Richard Nolan
Professor Emeritus

Profile

Biography

Richard Nolan

MA Cantab; previously Anniversary Professor of Law at York Law School, and Reader in Corporate & Trust Law, University of Cambridge

Professor Emeritus 

Before his retirement, Richard Nolan published widely in the areas of company law and trusts. He has been a visiting professor in Australia, Hong Kong, New Zealand, Singapore and the USA. He was an editor of the Journal of Corporate Law Studies, and a contributing editor of Snell’s Equity and Buckley on the Companies Acts. He acted on many occasions as a consultant to governmental bodies in the UK, such as the Law Commission for England & Wales and the Department of Trade & Industry, advising on areas of corporate law and trust law. He was also a barrister in London chambers.

In his retirement, his research continues as one of the co-editors of the forthcoming Oxford Handbook of Comparative Trust Laws. He also continues to be involved in the organisation of the biennial conferences on trusts and wealth management, together with Singapore Management University and Hong Kong University.

Publications

Selected publications

Nolan, R. C., & Ho, L. (2020). The Performance Interest in the Law of Trusts. Law Quarterly Review, 136(3), 402-426.

Nolan, R. C. (2017). Invoking the Administrative Jurisdiction: The Enforcement of Modern Trust Structures. In P. Davies, & J. Penner (Eds.), Equity, Trusts and Commerce (pp. 151-178).

Nolan, R. (2012). Regal (Hastings) Ltd v Gulliver (1942). In Landmark Cases in Equity (pp. 499-528). Hart Publishing Limited.

Nolan, R. (2009). Controlling Fiduciary Power. The Cambridge Law Journal, 68(2), 293-323. Article 1. 

Nolan, R., Armour, J., Black, B., & Cheffins, B. (2009). Private Enforcement of Corporate Law: An Empirical Comparison of the United Kingdom and the United States. Journal of Empirical Legal Studies, 6(4), 687-722.

Nolan, R. (2006). Equitable property. Law Quarterly Review, 122(2), 232-265.

Nolan, R. (2006). The continuing evolution of shareholder governance. The Cambridge Law Journal, 65(1), 92-127.

Nolan, R. (2004). Property in a fund. Law Quarterly Review, 120(1), 108-136.