Gerard 
MCMEEL

 
Academic Visitor

Professor Gerard McMeel QC lectures and supervises in contract law, commercial law, unjust enrichment and banking and financial services law at the University of Reading. Gerard was previously the Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Manchester, and a Professor of Law at the University of Bristol. He has held visiting positions at Duke University, Tel-Aviv University, the University of South Carolina, Hong Kong University and Singapore Management University.

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Contact

lawv440@nus.edu.sg

In Residence

1 July 2022 to 31 August 2022

Professor Gerard McMeel QC lectures and supervises in contract law, commercial law, unjust enrichment and banking and financial services law at the University of Reading. Gerard was previously the Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Manchester, and a Professor of Law at the University of Bristol. He has held visiting positions at Duke University, Tel-Aviv University, the University of South Carolina, Hong Kong University and Singapore Management University.

Gerard is a prolific legal writer. He is the author of the leading text on the interpretation of commercial contracts, McMeel on the Construction of Contracts – Interpretation, Implication and Rectification (Oxford University Press, 3rd edition, 2017), which has been cited by courts in England, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, Canada, Singapore and Jersey.

  • Contract law
  • Commercial law
  • Unjust enrichment
  • Banking and financial services law