The CENTRE FOR COMMERCIAL LAW AND FINANCIAL REGULATION (CCLFR) was founded by the School of Law and ICMA Centre in 2011 as a forum for stimulating and conducting research and for disseminating knowledge on international commercial law and financial regulation.
Our academic staff contribute regularly to policy development and law reform, by acting as consultants to governments, commissions and practitioners, and by engaging in debate through conferences and public fora.
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From its creation a core part of CCLFR’s mission has been to combine excellence in research with excellence in teaching. It is a leading centre for postgraduate studies in commercial law, providing a stimulating environment in which students benefit from learning from leading academics who regularly invite experienced practitioners to participate in their teaching provision. A focus on international, comparative and multi-disciplinary perspectives is a key characteristic of teaching within CCLFR, and its students have access to modules run not only by the School of Law, but also by ICMA, Henley Business School, and the Department of Economics.
DEPUTY DIRECTOR

Dr Andrea Miglionico
a.miglionico@reading.ac.uk
MEMBERS
RESEARCH ACTIVITIES
Recent publications of Gerard McMeel KC
CO-AUTHORED BOOKS
- THE LAW OF PERSONAL PROPERTY (third edition, 2021)
(co-authored with Michael Bridge KC (hc), Louise Gullifer KC (hc) and Kelvin Low
Publisher: Sweet & Maxwell. Date of Publication: December 2021
EDITED BOOKS
- Danny Busch, Christos Gortsos and Gerard McMeel (eds), Liability of Financial Supervisors (2022 (forthcoming); Oxford: Oxford University Press), part of the Oxford EU Financial Regulation Series
CHAPTERS IN BOOKS
- “United Kingdom” in Danny Busch, Christos Gortsos and Gerard McMeel (eds), Liability of Financial Supervisors (2022 (forthcoming); Oxford: Oxford University Press)
- “Banks, Financial Intermediaries and Fiduciary Duties” in Sandra Booysen (ed), Financial Advice and Investor Protection [-] Comparative Law and Practice (2021; Cheltenham: Edward Elgar), 106-129
- “Crowdfunding and UK Law” in Marije Louisse and Pietro Ortolani (eds), Crowdfunding and the Law, part of the Oxford EU Financial Regulation Series (2021 (forthcoming); Oxford: Oxford University Press), 70-82
- “Are there Any General Principles of Commercial Law?” in Charles Mitchell and Stephen Watterson (eds), The World of Maritime and Commercial Law [-] Essays in Honour of Francis Rose (2020; Oxford: Hart Publishing), 181-199
- “United Kingdom” in Danny Busch, Guido Ferrarini and Jan Paul Franx (eds), Prospectus Regulation and Prospectus Liability, part of the Oxford EU Financial Regulation Series (2020; Oxford: Oxford University Press), 569-594
- “Investment Firms – Retail Sector” in George Walker and Robert Purves (eds), Financial Services Law (4th edn, 2018; Oxford: Oxford University Press), 875-913 (and second and third editions)
- “The Impact of Exemption Clauses and Disclaimers: Construction, Contractual Estoppel and Public Policy”in Andrew Dyson, James Goudkamp and Frederick Wilmot-Smith (eds), Defences in Contract (2017; Oxford: Hart Publishing), 239-273
- “Charterparties and the Modern Law of Penalties” (chapter 14) in Baris Soyer and Andrew Tettenborn (eds), Charterparties: Law, Practice and Emerging Issues (2017; London: Informa Publishing) 285-298
JOURNAL ARTICLES
- “A code of English commercial law”
[2021] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law 233-271
- “The juridical basis of frustration revisited”
[2020] Lloyd’s Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 297-310
- “‘The enforcement of basic norms of commerce and of fair and honest dealing’: holding banks to higher standards” (Part Two)
(2018) 33 Butterworth’s Journal of International Banking and Finance Law 294-297
- “‘Every word you just said was wrong’: holding banks to higher standards” (Part One)
(2018) 33 Butterworth’s Journal of International Banking and Finance Law 218-221
- “Foucault’s Pendulum: Text, Context and Good Faith in Contract Law”
[2017] Current Legal Problems 365-397
Research activities of Dr Kyriaki Noussia
CONFERENCES
ENGAGEMENTS
- Summer 2022:
- Summer School on Insurance Law and Regulation, 17 July 2022 – 22 July 2022 at the University of Malta, Old Campus, Valletta. My class / talk is on the challenges posed by AI for the insurance sector;
- Summer Academy 2022 on Climate Crisis and Economic Impact (International Hellenic University, Thessaloniki July 2022) where I will be talking on environmental law and climate change challenges and policy.
- ARISTEiA – Institute for the Advancement of Research & Education in Arts, Sciences & Technology, USA Interdisciplinary School for Environmental Crisis: Science, Health, Economy, Social Sustainability, 17-20.12.2022, Edipsos, Euboea, Greece
- My Talk: Environmental law: present and future challenges
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