Professor Genevra Richardson FBA
- Fellow type
- UK Fellow
- Year elected
- 2007
- Subjects
- Law, Psychology
- Sections
- Law
Summary
Genevra Richardson has been Professor of Law at King's College London since 2005. Before coming to King's she was Professor of Public Law at Queen Mary, University of London. She has a long-standing interest in law and psychiatry. In 1998-9 she chaired the Expert Committee established by the Department of Health to advise ministers on the reform of mental health legislation. In recent years she has conducted research into the assessment of mental capacity with a team from the Institute of Psychiatry. She has been a member of Council of the Medical Research Council and the Administrative Justice and Tribunals Council and a trustee of the Nuffield Foundation. She is an honorary fellow of the Royal College of Psychiatrists.
Current post
Professor of Law, King's College London
Past appointments
King's College London University of London Professor of Law
2005 -
Queen Mary University of London Dean of the Faculty of Law
1996 - 1999
Queen Mary University of London Professor of Public Law
1994 - 2005
Wolfson College University of Oxford Centre for Socio-Legal Studies
1974 - 1978
Publications
Other Fellows of the British Academy
Right Hon Sir Jack Beatson FBA
Private Law (Contract, Restitution, Commercial law), Constitutional and Administrative Law (in particular the position of the judiciary and human rights)
Professor Lionel Smith FBA
Lionel Smith’s latest book, 'The Law of Loyalty', was published by OUP in 2023. He is the author of 'The Law of Tracing' (OUP 1997) and a co-author of 'Waters’ Law of Trusts' in Canada, 5th edn (Carswell 2021).
