Leicester Law School
PhD students
Find a list of Leicester Law School's current research students and their topics.
Company, Commercial and Financial Law
| Name | Title/topic | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| John Adamah | The contribution of weak bank regulatory frameworks to the failure of Banks in Ghana | Horace Yeung Ebenezer Adodo |
| Roza Agababyan | Investigating the influence of ESG practices on the corporate governance and financial market regulations in a cross-country analysis (2009-2023) and lessons for Uzbekistan | Navajyoti Samanta Horace Yeung |
| Raghd Alkhaldi | The doctrine of good faith in marine insurance contracts under Saudi and English law | Ebenezer Adodo |
| Essa Ahmad | The Standard of Arbitrators’ impartiality and Independence in the UAE; a study within a comparative context. | Tony Cole Masood Ahmed |
| Buthaina Al Sawaii | Protection of Creditors in a One-Person Company: A Comparison Study of Oman and UK | Horace Yeung Peter Jaffey |
| Duaa Baakdhah | The effects of adopting the shareholder primacy corporate governance principle on the financial market development in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) (1995-2023) | Navajyoti Samanta Horace Yeung |
| Margaret Davies | Legal Aspect of Women's Participation in Corporate Boards in the Financial Sector: A Comparative Study of the Position in Commonwealth West Africa and the United Kingdom | Ebenezer Adodo Konstantina Sampani |
| Laura Delap | The Post-Brexit Reform of UK Regulatory Governance and its Impact on Global Trade Relations | Ewa Zelazna Adam Cygan |
| Shenali Dias | Evolution or Extinction: Assessing the Impact of the Use of Artificial Intelligence in E-commerce on Trade Mark Law | Alison Slade Peter Jaffey |
| Wolemi Esan | Rethinking Insolvency Transaction Avoidance Under Nigerian Law | Horace Yeung Adaeze Aniodoh |
| Rafaella Ethelonti | Exceptions to the payment obligations of banks in relation to trade and construction finance transactions governed by common law jurisdictions | Ebenezer Adodo Horace Yeung |
| Xinyuan Gao | A comparative analysis of mobile payment platforms regulations in the UK and China - What can the West learn from China? | Navajyoti Samanta
Horace Yeung |
| Ruijue Gu | Comparison research on the defects of Letter of Credit system, especially in soft clauses risk in the ‘data silos’ era in UK and China. |
Ebenezer Adodo Tamaraudoubra Egbe |
| Fernando Ferro Gumaraes | The (in)effectiveness of Compliance Programs in Preventing Corruption and How to Improve them to Enhance Social Outcomes | Navajyoti Samanta Konstantina Sampani |
| Juldeh Jalloh | Getting corporate rights right: A critical analysis of legal protections of corporations within the Human Rights jurisdiction of the ECOWAS Community Court of Justice |
Horace Yeung Ben Adodo |
| Amit Jamsandekar | The Indian Trade Marks Act – A Comparative Analysis | Alison Slade Barbara Bogusz |
| Chengeto Kazangarare | To what extent do existing soft and hard law rules on corporate governance redress the problems of director accountability. A comparative study of multinational corporations headquartered in the United Kingdom and the United States of America. | Navajyoti Samanta Horace Yeung Priscilla Vitoh |
| Antele Madugu | The African Single Market: An analysis of Competition Law Regulation in the ECOWAS and its impact on the African Continental Free Trade Area | Ewa Zelazna Arinze Okiche |
| Iain Potter | The Bwllfa principle and the extent to which risk and uncertainty should be reflected in the quantum of pre-trial and post-trial damages |
Ben Adodo Adaeze Aniodoh |
| Mandeep Singh | The impact of changes in corporate governance regulations on the growth of financial markets and sustainability practices in the central, eastern, and south-eastern European countries: an empirical analysis (2004-2020) | Navajyoti Samanta Horace Yeung |
| Abzal Temirbayev | The impact of adopting shareholder primacy corporate governance on the growth of the financial market in The Commonwealth of Independent States (1995-2020) | Navajyoti Samanta Horace Yeung |
| Begum Ugurluoglu | Protection of Minority Shareholder Rights in Turkey: Lessons to be learned from the UK Corporate Governance Practices | Peter Jaffey Horace Yeung |
| Craig Wright | Bitcoin: The international commercial and Tax implications of Bitcoin as money. An international law comparative analysis. | Ben Adodo> Peter Jaffey |
| Ying Zheng | The promotion of corporate governance of SOEs in China through internal governance system and external enforcement institutions' Company law and corporate Governance | Horace Yeung Navajyoti Samanta |
Criminal Law, Criminal Justice and Criminology
| Name | Title/topic | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Paul Willey | An Honest Thief? Proposed Reform to the Theft Act 1968 and The Defence of Hunger | Paul Almond Tracey Elliott |
Dispute Resolution
