Lady Justice

Chair of Common Law

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. This reflected the delivery of law teaching at the time and the commercial environment in Liverpool.

The chair has been held by the following academics:

YearName
1903 - 1907 Alfred Patten Thomas
1907 - 1914 William John Sparrow
1919 - 1942 Francis Raleigh Batt
1946 - 1971 David Richard Seaborne Davies
1971 - 1977 Frederick James Odgers
1977 - 1992 Anthony Hugh Hudson
1993 - 1998 Christina Margaret Lyon
1998 - Michael Armstrong Jones

 

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