Earlham Hall, Law School of theUniversity of East Anglia

UEA Law School, founded in 1977, is a school within 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 ...

, dedicated to research and teaching in law. It is located in

Earlham Hall Earlham Hall is a country house in Norfolk, England. It is located just to the west of the city of Norwich, on Earlham Road, on the outskirts of the village of Earlham. For generations it was the home of the Gurney family. The Gurneys were known ...

, a seventeenth-century mansion situated on the edge of the UEA campus. From mid-2010 to early 2014, the school was temporarily located in the Blackdale School Building owing to essential renovation work. In national league tables UEA Law School has most recently been ranked 38th in the UK by The Guardian.

Research

The 2008

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rated 80% of the research as being at international level (2* and above), of which 40% was rated as being of either world-leading (4*) or internationally excellent quality (3*). The School has research centres or groupings in the areas of Competition Law, Media and Internet Law and International Company and Commercial Law. Additionally, members of the School have international reputations for research in Medical Law, Intellectual Property Law, Public Order law, Evidence, Criminal Justice and Procedure, Comparative Private Law, Contract, Tort and Restitution, and Family law. In addition to these School-based research clusters, many researchers in the School belong to formal networks which go beyond the Law School. For example, the School's competition lawyers are members of the ESRC Centre for Competition Policy CPand Morten Hviid of the Law School took over from Catherine Waddams as Director of the CCP in September 2010.

Notable alumni

Law

* Michael Lodge, Secretary-General of the

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* Anna Marcoulli, Judge of the

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Derek Pang Derek Pang Wai-cheong (; born 1961) is a Hong Kong judge and has been serving as Justice of Appeal of the Court of Appeal of the High Court of Hong Kong since September 2015. He is President of the Friends of Scouting of Hong Kong. Legal care ...

, Justice of Appeal of the

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* Ashby Pate, Associate Justice of the

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* Laura Pillay, Judge of the

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Hassan Al-Sayed Hassan Abdulrahim Al-Buhashim Al-Sayed ( ar, حسن عبدالرحیم السید)(born 1969) is a Qatari Judge of the Qatar International Court and Dispute Resolution Centre. He was educated at Kuwait University (LLB, 1993), the University of ...

, Judge of the Qatar International Court *

Andrew Gordon-Saker Andrew Stephen Gordon-Saker (born 4 October 1958) is a British Costs Judge who has been Senior Costs Judge (Chief Taxing Master) since 1 October 2014. He was educated at Stonyhurst College and the University of East Anglia (LLB, 1980). He was cal ...

, Senior Costs Judge *

Dora Zatte Dora Grace Mary Zatte has been the Ombudsman of the Seychelles since 15 February 2010. She was educated at the University of East Anglia (LLB, 1997), and is a Barrister of Middle Temple. She is an Attorney-at-Law and Notary and previously served ...

, Ombudsman of the Seychelles

Politics

Mathias Cormann Mathias Hubert Paul Cormann (; ; born 20 September 1970) is a Belgian-born Australian politician and diplomat who currently serves as Secretary-General of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD), having assumed the off ...

, Secretary-General of the

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Tariq bin Saeed bin Hilail Al-Shammari Tariq bin Saeed bin Hilail Al-Shammari (born 17 December 1977) is a Saudi Arabian political advisor. has been a Member of the Consultative Assembly of Saudi Arabia since October 2020. He holds a bachelor's degree from Imam Mohammad Ibn Saud Islami ...

, Member of the

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Ivor Stanbrook Ivor Robert Stanbrook (13 January 1924 – 18 February 2004) was a British Conservative Party (UK), Conservative party politician and barrister. He represented Orpington as its Member of Parliament from 1970 to 1992. Biography and early life Sta ...

, Conservative Member of Parliament * David Thomas, Labour Member of the European Parliament *

Adam Tomkins Adam Tomkins (born 28 June 1969) is a British academic and politician who is the John Millar Professor of Public Law at the University of Glasgow School of Law. A member of the Scottish Conservatives, he was a Member of the Scottish Parliament ...

, Conservative Member of the Scottish Parliament

Other

Wayne Barnes Wayne Barnes (born 20 April 1979) is an English international rugby union referee and barrister. He is a regular referee in the English Premiership, and has refereed games in the Heineken Cup and the European Challenge Cup. At international level ...

, rugby union referee *

Jessica Draskau-Petersson Jessica Draskau Petersson (born 8 September 1977) is a Danish long-distance runner . Her fastest marathon time was set at the 2015 Bank of America Chicago marathon, where she ran a time of 2:30:07. She competed in the marathon at the 2012 Summ ...

, Olympic runner *

Derek Gillman Derek Anthony Gillman (born 7 December 1952) was executive director and president of the Barnes Foundation from August 2006 to January 2014. In 2014 Gillman took up a position at Drexel University as a distinguished visiting professor in the Depart ...

, Director of the Barnes Foundation *

Carl Lygo Carl Raymond Lygo (born October 1967) is a British barrister and academic who was the founding vice-chancellor of BPP University. Since 2018 he has been the Chairman of University of Europe for Applied Sciences in Germany and since 2019 the Vice ...

, Vice-Chancellor of Arden University * Amir Muhammad, film director *

Simon Nicholls Simon Nicholls (born 1977 in London) is a radio and TV comedy producer at the BBC. Education He was educated at St Edward's School, Oxford and the University of East Anglia (LLB, 1999). Career When Ed Reardon approached Nicholls about an id ...

, television producer

Notable faculty

* Dame Beverley Lang, High Court Judge * Sir Clive Lewis, High Court Judge

References

External links

Official Website

Norwich Law School Working Papers
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