William Norcup-Brown

Liverpool Law School

W.Norcup-Brown@Liverpool.ac.uk 

Biography

William is AHRC Ph.D. Candidate in Law [Grant Number: AH/R012792/1], School of Law and Social Justice, University of Liverpool.

William is also Lecturer in Property Law at Newcastle University.

Research

William's research interests lie in the intersection of property law and human rights law. His thesis analyses the extent to which property rights inhibit the exercise of the freedoms of expression and assembly on ‘privately owned public spaces.’  

William is a member of the Society of Legal Scholars, the Association of Law, Property and Society, and the Aristotelian Society.

William is an active participant in the Liverpool Public Law Unit (LPLU) and International Law and Human Rights Unit (ILHRU).

Working thesis title

‘Property and Protest: a positive right of access to privately owned public spaces’.

Dates of study

PhD start date: September 2021
PhD completion date: September 2025

Supervisors

• Dr John Picton (University of Manchester)
• Dr Stephanie Reynolds (University of Liverpool)

Publications 

https://slsablog.co.uk/blog/blog-posts/protest-camps-on-university-campuses-the-legal-status-of-assemblies-on-private-land/

blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2021/11/16/book-review-constitutional-idolatry-and-democracy-challenging-the-infatuation-with-writtenness-by-brian-christopher-jones/) 

blogs.lse.ac.uk/lsereviewofbooks/2019/04/01/book-review-law-and-the-precarious-home-socio-legal-perspectives-on-the-home-in-insecure-times-edited-by-helen-carr-brendan-edgeworth-and-caroline-hunter/ 

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