Senior Lecturer in Law   

Research Interests

My interests lie in the fields of World Trade Law and International Economic Law.  These interests developed from work on the international regulation of government procurement.  More recent work has focused on various aspects of the extent to which WTO disciplines infiltrate and impose demands on the legal systems of its Members.  As an example, my article in the Journal of World Trade Law considers the balance struck in the case law between trade and non-trade objectives such as protecting public health.  I am also interested in the process and objectives of WTO dispute settlement and some of my forthcoming work will consider the modern relevance of foundational concepts such as ‘nullification or impairment’.   

Recent Publications

Book

World Trade Law: Text, Materials and Commentary, with Lester, Mercurio and Leitner (Hart Publishing, 2008)

Articles and Chapter Contributions   

‘The national treatment and exceptions provisions of the Agreement on Government Procurement and the pursuit of horizontal policies’ in Arrowsmith and Anderson (eds.) The WTO Regime on Government Procurement: Challenge and Reform (CUP, 2011) 429-444.   

The DSU Article 3.8 Presumption that an Infringement Constitutes a Prima Facie Case of Nullification or Impairment: When Does it Operate and Why? 13 Journal of International Economic Law (2010) 181-204   

Interpreting the Chapeau of GATT Article XX in Light of the 'New' Approach in Brazil-Tyres 43 Journal of World Trade Law (2009) 507-540.

The Public Procurement Dimension of Regional and Bilateral Trade Agreements, in Lester and Mercurio (eds), Bilateral and Regional Trade Agreements: Case Studies (Cambridge University Press, 2009) 274-307 

Connecting or Compartmentalizing the WTO and United States Legal Systems? The Role of the Charming Betsy Canon 10 Journal of International Economic Law (2007) 117-49.

Reviewing Dispute Settlement at the World Trade organization: A Time to Reconsider the Role/s of Compensation 5 World Trade Review (2006) 31-67.

Mandatory and Discretionary Legislation in WTO Law: A Distinction Worth Preserving? 31 Legal Issues of Economic Integration (2004) 185-218.

Papers

Interpreting the Chapeau of GATT Article XX.  Presented at Theorizing the Global Legal Order, Swansea University May 2008.

The Role/s of Compensation in WTO Dispute Settlement.Presented at the Annual British Institute of International and Comparative Law WTO conference, May 2005.

Reforming WTO Dispute Settlement: The Way Forward. Presented at the 2004 Annual Conference of the Society of Legal Scholars – Sheffield.

Public Procurement Conference – University of Nottingham, panel member - June 2003.

Research Supervision

I welcome proposals or enquiries for research relating to International Economic Law and the law and practice of the World Trade Organization.