This collection celebrates the immense contribution of Sarah Worthington to the field of private law.
Defining the subject broadly, experts from the judiciary and the academy address contemporary challenges arising in the fields of agency, company law and insolvency, contract law, equity, the law of money, personal property, restitution and unjust enrichment. The breadth of the contributors' expertise and their willingness to offer innovative and insightful solutions to difficult problems perfectly mirror Sarah Worthington's rigorous and inspirational approach to private law scholarship.
Preface List of Contributors Table of Cases Table of Legislation Table of International Conventions, Treaties and Agreements 1. Sarah Worthington: A Biographical Sketch, Ross Cranston and George Leggatt 2. Cultural Property and the ‘Dark Side’ of the Rule of Law, Sir Marcus Smith 3. Insolvency and Economic Disaster, Sir William Trower, Mark Phillips KC and Madeleine Jones 4. Attribution and Agency: Back to Basics Again, Rachel Leow 5. Corporate Liability for Wrongdoing within (Foreign) Subsidiaries: Mechanisms from Corporate Law, Tort and Regulation, Paul Davies 6. Networks as a Legal Concept: Mythical Beast No More?, Hugh Collins 7. The Importance of Classes in Insolvency and Restructuring, Sir Antony Zacaroli 8. Proprietary Restitution: The Primary Remedy for Unjust Enrichment?, Michael Bryan 9. Exporting Fiduciary Obligations: The Case of Advisors, Simone Degeling and Lionel Smith 10. Achieving Coherence in Equity’s Responses to ‘Breach of Trust’, Jessica Hudson and Pauline Ridge 11. Tracing and Payment Systems, James Penner 12. Ownership, Personalty and Security Transactions, Michael Bridge 13. Netting Off Gains and Losses in the Law of Unjust Enrichment, Charles Mitchell 14. The Case for Cryptoassets as Property, Peter Watts KC and Kelvin FK Low 15. Better Left to the Legislature? Notes on a Nagging Doubt Over the Legal Recognition of Cryptoassets, Julius AW Grower Index
Sinéad Agnew is Catherine Seville Associate Professor of Law at the University of Cambridge and a Fellow of Newnham College, UK. Marcus Smith is the President of the Competition Appeal Tribunal, and a Justice of the High Court of England and Wales, UK.
