Alastair Mullis,

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(London)

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(Cantab), is

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of Law and Head of the Law School at the

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Biography

He taught at

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from 1989–1999, where in 1996 he was appointed senior lecturer. He joined the

University of East Anglia The University of East Anglia (UEA) is a public research university in Norwich, England. Established in 1963 on a campus west of the city centre, the university has four faculties and 26 schools of study. The annual income of the institution f ...

in 1999 and became Dean in September 2001 and Professor in 2005. Alastair Mullis has also held visiting appointments in the United States (he was a Visiting Professor at the University of Detroit from 1993–1995 and has held adjunct posts at the Universities of Detroit and Pepperdine), Germany and Tunisia. Alastair Mullis is one of the specialist editors for Butterworths, Law of Tort and writes (with Donal Nolan) the annual review of tort cases for the All England Law Reports, Annual Review. In 2010, Alastair Mullis became heavily involved in the public debate on libel reform in the UK, following the publication of a research paper co-authored with Dr Andrew Scott of the London School of Economics and Political Science. The paper responded to 10 recommendations made by th
Libel Reform Campaign
It emphasised that any reforms must be evidence-based, and that personal and public interests in the protection of privacy and reputation should not be overlooked.

Bibliography

* Torts (3rd edn Macmillan, 2003) (with K Oliphant). * The CISG: A New Textbook for Students and Practitioners (Sellier 2007) (with P Huber)

References

External links

Website at Leeds
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