Abimbola Olowofoyeku

Professor of Law

Qualifications

LL.B - Lagos
LL.M – Lond.
Ph.D - Lond.
Barrister - Nigeria

Prof Olowofoyeku has held these positions: Assistant Legal Adviser, Federal Inland Revenue Department, Lagos (1982-83); Barrister and Solicitor, Chief B Olowofoyeku & Co., Lagos (1983-1984); Lecturer, Liverpool Polytechnic (1987-88); Lecturer, Keele University (1988-95); Visiting Fellow, Centre for International and Public Law, Australian National University (March - August 1995); Senior Lecturer, Keele University (1995-1999); Reader, Keele University (1999-2000); Visiting Fellow, Faculty of Law, Australian National University (July 1999 - January 2000; December 2000 - January 2001); Head of Department, Brunel University (2003-04); Head of the School of Social Sciences and Law (2004-06); Head of Brunel Law School (2006-09).

When he is fortunate enough to have any spare time, he enjoys playing the guitar and developing computer software using Delphi/Pascal and C.

He is the Director of the Centre for International and Public Law.

Professor of Law: Comparative Constitutionalism; Administrative Law; Revenue Law; Torts. 

Research Interests

Comparative Constitutionalism
Administrative Law
Revenue Law
Torts

Research Areas

Public law
Taxation

Research Groups

CIPL Centre for International and Public Law

PhD Supervision

LLB - Lagos
LLM – Lond.
PhD - Lond.
Barrister - Nigeria

External Activities

Member of the Editorial Advisory Board, International Journal of Law and Management

Publications

Journal Papers

(2012) Olowofoyeku, A., Sub-regional courts and the recusal issue - Emergent practice of the East African Court of Justice., African Journal of International and Comparative Law Forthcoming (3)

(2009) Olowofoyeku, AA., Bias and the informed observer: A call for a return to Gough, Cambridge Law Journal 68 (2) : 388- 409

(2006) Olowofoyeku, AA., Regulating supreme court recusals, Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 2006 (July) : 60- 85 Download publication

(2006) Olowofoyeku, AA., Subjective objectivity: Judicial impartiality and social intercourse in the US supreme court, Public Law 2006 (Spring) : 15- 34

(2003) Olowofoyeku, AA., Where is my home? Reflections on the law of residence, British Tax Review 2003 (4) : 306- 323

(2000) Olowofoyeku, A., A century of doubt: Profit motive in UK income tax law, New Zealand Journal of Taxation Law and Policy 40- 60

(2000) Olowofoyeku, AA., Devolution: Conceptual and implementation problems, Anglo-American Law Review 29 (2) : 133- 166

(2000) Olowofoyeku, A., The nemo judex rule: The case against automatic disqualification, Public Law (Autumn) : 456- 475

(1999) Olowofoyeku, AA., Decentralising the UK: The federal argument, Edinburgh Law Review 3 (1) : 57- 84

(1998) Olowofoyeku, A., State liability for the exercise of judicial power, Public Law 444- 462

(1996) Olowofoyeku, A., In the performance of the duties: Fact, law, or both, British Tax Review 1996 (1) : 28- 45

(1991) Olowofoyeku, AA., Habeas-corpus, judicial liability and the Nigerian constitution, International and Comparative Law Quarterly 40 (1) : 49- 65

(1990) Olowofoyeku, A., Murphy, anns and pure economic loss, Journal of Professional Negligence 158- 166

(1990) Olowofoyeku, AA., The crumbling citadel: Absolute judicial immunity de-rationalised, Legal Studies 10 (3) : 271- 292

(1990) Olowofoyeku, A., The immunity of quasi-judicial officers, Journal of Professional Negligence 2- 14

(1989) Olowofoyeku, A., The beleaguered fortress: Reflections on the independence of Nigeria's judiciary, Journal of African Law 33 (1) : 55- 71

Book Chapters

(2011) Olowofoyeku, AA., Judges and non-judicial functions in the United Kingdom. In: Lee, HP. ed. Judiciaries in Comparative Perspective. Cambridge : Cambridge University Press 493- 511

(2006) Olowofoyeku, AA., Accountability versus independence: The impact of judicial immunity. In: Canivet, G., Andenas, MT. and Fairgrieve, D. eds. Independence, Accountability and the Judiciary. London, UK : British Institute of International and Comparative Law 357- 383

Books

(2011) Olowofoyeku, A., The taxation of income. Cambridge Academic Press

(2003) Olowofoyeku, AA., Butler, D. and Kirkbride, J., Revenue law: Principles and practice. Liverpool Academic Press

(2002) Kirkbride, J. and Olowofoyeku, AA., The law and theory of income tax. Liverpool Academic Press

(1993) Olowofoyeku, A., Suing judges: A study of judicial immunity. Clarendon Press

(1993) Olowofoyeku, AA., The law of judicial immunities in Nigeria. African Books Collective