states, especially France (Montpellier), Germany (Bremen) and Denmark (Aarhus). Recently links have been forged with Canada (Montreal) and the USA (Houston, Texas).
The broad themes covered by academics in this area include:
- Consumer protection and fair trading
- Consumer credit
- Cyberconsumerism
- Company Law
- Banking & Financial Law
- EU Law
- Competition Law
- Intellectual Property Law
Current research projects
The protection of consumers on online auction sites
Funded by the Brunel Research & Innovation Enterprise Fund. Award holder: Dr Christine Riefa.
Jean Monnet Series of Workshops on Cross-Border Litigation in Europe
Mihail Danov is a “key academic staff member” in a research project which is led by Professor Beaumont from the University of Aberdeen Centre for Private International Law (See more < http://www.abdn.ac.uk/law/private-international-law/events.shtml >). The aim of the project, which is funded by the Lifelong Learning Programme of the European Union (the Jean Monnet Scheme), is to promote the debate on how cross-border litigation functions across Europe. In this context, a Jean Monnet series of Workshops on “Cross-Border Litigation in Europe” are being organised. All seven workshops are held in the UK and gather academics from across Europe. Out of these, three workshops take place in Brunel.
Brunel Law School Academics Short-listed for University-wide Student-led Teaching Awards in three categories of Excellence (2012-13)
SHARED Research Project on Shared Responsibility in International Law
Jean Monnet Series of Workshops on Cross-Border Litigation in Europe
The Company and Commercial Law Group workshop:“Corporate governance and corporate social responsibility”
