Michael Greenhalgh 
BRIDGE

 
Professor (Fractional)

Member

Having obtained his bachelors and masters degrees from the London School of Economics, Michael Bridge started his academic career at the Universities of Leicester and Leeds before moving to Canada, where he held the position of Professor of Law at McGill University, Montreal. On his return to England, he was the Hind Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Nottingham, and Head of the Law Department for several years, later the Professor of Commercial Law at UCL, where he was also Executive Dean of the Faculty of Laws. Subsequently he became the Cassel Professor of Commercial Law at the London School of Economics before acquiring Emeritus status in 2017. He is a Bencher of the Middle Temple, Honorary Queen’s Counsel and a Fellow of the British Academy. 

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Contact

lawmgb@nus.edu.sg
(65) 6516-3634
FED-02-28

Education

LLM, LLB (University of London); Barrister (Middle Temple)

Curriculum Vitae

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Current Courses

Domestic & International Sale of Goods

Having obtained his bachelors and masters degrees from the London School of Economics, Michael Bridge started his academic career at the Universities of Leicester and Leeds before moving to Canada, where he held the position of Professor of Law at McGill University, Montreal. On his return to England, he was the Hind Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Nottingham, and Head of the Law Department for several years, later the Professor of Commercial Law at UCL, where he was also Executive Dean of the Faculty of Laws. Subsequently he became the Cassel Professor of Commercial Law at the London School of Economics before acquiring Emeritus status in 2017. He is a Bencher of the Middle Temple, Honorary Queen’s Counsel and a Fellow of the British Academy.

Books
Michael G. Bridge, The International Sale of Goods (5th edn, Oxford University Press 2023)

Michael G. Bridge, Louise Gullifer, Gerard McMeel and Kelvin F.K Low, The Law of Personal Property (3rd edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2021)

Edited Books
Michael G. Bridge (ed), Benjamin's Sale of Goods (12th edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2023)

Michael G. Bridge (ed), Benjamin's Sale of goods (11th edn, Sweet & Maxwell 2020)

Book Chapters
Michael G. Bridge, 'Remedies and Damages' in Larry DiMatteo, André Janssen, Ulrich Magnus and Reiner Schulze (eds), International Sales Law: A Handbook (2nd edn, Nomos/Hart Publishing 2021) 560

Michael G. Bridge, 'Risk of Loss' in Larry DiMatteo, André Janssen, Ulrich Magnus and Reiner Schulze (eds), International Sales Law: A Handbook (2nd edn, Nomos/Hart Publishing 2021) 663

Michael G. Bridge, 'Contract in Globalization' in Hisaei Ito (ed), Beyond Globalization: Future of Comparative Law in Asia/Pacific (Chuo University Press 2020) 361

Michael G. Bridge, 'Bulk Goods and Title Transfer' in C Mitchell and S Watterson (eds), The World of Maritime and Commercial Law (Hart Publishing 2020) 139

Journal Articles
Michael G. Bridge, 'Documents of Title to Goods, Implied Contract and Attornment' [2022] Lloyd's Maritime and Commercial Law Quarterly 412

Michael G. Bridge, 'The CISG and Commodity Sales: A Relationship to be Revisited?' [2021] Singapore Journal of Legal Studies 271

Michael G. Bridge, 'Frustration and Excused Non-Performance' (2021) 137 Law Quarterly Review 580

Michael G. Bridge, 'International Trade and Transnational Law' [2020] Review of the Kopaonik School of Natural Law 9

Michael Bridge, 'Force Majeure and International Supply Contracts' (2020) 1 Transnational Commercial Law Review 76

Representative Publications
Michael G. Bridge, “The Quistclose Trust in a World of Secured Transactions” (1992) 12 Oxford Journal of Legal Studies 333-36

Michael G. Bridge, “Mitigation of Damages in Contract and the Meaning of Avoidable Loss” (1989) 105 Law Quarterly Review 398-423

Michael G. Bridge, “Does Anglo-Canadian Law Need a Doctrine of Good Faith?” (1984) 9 Canadian Business Law Journal 385-426


  • Contract
  • Secured Transactions
  • Insolvency
  • Private International Law
  • Commercial Law
  • Domestic and International Sale
  • Personal Property
  • Comparative Law