Dr. James Brown LL.B., PhD, FHEA Senior Lecturer in Law Experience Senior Lecturer in Law,, 2011 - Present Day Research Director Director of Mooting Contract Law Law of Equity and Trusts Jurisprudence Door Tenant Pepys Chambers London, 1991-2003 Barrister Senior Lecturer,, 2009-2011 Contract Law Law of Equity and Trusts Senior Lecturer; Buckingham University, 2007-2009 Master of Moots Equity and Trusts Contract Law Senior Lecturer in Law, London Metropolitan University, 2002-2007
Equity & Trusts Landlord and Tenant Law Chair Mansfield Law Society Visiting Lecturer in Law, University of Greenwich, 2001-2002 Law of Equity & Trusts Senior Lecturer in Law, South Bank University London, 1992-2002 Tort Law Contract Law Landlord and Tenant Law Course Director MSc Property Law Barrister, Canterbury Chambers, Watling Street, Canterbury Kent, 1990-1992 Full-time Tenant Barrister, Cloisters Chambers, Temple, London, and Wensum Chambers in Norwich, 1989-1990 Pupillage Visiting Lecturer, Thames Polytechnic and City of London Polytechnic 1989-1990 Education LL.B. (Hons), 2:1 Anglia Ruskin University, 1988 Ph.D. Awarded January 2009, London Metropolitan University. Title: The search for constructive solutions to practice-inspired Property law problems and the interface between the theory and practice of Property law. External Examiners: Dr. Martin Dixon, Reader in Law and Fellow of Queens College, Cambridge; Prof. D.Williams, Liverpool John Moore s University.
Publications Books Casebook on Landlord and Tenant Law, Pawlowski M and Brown J Sweet and Maxwell, 1995, ISBN 0421 50500 1 Questions and Answers on Landlord and Tenant Law, Brown J. and Pawlowski M, Blackstone s Legal Publishers, 1995, ISBN 1 85431 3983 Chapter 1, The General Law, Butterworths Residential Landlord and Tenant Guide, Brown J, Gen.editor Driscoll J., 1997, ISBN 0406 00252 5 Best of Mainly for Students: Estates Gazette Publications, Chapters on Waiver of Forfeiture, and Ending Fixed Term Leases Early 1999, ISBN 07282 03170 Second Edition, Questions and Answers on Landlord and Tenant Law, Blackstones, Legal Publishers 2001, Pawlowski M and Brown J ISBN 1 84174098 5 Undue Influence and the Family Home, Pawlowski M and Brown J, Cavendish Legal Publishers, April, 2002, ISBN 1 85941 720 5.(Hardback) (Foreword Lord Neuberger) Third Edition, Questions and Answers on Landlord and Tenant Law, Oxford University Press, 2005, Pawlowski M and Brown J Articles "Rent Review Evidence", Estates Gazette, 1992, Brown J. "Without Prejudice Communications" 1993, No. 1 Jo. of Rent Review and Lease Renewal, Brown J and Pawlowski M. "Enforceability of Surety Covenants in Leases", 1993 No.2 Jo. of Rent Review and Lease Renewal, Brown J.