| Name | Title/topic | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Essa Ahmad | The Standard of Arbitrators’ impartiality and Independence in the UAE; a study within a comparative context. | Tony Cole Masood Ahmed |
| Fatma Nursima Arslan | The many faces of mediation and its place in modern civil procedure: A comparative analysis of the concept, its practice and policy considerations in Turkey, UK and Ontario | Masood Ahmed Pablo Cortés |
| Geoffrey Bezzina | Feeding complaint outcomes into policy development: An analysis of consumer redress mechanisms in financial services | Pablo Cortés Tony Cole |
| Mahmoud Khaled Mahmoud El-Khamry | The Enforceability of arbitral awards against State Properties: Legal Aspect, Practical Challenges and A Way Forward Dispute | Tony Cole Konstantina Sampani |
| Sylvia Chidinma Igwe | Multilateral Investment Court, Panacea to the Legitimacy Crisis or case of old wine, new skin | Tony Cole Adaeze Aniodoh |
| Amit Jamsandekar | The Indian Trade Marks Act – A Comparative Analysis | Alison Slade Barbara Bogusz |
| Esra Unal | The Protection of Vulnerable Consumers in the UK ADR Procedures: The Case of Package Travel Sector | Pablo Cortés Masood Ahmed Adaeze Aniodoh |
Employment Law
| Name | Title/topic | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Romaana Dookhun-Sun | To what extent can the UK workplace create space for employees who manifest gender-critical beliefs in the public sphere? | Pascale Lorber Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella |
| Tessa Briony Johnston | Stress and the Employment Contract | Lisa Rodgers Inga Thiemann |
Environmental Law
| Name | Title/topic | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Olusegun Gbede | Advancing Climate Change Obligations in Africa through a Regional Treaty on Energy Transition | Olalekan Bello Beth Kamunge-Kpodo Stephen Riley |
European Law and Policy
| Name | Title/topic | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Ewa Garbarz | Transitional Justice and Post-Communist Populism: A Case Study of Poland | Ewa Zelazna Adam Cygan |
| Amit Jamsandekar | The Indian Trade Marks Act – A Comparative Analysis | Alison Slade Barbara Bogusz |
Human Rights
| Name | Title/topic | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Safia Bagha | Defining a Canadian Human Right to Onehealth | Joe Wills Mark Searl |
| Romaana Dookhun-Sun | To what extent can the UK workplace create space for employees who manifest gender-critical beliefs in the public sphere? | Pascale Lorber Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella |
| Jasmine Blow | Must the relatives be told? Legal and ethical issues in relation to the non-disclosure of genetic information by healthcare professionals to relatives. | Tracey Elliott
Liz Wicks |
| Amelie Courtine | Conversion Therapy: an International Human Rights Framework Analysis | Ed Bates Danielle Watson |
| Solomon Faakye | Equal Access to Higher Education through Affirmative Action: Obstacles and Opportunities | Kimberley Brayson Loveday Hodson |
| Kseniya Kirichenko | Because We Do Not Live Single-Issue Lives’: Gender, Disability and Race in the United Nations Developments on LGBTI Human Rights | Loveday Hodson
Paolo Vargiu |
| Lydia Kitchen | Human Rights Law and the Provision of Health Care: Rationing Decisions During a Pandemic | Liz Wicks
Nataly Papadopoulou |
| Kyla Brenna Lanford | Mandatory Vaccination Reconsidered in light of the COVID-19 Pandemic: A Reflection on the Human Rights Infringements in the Healthcare Sector in the UK | Nataly Papadopoulou Stephen Riley |
| Char-Lee Lewis | A Critical study on the rights afforded to female victims of intimate partner violence in Jamaica from the Victim’s perspectives | Loveday Hodson Troy Lavers |
| Carley Lightfoot | Challenging Subjects: Sentience and the Legal Status of Research Animals in the UK | Joe Wills Liz Wicks |
| Kulsum Patel | The End of Life, Islam and the Law | Liz Wicks
Peter Cumper |
| Mary-Justine Todd | Thinking activism through an ecofeminist lens: A comparative analysis of the domination of women and animals in the Arabian Gulf | Kimberley Brayson Joe Wills |
| Nicoletta Thoma | The perception of children from minorities of their rights: A case study of their education rights in Cyprus | Eugenia Caracciolo di Torella Peter Cumper |
Immigration Law
| Name | Title/topic | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Kasandra Silcott | To be or to ban? Black Caribbean Windrush, citizenship and the quest for rights | Kimberley Brayson Marc Loureiro |
| Nourah Jassim Alfarhan | The role and responsibility of state authorities in resolving the issue of the statelessness | Bernard Ryan Alan Desmond |
| Carla Field | Disaster, Displacement, and Dynamics: A Study of Nexus Dynamics and a Hybrid Legal Approach to Protection of the Environmentally Displaced. | Alan Desmond Bernard Ryan |
Intellectual Property Law
| Name | Title/topic | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Isioma Ewelukwa | Pandemic preparedness strategies and the regulation of intellectual property licensing | Alison Slade Peter Jaffey |
