Peter Jaffey

Professor of Law

Qualifications

BA – (Cantab)
LLM – (London)
Solicitor

As the Director of Research, I am responsible for the strategic direction of the School in relation to staff research activity and research student matters.

Teaching

Company Law
Intellectual Property Law
Trusts

Research Interests

Private Law Theory
Restitution and Unjust Enrichment
Intellectual Property

Research Areas

Company law and corporate governance
Contract
Intellectual property
Legal theory and jurisprudence
Restitution and unjust enrichment
Trusts and equity

External Activities

Publications

Journal Papers

(2011) JAFFEY, P., Authority in the Common Law, Australian Journal of Legal Philosophy 36 1- 33

(2011) JAFFEY, P., “The Structure of Property Law: the ‘Persistent Right’ and the Remedial Part’”, review of McFarlane, The Structure of Property Law, Jurisprudence 2 181- 189

(2011) JAFFEY, P., Licence fee damages, Restitution Law Review 95- 111

(2008) Jaffey, P., Liabilities in private law, Legal Theory 14 233- 255 Download publication

(2007) Jaffey, P., Book Review: The law and ethics of restitution by Hanoch Dagan, Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2004. 296 pp. ISBN 0521829046, International Journal of Law in Context 3 (1) : 73- 80 Download publication

(2006) Jaffey, P., Duties and liabilities in private law, Legal Theory 12 (2) : 137- 156 Download publication

(2004) Jaffey, P., Classification and unjust enrichment, Modern Law Review 67 (6) : 1012- 1031 Download publication

(2004) Jaffey, P., Hohfeld's power-liability/right-duty distinction in the law of restitution, Canadian Journal of Law and Jurisprudence 17 (2) : 295- 313

(2004) Jaffey, P., Disgorgement and 'licence fee damages' in contract, Journal of Contract Law 20 57- 73 Download publication

(2003) Jaffey, P., Failure of consideration: Roxborough v Rothmans, Modern Law Review 66 (2) : 284- 293 Download publication

(2003) JAFFEY, P., Principle or Dogma, Restitution Law Review 228- 234

(2003) JAFFEY, P., Review of Johnston & Zimmermann, Unjustified Enrichment, Law Quarterly Review 337- 341

(2002) JAFFEY, P., Efficiency, disgorgement and reliance in contract: a comment on Campbell and Harris, Legal Studies 570- 577

(2002) JAFFEY, P., In rem claims to wealth and surviving value, Current Legal Problems 55 263- 296

(2002) JAFFEY, P., Likelihood of association, European Intellectual Property Law Review 3- 8

(2002) JAFFEY, P., Privacy, Publicity Rights, and Merchandising, The Yearbook of Copyright and Media Law 2001/2002 21- 27

(2001) Jaffey, P., The nature of knowing receipt, Trust Law International 15 (3) : 151- 158 Download publication

(2000) Jaffey, P., Missing reliance, Modern Law Review 63 (6) : 918- 928 Download publication

(2000) JAFFEY, P., Accident Car Hire and the Recovery of Damages (Dimond), Lloyds Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 449- 455

(2000) JAFFEY, P., Disgorgement for Breach of Contract, Restitution Law Review 578- 587

(2000) JAFFEY, P., Restitution, Reliance, and Quantum Meruit (Countrywide), Restitution Law Review 270- 275

(2000) JAFFEY, P., Review of M Spence, "Protecting Reliance", Restitution Law Review 458- 464

(2000) JAFFEY, P., Tracing, Property, and Unjust Enrichment, Trust Law International 194- 199

(1998) Jaffey, P., The law commission report on aggravated, exemplary and restitutionary damages, Modern Law Review 61 (6) : 860- 869 Download publication

(1998) Jaffey, P., A new version of the reliance theory, Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 49 107- 138 Download publication

(1998) JAFFEY, P., Auditors' Liability to Shareholders (Hercules), Company, Finance and Insolvency Law Review 142- 147

(1998) JAFFEY, P., Disgorgement for Breach of Contract and for a Criminal Offence, Lloyds Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 469- 475

(1998) JAFFEY, P., Failure of Consideration and Reliance in Contract (Latvian Shipping), Restitution Law Review 157- 161

(1998) JAFFEY, P., Merchandising and the Law of Trade Marks, Intellectual Property Quarterly 240- 266

(1998) JAFFEY, P., Review of Cheffins, Company Law, Company, Finance and Insolvency Law Review 152- 156

(1998) JAFFEY, P., The restitutionary conditional transfer analysis and the death of contract, The Edinburgh Law Review 23- 55

(1997) Jaffey, P., The new European trade marks regime, IIC-International Review of Industrial Property and Copyright Law 28 (2) : 153- 191

(1996) JAFFEY, P., Contractual Obligations of the Company in General Meeting, 16 27- 50

(1996) JAFFEY, P., Review of Boros, Minority Shareholders' Rights, Legal Studies 16 428- 432

(1995) JAFFEY, P., Accounting for Wrongful Profits (Warman v Dwyer), Lloyds Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 462- 466

(1995) JAFFEY, P., Restitutionary Damages and Disgorgement, Restitution Law Review 30- 48

(1994) JAFFEY, P., Lee Panavision v Lee Lighting, Company Lawyer 14 22- 26

(1994) JAFFEY, P., Restraining the Exercise of Statutory Corporate Powers, Denning Law Journal 67- 91

(1992) JAFFEY, P., Re Cleveland Trust PLC, Company Lawyer 13 60- 63

(Accepted) JAFFEY, P., Change of Position and Estoppel (Derby v Scottish Equitable), Lloyds Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 2002 1- 6

(Accepted) JAFFEY, P., Disgorgement and Confiscation (Halifax), Restitution Law Review 1996 92- 100

(Accepted) JAFFEY, P., Restitution and Trespass to Land (Re Polly Peck), Restitution Law Review 79- 83

(Accepted) JAFFEY, P., Review of N Enonchong, "Illegal Transactions", Lloyds Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 444- 446

Book Chapters

(2008) Jaffey, P., Privacy, confidentiality and property. In: Torremans, PLC. ed. Intellectual Property and Human Rights: Enhanced Edition of Copyright and Human Rights. Kluwer Law International 447- 474

(2008) Jaffey, P., Damages and the protection of contractual reliance. In: Cunnington, R. and Saidov, D. eds. Contract Damages: Domestic and International Perspectives. Hart Publishing 139- 164

(2007) Jaffey, P., Classification in private law. In: Jaffey, P. ed. Private law and property claims. Hart Publishing 1- 34 Download publication

(2007) Jaffey, P., Contract, unjust enrichment and restitution: The significance of classification. In: Giliker, P. ed. Re-examining Contract and Unjust Enrichment. Martinus Nijhoff 213- 230

(2004) JAFFEY, P., Rights of privacy, confidentiality, and publicity, and related rights. In: Copyright and Human Rights. Kluwer Law International 157- 181

(2004) JAFFEY, P., The theory of unjust enrichment. In: New Perspectives on Property Law, Obligations and Restitution. Cavendish

(2004) JAFFEY, P., Two theories of unjust enrichment. In: Understanding Unjust Enrichment. Hart Publishing

(2003) JAFFEY, P. and Couchman, N., Merchandising in English law. In: Character Merchandising in Europe. Kluwer Law International 355- 378

(2001) JAFFEY, P., Restitutionary claims arising on contractual termination. In: Unjust Enrichment and the Law of Contract. Kluwer Law International 243- 255

Books

(2007) Jaffey, P., Private law and property claims. Hart Publishing

(2000) Jaffey, P., The nature and scope of restitution. Hart Publishing