"Rights of Subrogation and Non-Payment of Rent", 1994, Vol.14, No.4 Jo. Of Rent Review and Lease Renewal, Brown J and Pawlowski M. "Enforceability of Leasehold Covenants and the Landlord and Tenant (Covenants) Act 1995", 1996, Vol. 16, No, 3, p. 14 Jo. of Rent Review and Lease Renewal, Brown J. "Continuing the Discontinuous", 1997, Vol. 18, No.2, p.130, Jo. of Rent Review and Lease Renewal, Duddridge R and Brown J. "Savva v.houssein: A Step in the right direction?" 1997 L and T Review, Vol.1, p.70, Brown J and Duddridge R. "Repetitious Writs: A Deficiency in S.17 Default Notice Procedure", 1999, Jo. of Rent Review and Lease Renewal, Part 1, Brown J and Duddridge, R. "Forfeiture for Non-Payment of Rent: Equivocal Writs and Waiver, 1999, Jo. Of Rent Review and Lease Renewal, No. 2, Pawlowski M and Brown J "Avoiding Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 by Default, 1999, Jo. of Rent Review and Lease Renewal, No.4, Brown J. Peculiarities with Part-Assignment of Leases and Reversions Jo. RRLR No.1 2000, No. 1, Brown J and Pawlowski M. The Avoidance of Part II of the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 Jo.RRLR No.3 2000, Part II, Brown J. Tenancies by Estoppel and Estoppel-Based Tenancies 2000, Jo Rent Review and Lease Renewal, Part 4 Dec 2000, Brown J and Pawlowski M, LLP Publications. Bruton: A New Species of Tenancy, L and T Review, Sweet and Maxwell, 2000 Vol.4 No.6, and Brown J and Pawlowski M. Questions and Answers L and T Review 2001, Brown J June, 2001. Tenancies at Will: Still A useful Device? Property Law Journal.16.4.2001, No.68, Brown J and Pawlowski M. Obtaining Possession An Update, Property law Journal, 14 th May 2001, No.70, Brown J and Malcolm R. Assured Tenancies: Contracting-Out? 18th May 2001, Vol.145 No.19, p.448, Solicitors Journal, Pawlowski M. and Brown J. Condensation Dampness: Prejudicial to Health?, Pawlowski M and Brown J Jo. Housing Law Vol.5 Issue 2 March 2002.
Equivocal Writs and Waiver, Pawlowski M and Brown J, L and T Review 2002. Perpetuities Made Simple Pawlowski M and Brown J; Property Law Journal, Number 116, 15 th September, 2003. Perpetuities: Room for Improvement Pawlowski M and Brown J; Property Law Journal, Number 117, 29 th September 2003. Constituting Secret Trusts by Estoppel, Pawlowski M and Brown J, The Conveyancer, December 2004. Solutions for An Increasingly Common Conundrum, Vol. 8, Property Law Journal 25 th September 2006, Brown J and Pawlowski M Oral Contracts - Avoiding Formality, 17 th November 2006, Vol. 156, No 7249, New Law Journal, Pawlowski M and Brown J. What are we to do with Testamentary Trusts of Imperfect Obligation? Brown J, Vol. 71, The Conveyancer, Vol.2, March/April, 2007. Part 1: Contractual Termination of Leases: Lessons from the Commonwealth Brown J and Pawlowski M, L and T Review (2009) Vol. 13, No 4. Part 2: Contractual Termination of Leases: Lessons from the Commonwealth, Brown J and Pawlowski M L and T Review (2009) Vol.13, No 5. Part 3: Contractual Termination of Lease: Lessons from the Commonwealth, Brown J and Pawlowski M L and T Review (2009) Vol.13, No.6. Re-thinking S.54(2) LPA 1925, Brown J and Pawlowski M, The Conveyancer 2010, March/April 2010. Mere Equities and Third Parties in Leasehold Law, Pawlowski M and Brown J, L & T Review, June/July, Thomson, Sweet and Maxwell, (2010). Surrender of Leases: Waving the White Flag. Brown J and Pawlowski M Property Law Journal, LLP Publications, October 2010. Abandonment of Leases Property Law Journal, 2011 Brown J and Pawlowski M Contracts for the Sale of Land and Personal Property: The Purchaser as Beneficial Owner Nottingham Law Journal Spring 2011, Pawlowski M and Brown J.Vol.20, pp.38-48. Orthodoxy Confirmed But at what Cost? Brown J and Pawlowski M, Property Law Journal LLP Publications 2011
