Jurisdictions
- UK and Ireland
- Commonwealth, mixed/common law and other English-speaking jurisdictions
Comparative Legal Expertise
- Comparative family law – including rights and obligations of marriage and other forms of union, matrimonial property regimes, marital agreements, family court procedures
- Comparative labour law – employment status, workplace rights, employer obligations
- Comparative civil procedure – access to justice, recognition of judgments, succession matters
Typical Comparative Questions
John’s comparative work examines how different legal systems regulate core aspects of social and economic life – from work and family relations to property and procedural rights. Typical comparative questions he works on include:
- What legal protections exist for workers’ representatives in the UK and other jurisdictions across Europe, and how are they enforced?
- How did the introduction of same-sex marriage across Western Europe change the legal rights and obligations of marriage and other forms of union?
- Does Hong Kong law allow the administrator of an intestate estate to access and manage assets located abroad?
Selected Studies and Expert Opinions
- Legal rights and protection of people with disabilities in the workplace, comparative study commissioned by the Eidgenössisches Büro für die Gleichstellung von Menschen mit Behinderungen (EBGB)
- Cross-border parental child abduction in the European Union, commissioned by the European Parliament
- Comparative legal study on the regulation of animal testing for scientific purposes, commissioned by the Bundesamt für Lebensmittelsicherheit und Veterinärwesen