Michael Ottley LLB LLM

Senior Lecturer in Law

Mike is a commercial lawyer with over 25 years' experience of teaching and researching the subject to a wide range of law, accounting and business students. He teaches at undergraduate and postgraduate level and has recently been developing online materials for teaching purposes. Since 2000, Mike has been an external examiner at a number of post-1992 universities.  He has written a number of articles and texts in the field.

Responsibilities within the university

Course Leader for Business and Company Law

Research / Scholarly interests

Mike's interests within commercial law include company law, contract law and business law. He has written over 20 books and articles in these areas. His most recent publications include Briefcase on Contract Law (Cavendish), Business Law by Rush and Ottley (Thompson Learning) and Q&A Company Law (Routledge).

Recent publications

Ottley, M. (2010) Q&A Company Law. 7th ed. Oxford: Routledge-Cavendish.

Ottley, M. (2009) Company Law, Level 6, Teaching Manual. Bedford: ILEX.

Ottley, M. (2009) Dictionary of Law (company law entry). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Ottley, M. (2009) Q&A Company Law. 6th ed. Oxford: Routledge-Cavendish.

Lyon, A., and Ottley, M. (2007) English Legal System. Angers University.

Ottley, M. (2006) Q&A Company Law. 5th ed. Oxford: Routledge-Cavendish.

Ottley, M. (2006) Dictionary of Law (company law entry). Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Ottley, M. (2006) Company Law, Lawcards. 5th ed. Oxford: Routledge-Cavendish.

Rush, J., and Ottley, M. (2006) Business Law. London: Thomson Learning.

Ottley, M. (2005) Contract Law – the Factual Matrix 45 SLR.

Ottley, M. (2005) Contract Law – Case Notes 44 SLR 17.

Ottley, M. (2005) Company Law for Accounting and Business Students, 2nd ed. London: Greenwich University Press.

Salzedo, S., Brunner, P., and Ottley, M (2004) Briefcase Contract Law, 4th ed. London: Cavendish Publishing.

Ottley, M. (2004) Company Law, Lawcards. 4th ed. London: Cavendish Publishing.

Ottley, M. (2003) Company Law for Accounting and Business Students. London: Greenwich University Press.

Ottley, M. (2002) Briefcase Company Law. 2nd ed. London: Cavendish Publishing.

Ottley, M. (2002) Company Law, Lawcards. 3rd ed. London: Cavendish Publishing.

Ottley, M. (2001) J. James' Q&A Company Law (ed.), 3rd ed. London: Cavendish Publishing.

Ottley, M. (1999) Corporate responsibility. Adviser, 72. London: NACAB.

Ottley, M. (1998) Prising up the veil. Adviser, 70, p. 43. London: NACAB.

Ottley, M. (1998) Just company. Adviser, 65, p. 44. London: NACAB.

Moon, C., and Ottley, M. (1997) Corporate governance in the Asia-Pacific region: Mechanisms for reconciling stakeholder interests. Journal of Euro Asia Management, 12. Fundacao Macau – EABC, Macau. ISBN 0859 449 X.

Presentations

'English Company Law', Evolution of Model Societies in Europe – a Comparison of Legal Examples, University of Lille 2, February 2009

'English Legal System', European Day, Angers University, May 2007