Professor Mark Pawlowski
Professor of Property Law
Link Tutor for LL.M International and Commercial Law at the University of New York, Prague
Courses
Undergraduate
Postgraduate
Tel: 020 8331 9463
Email: m.pawlowski@gre.ac.uk
Office: Queen Mary 209
Qualifications
1974 - LL.B. (Hons), Warwick University
1974 - Sweet & Maxwell Law Prize Winner
1976 - BCL (Wadham College, Oxford)
1978 - Barrister (Middle Temple)
1983 - MA Status (Member of Convocation), Oxford
1990 – ACIArb
Teaching Experience
1980 -1983 - Part-time Lecturer in Law, University of Greenwich
1983 -1984 - Lecturer II in Law, University of Greenwich
1984 -1995 - Senior Lecturer in Law, University of Greenwich
1995 -1999 - Reader in Property Law, University of Greenwich
1990 - Visiting Lecturer in Law, University College London
1999 - Professor of Property Law, University of Greenwich
Previously at the University of Greenwich:
English Legal System
Law of Contract
Law of Torts
Legal Method
Professional Experience
1980 - 1991 - Barrister practising in matters relating to the Chancery Division of the High Court of Justice at Chambers of E.H. Scamell, Esq., 5 New Square, Lincoln's Inn, London
1995- Door Tenant, Pepys’ Chambers, 17 Fleet Street, London, EC4Y 1AA (Honorary Member since 2002)
External Examining
1997 - External Examiner, PG Dip/MSc (Property Law) School of Urban Development and Policy, South Bank University.
2002 - External Examiner, School of Law, London Metropolitan University
2004 - External Examiner, Queen’s University, Belfast
International Delegation
1996 - Member of UK Delegation on Land Pricing to People’s Republic of China upon invitation of the State Land Administration Bureau
Professional Development Courses
1997- "The Contractualisation of Leases", Stephenson Harwood Annual Lecture
1990 - "Leasehold Dilapidations", John Pelling & Partners, CDP (LIBES, Thames Polytechnic)
1985 - "Business Tenancies, Continuation and Termination", CPD (RICS)
Current Administrative and Supervisory Responsibilities
- Director of LL.M Programmes
- Link Tutor for LL.M International and Commercial Law at the University of New York, Prague
- Director of Research, Law and Criminology Department
- Moots Tutor
- Exams Scutineer
- Member of Research and Enterprise Committee
- Member of Professorial and Readership Applications Committee
Professional and Academic Associations
Middle Temple Inn of Court
Chartered Institute of Arbitrators
Society of Public Teachers of Law
Association of Law Teachers
Research Interests
- Equity & Trusts
- Landlord and Tenant Law
- Land Law
- Law through Film.
Publications
2012
“Law Reform – A Plea for Implementation”, Editorial, Landlord and Tenant Review, (awaiting publication).
“Revocable Gifts and Estoppel”, Trusts & Trustees, (awaiting publication).
“Uncertainty of Term- Orthodoxy Side-stepped in Favour of a Just Result”, Landlord and Tenant Review, (awaiting publication).
“Imputed Intention and Joint Ownership – A Return to Common Sense”, Casenote, Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, (awaiting publication).
“Denial of Landlord’s Title: A Feudal Relic?”, Landlord and Tenant Review, (awaiting publication).
“Surrender and Tenant Abandonment”, Landlord and Tenant Review, Practitioner Page, (awaiting publication).
“Beneficial Ownership and the Family Home”, Book Chapter, Private Client Yearbook – Trusts, (awaiting publication).
“Orders for Sale: The Creditor and the Family Home”, Family Law, with J. Brown, (awaiting publication).
“Common Intention and Unconscionability – A Comparative Study of English and Australian Constructive Trusts”, Family Law Review, (awaiting publication).
2011
“A Fresh Look at Section 54(2)”, Landlord and Tenant Review, (2011) Vol. 15/6, pp. 216-222.
“Lenders and Unlawful Tenants”, Property Law Journal, (2011), No. 274, 29 August 2011, pp. 20-21.
“Dodging the Issue”, Solicitors Journal, (2011), Vol. 155/26, pp. 10-11.
“Estoppel and Successors in Title”, Family Law, (2011), November, Vol. 41, pp. 1251-1254.
“Taking Someone at Their Word”, Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal, (2011), Vol. 128, pp. 10-12 & Property Law Journal, Nov. 2011, No. 280, pp. 22-24.
“Forfeiture by Estoppel”, Landlord and Tenant Review, (awaiting publication).
“Joint Tenancies and English Commorientes – A Question of Survivorship or Severance?”, Property Law Review, (with J. Brown), Vol. 1/2, July 2011, pp. 122-134.
“Tracing into Improvements, Debts and Overdrawn Accounts”, Trusts & Trustees, (2011), Vol. 17/5, June, pp. 411-414.
“Immoral User – Irremediable Breaches and Relief Against Forfeiture”, Landlord and Tenant Review, (2011), Vol. 15/1, pp. 24-29.
“Informal Variation of Express Trusts”, Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, Casenote, [2011] Conv, 3, pp. 245-254.
“Unconscionable Bargains in the Leasehold Context”, Case Commentary, Landlord & Tenant Review, (2011), Vol. 15/3, pp. 100-103.
“Consensual Termination of Residential Tenancies”, Landlord and Tenant Review, (2011), Vol. 15/2, pp. 70-75.
“Joint Ownership and the Family Home”, Property Law Review, Commentary, (2011) Vol. 1, Feb 2011, pp.68-73.
“Contracts for the Sale of Land and Personal Property: The Equitable Interests of the Purchaser”, The Nottingham Law Journal, (with J. Brown), (2011), Vol. 20, pp. 38-48.
“Breach of Trust – Dishonest or Unconscionable?”, Trusts and Estates Law & Tax Journal, (2011), No. 125, pp. 8-10.