Chair in Common Law

In addition to the Queen Victoria Chair in English Law, we also have the Chair of Commercial Law (1903-1946), which then became the Chair of Common Law from 1946 onwards. 

About Lady Justice

About

The second law chair to be founded in the Faculty of Law after the establishment of the University of Liverpool was the Chair in Commercial Law (1903-1946) thereafter Chair of Common Law.

Professor David Seaborne Davies Professor David Richard Seaborne Davies

Bio - Professor David Richard Seaborne Davies

Professor David Richard Seaborne Davies, who served as a Liberal Member of Parliament (MP), was appointed to the Chair in Common Law in 1946.

Professor Francis Raleigh Batt

Bio - Professor Francis Raleigh Batt

Professor Francis Raleigh Batt was appointed to the Chair of Commercial Law (now Chair in Common Law) in the Faculty of Law in 1919.