Manchester Centre for Law and Business

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The Manchester Centre for Law and Business, formerly known as the Private and Commercial Law Hub, contributes to legal scholarship and discussions that impact daily lives. Established in 1989 at The University of Manchester's Faculty of Law, the Centre has gained recognition for facilitating engagement between the legal community and academic scholarship at regional, national, and international levels. It focuses on research at the intersection of critical social and economic debates, addressing legal, regulatory, and policy questions. The Centre offers a wide range of business-related areas of study, including commercial, corporate, and financial law, through various LLM modules and streams taught by Centre members.

Noteworthy recent activities, organised initially by the Private and Commercial Law Hub, include prominent conferences such as the 2016 event on the Insurance Act 2015, sponsored by DAC Beachcroft; the 2017 conference commemorating ten years of the Companies Act 2006, sponsored by Trowers and Hamlins and Queen Mary University of London; and the 2020 conference on the impact of LegalTech on the legal profession, sponsored by Exchange Chambers and the Northern Business and Property Courts Forum.

In 2020, the Centre was revived by the current directors. Its vision is to become a globally recognised institution among academics, practitioners, and policymakers. Present partners include the Sheffield Institute of Corporate and Commercial Law (SICCL) at the University of Sheffield, the Hong Kong Commercial and Maritime Law Centre (HKCMLC) at City University of Hong Kong, Labour Business and Regulation at NUI Galway, the Manchester Business and Property Courts Forum, and Grant Thornton LLP Manchester. Since September 2021, the Centre has taken over as the editor of the esteemed publication Law and Financial Markets Review (Taylor and Francis). The Centre plans to host its inaugural annual conference in September 2022.

The Centre specialises in the following areas:

• Contract Law
• Tort Law
• Property Law
• Commercial Law
• Consumer Law
• International Trade Law
• Banking Law
• Insurance Law
• Corporate Law
• Corporate Finance Law
• Secured Transactions Law
• Insolvency Law
• Corporate Governance
• Intellectual Property
• Competition Law
• Securities Law
• Financial Regulations
• Arbitration and Mediation
• FinTech
• Law and Technology
• Money Theory.

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Founding year

1989

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University of Manchester
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Sheffield Institute of Corporate and Commercial Law (SICCL)

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