Joint Tenancies and English Commorientes: A Question of Survivorship or Severance? Pawlowski M and Brown J, Property Law Review, Vol. 1/2 July 2011, Thomson Reuters A Fresh Look at S.54(2) LPA 1925 L and T Review, September 2011, Thomson Sweet and Maxwell, Pawlowski M and Brown J Orders for Sale: The Creditor and the Family Home, Pawlowski M and Brown J Family Law Journal, Part 1. (2012) Orders for Sale: The Creditor and the Family Home, Pawlowski M and Brown J Family Law Journal, Part 2. (2012) Missing People and their Property The Case for Interim Administration Brown J and Pawlowski M Family Law Journal (2012) Problems with Mutual Wills : A Study of Probate Practice, Pawlowski M and Brown J, The Conveyancer, Issue 6 Thomson Sweet and Maxwell (2012) Joint Purchasers and the Presumption of Joint Beneficial Ownership A Matter of Informed Choice? Trusts Law International Pawlowski M and Brown J March 2012 Tracing into Unauthorised Profits Pawlowski M and Brown J Property Law Journal March 2013 Co-Ownership and Severance after Stack Pawlowski M and Brown J, Trusts Law International (2013) Issue 2. Case Notes Nov-Dec. 1998, The Conveyancer: Rainbow Estates v. Tokenhold (1998) Pawlowski M and Brown J. Vol. 62 p. 495 et seq. March-April 1999 The Conveyancer: Nynehead Developments v. Fibreboard (1999) Pawlowski M and Brown J. Vol. 63 p.149 et seq. 2001, The Conveyancer: Welsh v. Greenwich London Borough Council (2001) Brown J and Pawlowski M. Vol. 65 p.184 et seq. March/April 2004, L and T Review, Hawkesbrook Leisure v Reece-Jones Partnership L and T, Review, Vol 8 Issue 2. Brown J Jan/Feb 2008, The Conveyancer: Graves v Graves (2007): A New Way of Terminating Leases? (CA) EWCA Civ 660, Brown J.
July/August 2008, The Conveyancer: Wallbank v Price (2008), 'Interpreting D.I.Y Documents' :' Severance, Release, Certainty, Vesting and Undue Influence', Brown J. Vol. 72, Issue 4 (2008) Hanchett-Stamford v H.M Attorney General [2008] EWHC 330 (Ch), Denning Law Journal 2009, 107-118, Brown J. Fitzkriston v Panayi [2008] CA, Short Parol Leases. Issue 1, Conveyancer, 2009, Brown J. Question and Answer for L and T Review (Sweet and Maxwell) Issue 12/1 [2007] March 2011, Attended Parliamentary Inquiry into Missing People at the invitation of the charity Missing People, Committee Room 9, House of Commons. Book Reviews The Which Guide to Renting and Letting, Wilde P. RRLR 1993 The Statutory Guide to the Regulation of Business Tenancies, Haley M. RRLR 2000 Commercial Leases 50 Traps for the unwary, L and T Review 2000, Vol.4 No.6 Tenant Default under Commercial Leases, L and T Review 2000, Vol.4 No.6 Introduction to the Law of Trusts, by Simon Gardner, 2010, Third Edition for Trusts Law International Journal, Bloomsbury Professional Publications, 2011. Professional and Academic Memberships Society of Legal Scholars Formerly: Staff/Institutional representative and Council Member of the Society of Legal Scholars for the University of Buckingham, August 2008- September 2009. FHEA: Fellow of the Higher Education Academy. Barrister Gray s Inn
External Examiner Positions Currently External Examiner in Equity and Trusts, GDL Course, and Jurisprudence and Equity and Trusts & Jurisprudence on the LLB course, both run from BPP Law School. I am also external examiner in Land Law, Housing Law and Equity at the University of Westminster. Other Scholarly Activities I have marked Undergraduate and Postgraduate law scripts in Land Law and Trusts for BPP Law School, the Universities of Reading and I have reviewed articles on Property Law for Legal Studies Journal of SLS. Assistant Editor Trusts Law International