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Bankruptcy expert achieves PhD
We are thrilled to announce that John Tribe, Kingston Law School’s resident insolvency expert, LLB Course Director and KPMG Principal Lecturer in Restructuring; has been awarded his PhD from University College London. John’s dissertation is titled “Debtor Treatment Themes in Personal Bankruptcy Policy Development from the Early-modern period to the Present Day - Plus ça change (plus c...02 April 2012Read More
"Mind the Gap, Prime Minister" - Kingston law student meets David Cameron on the London underground
Travelling on the London Underground is, for some, just another part of daily life. It’s never a particularly exciting time, spent as it is perusing the pages of whatever free newspaper happens to have been abandoned nearby. For first year student, Shingirai Kaserera, however, ‘just another trip on the tube’ in October 2011 was transformed into something more exciting by him sharing his carriage...23 March 2012Read More
Students excel in Skills competitions
The in-house skills competitions over the last week of January drew in an impressive number of first year mooting teams with eight managed to make it to the starting line on Saturday morning. This is the largest first year turn out we have ever had and bodes well for the next few years and our continued involvement with the full range of professional legal skills, mooting, client...23 March 2012Read More
Kingston team in the Hult Global Challenge - Update
Update - Many thanks to all those of you who have voted and supported our team. They will now represent Kingston University at a global platform. Rachel Scotland, Dasha Brezinova, Holly Phillips and Juliet Koteng from Kingston Business School have now made it to the finals of the Hult Global Case Challenge that will be in New York end of next month. The judges...08 March 2012Read More
Don't get mad, get mediation - free University and Metropolitan Police service for Kingston residents
Do you know someone who is arguing with their neighbour about the position of a fence, parking spaces or noisy pets? Perhaps you've heard of a family dispute about money lent and not returned? Whatever the cause of the argument, a newly-expanded free mediation service from Kingston University in conjunction with the Metropolitan Police in Kingston could help provide the answers. The...13 February 2012Read More
We need some European solutions, says leading lawyer receiving honorary doctorate
‘Human rights’ should not be regarded as a term of abuse and the European Court of Human Rights has led to valuable reforms and raised standards across Europe, according to leading lawyer and academic Sir Francis Jacobs. He was speaking at a graduation ceremony on January 19 where he accepted an honorary Doctor of Laws from Kingston University for his outstanding contribution to European...30 January 2012Read More
Making the cut
A law graduate who swapped the barristers' chambers for the movie studios has had huge success with his very first feature film. Successful barrister Leslie Thomas, who graduated from Kingston Law School in 1988, had spent 21 years at the Bar before he took a career break and decided to invest in his first movie, becoming an executive producer of the critically-acclaimed blockbuster We Need to...24 November 2011Read More
Ingenious Generation Takeover IBM Universities Business Challenge 2011-2012
Kingston Business School and Kingston Law School are entering three teams in the prestigious national IBM Universities Business Challenge in 2011 -2012 The IBM Universities Business Challenge offers undergraduates within universities or colleges a unique opportunity to improve their knowledge of the business world. Open to participants from a range of disciplines from accounting to law, the...23 November 2011Read More
John Tribe ventures back from Moscow with Law
"Sir Roderick Lyne, a governor of Kingston University and member of the Iraq inquiry, used to be Her Majesty's Ambassador to Russia. Kingston Law School's (KLS) John Tribe has been following in Sir Roderick's steps and has recently been "our man in Moscow". John has just returned from delivering a series of seminars on English company law at the Russian Academy of Justice, which is part of the...20 October 2011Read More
Book corner - Sitting in Judgment: The Working Lives of Judges by Penny Darbyshire
On 4th October 2011, Dr Penny Darbyshire’s greatly anticipated book on the judiciary was launched at a prestigious event at the Royal Courts of Justice in London. Marking the culmination of seven years research, during which time Penny visited courtrooms across the country, shadowed judges and chatted to them about their work, the book makes a significant contribution to the field and will be key...06 October 2011Read More