| Shenali Dias | Evolution or Extinction: Assessing the Impact of the Use of Artificial Intelligence in E-commerce on Trade Mark Law | Alison Slade Peter Jaffey |
| Amit Jamsandekar | The Indian Trade Marks Act – A Comparative Analysis | Alison Slade Barbara Bogusz |
| Suranga Wijeyasiri Weeraparakram Mahapa Jayalath | Towards Reform of the 1961 Rome Convention: Challenges in Regulating Unauthorised Use of Broadcast Signals | Alison Slade |
International Law
| Name | Title/topic | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Harry Brown III | Legal Framework for Fully Autonomous Weapons (LFAWS) | Katja Ziegler Liz Wicks |
| Maria Kazamia | Assessing the international customary law status of the three-step maritime delimitation test and the influence of case-law on customary international law formation | Rossana Deplano Katja Ziegler |
| Sanghoon Lee | Conceptualizing Rule of Law for Aerospace Traffic Governance: Interdisciplinary approach to harmful interference between aerospace flights | Rossana Deplano Sarah Fox Maria Louca |
| Char-Lee Lewis | A Critical study on the rights afforded to female victims of intimate partner violence in Jamaica from the Victim’s perspectives | Loveday Hodson Troy Lavers |
| Elizabeth Morrow | Towards an International Regulatory Regime for the Commercialization of Space Resources | Rossana Deplano Richard Ambrosi (Physics and Astronomy) |
| Mohamed Salim | The Minimum Core to the Right to Humanitarian Assistance: The African Union Approach | Eki Omorogbe Rossana Deplano |
| Joshua Thompson | The Socializer of States: A Sociological Analysis of the Regulation of the Use of Force through the UNGA’s Secondary Responsibility Practice | Rossana Deplano Katja Ziegler |
| Mary-Justine Todd | Thinking activism through an ecofeminist lens: A comparative analysis of the domination of women and animals in the Arabian Gulf | Kimberley Brayson Joe Wills |
Medico-legal
| Name | Title/topic | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Mutiat Afolabi | Examining the legal, ethical and social implications of whole genome sequencing at birth | Tracey Elliott Nataly Papadopoulou Jose Miola |
| Jasmine Blow | Must the relatives be told? Legal and ethical issues in relation to the non-disclosure of genetic information by healthcare professionals to relatives. | Tracey Elliott
Liz Wicks |
| Carley Lightfoot | Challenging Subjects: Sentience and the Legal Status of Research Animals in the UK | Joe Wills Liz Wicks |
| Rachel Lim | A Regulated Market for Organs? A Comparative Analysis on Commodification, Risk and the Law in Living Organ Donation & Gestational Surrogacy | Tracey Elliott Jose Miola |
| Ebony Morgan | Examining the legal, ethical and social implications of advanced forensic genetic technologies | Carole McCartney Mark Jobling (Genetics) |
| Kulsum Patel | The End of Life, Islam and the Law | Liz Wicks
Peter Cumper |
| Gunjan Sharma | Mental Health Act 1983: Autonomy vs Welfare. Exploring the implementation of the UN CRPD on UK mental health law | Tracey Elliott Liz Wicks |
| Kathryn Sandilands | The ethical and legal implications of direct-to-consumer genetic testing | Tracey Elliott Stephen Riley Dr Chris Willmott (Molecular and cell Biology) |
| Fatima Tayub | Reforming the law and procedures in relation to the Lasting Powers of Attorney (LPA) system | Tracey Elliott Liz Wicks |
Private Law
| Name | Title/topic | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Shenali Dias | Evolution or Extinction: Assessing the Impact of the Use of Artificial Intelligence in E-commerce on Trade Mark Law | Alison Slade Peter Jaffey |
| Amit Jamsandekar | The Indian Trade Marks Act – A Comparative Analysis | Alison Slade Barbara Bogusz |
| Iain Potter | The Bwllfa principle and the extent to which risk and uncertainty should be reflected in the quantum of pre-trial and post-trial damages | Ben Adodo Adaeze Aniodoh |
| Ayesha Shakil | The introduction of the good faith notion in English law: why and why not? | François du Bois Nicky Jackson |
| Craig Wright | Bitcoin: The international commercial and Tax implications of Bitcoin as money. An international law comparative analysis. | Ben Adodo Peter Jaffey |
Socio-Legal and Legal Theory
| Name | Title/topic | Supervisor(s) |
|---|---|---|
| Nourah Jassim Alfarhan | The role and responsibility of state authorities in resolving the issue of the statelessness | Bernard Ryan Alan Desmond |
| Carla Field | Disaster, Displacement, and Dynamics: A Study of Nexus Dynamics and a Hybrid Legal Approach to Protection of the Environmentally Displaced. | Alan Desmond
Bernard Ryan |
| Carley Lightfoot | Challenging Subjects: Sentience and the Legal Status of Research Animals in the UK | Joe Wills Liz Wicks |
| Ebony Morgan | Examining the legal, ethical and social implications of advanced forensic genetic technologies | Carole McCartney Mark Jobling (Genetics) |
| Kasandra Silcott | To be or to ban? Black Caribbean Windrush, citizenship and the quest for rights | Kimberley Brayson Marc Loureiro |