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Dr Eleanor Rowan
(she/her)
Lecturer in Law
- Available for postgraduate supervision
Overview
I joined Cardiff School of Law and Politics as a lecturer in 2020. My main research interests lie in economic abuse, professional ethics and the lawyer-client relationship. I have extensive research methods training and take a socio-legal approach to my research. I currently teach both Contract Law and Land Law at undergraduate level but also have experience teaching Tort Law. I also teach on the module Themes in Socio-legal Studies at postgraduate level.
Publication
2023
- Rowan, E. 2023. Independent legal advice in (re)mortgage transactions 20 years on from RBS v Etridge (No.2). The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer(2), pp. 166-183.
2018
- Rowan, E. and Vaughan, S. 2018. 'Fitting in' and 'opting out': exploring how law students self-select law firm employers. Law Teacher 52(2), pp. 216-230. (10.1080/03069400.2017.1376944)
- Rowan, E. 2018. A 'Thorne' in the side for family lawyers in Australia: undue influence and prenuptial contracts. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 40(2), pp. 238-240. (10.1080/09649069.2018.1451024)
Articles
- Rowan, E. 2023. Independent legal advice in (re)mortgage transactions 20 years on from RBS v Etridge (No.2). The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer(2), pp. 166-183.
- Rowan, E. and Vaughan, S. 2018. 'Fitting in' and 'opting out': exploring how law students self-select law firm employers. Law Teacher 52(2), pp. 216-230. (10.1080/03069400.2017.1376944)
- Rowan, E. 2018. A 'Thorne' in the side for family lawyers in Australia: undue influence and prenuptial contracts. Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 40(2), pp. 238-240. (10.1080/09649069.2018.1451024)
Research
Interests
I am particularly interested in legal ethics, the lawyer-client relationship, and social mobility and gender equality in the legal profession. I also have a keen interest in the legal rules and relationships between banks/lenders and the financially vulnerable. I am currently researching legal responses to economic abuse, and how banks and solicitors have a role in assisting victim-survivors of economic abuse.
Outputs
2023
Rowan, E. 2023 Independent legal advice in (re)mortgage transactions 20 years on from RBS v Etridge (No.2) 2 Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 166
2021
Rowan, E. 2021. Commerce over Care: Surety Client Protections 20 Years on from RBS v Etridge (No.2). PhD Thesis, University of Birmingham.
2018
Rowan, E. and Vaughan, S., 2018 '"Fitting in" and "opting out": exploring how law students self-select law firm employers' 21(3) The Law Teacher 216
Rowan, E. 2018 'A 'Thorne' in the side for family lawyers in Australia: undue Influence and prenuptial contracts' 40(2) Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law 238
Teaching
- Contract Law (UG)
- Land Law (UG)
- Themes in Socio-legal Studies (PG)
Biography
Qualifications
- LLB (Proxime Accessit), Liverpool John Moores University
- LLM, University of Birmingham
- MA Social Research, University of Birmingham
- Postgraduate Certificate in Research Methods and Skills, University of Birmingham
- PhD, University of Birmingham
Supervisions
I am interested in supervising PhD students in the areas of:
- Legal responses to economic abuse (particularly in relation to joint mortgages)
- Legal ethics and legal professionalism
Research themes
Specialisms
- Legal ethics
- undue influence
- economic abuse
