Mr. Cowan Ervine

Honorary Teaching Fellow

Email: w.c.h.ervine@dundee.ac.uk

Direct Dial: +44 (0)1382 384599

Room No: 3.21

Degrees

B.A. (Mod.)
LL.B. (Dublin)
LL.M. (London)

Biography

Cowan Ervine is an honorary teaching fellow having been a lecturer and senior lecturer since joining the Faculty of Law in 1972 after qualifying as a solicitor in Northern Ireland. He was a visiting scholar and visiting professor at the University of Santa Clara, California on the Fulbright Programme.

He was a member of the Scottish Consumer Council from 1986 - 94, a member of the Sheriff Court Rules Council from 1990 - 2000. He is Scottish editor of Butterworths Trading and Consumer Law.

Teaching

Research

Cowan Ervine's research is principally in the area of Consumer Law.

His Consumer Law in Scotland is now in its fourth edition and recent articles have dealt with remedies and quality standards in relation to the supply of goods. In addition, he has written on dispute resolution, particularly as it affects consumers.

Selected Publications

Articles

2006 Cowan Ervine, "Cure and Retender Revisited" in Journal of Businesss Law, pp. 799-816
2004 Cowan Ervine, "Satisfactory Quality: What Does it Mean?" in Journal of Business Law, pp. 684-703
2004 Cowan Ervine, "The Unfair Terms in Consumer Contracts Regulations in the Courts" in Scots Law Times (News), pp. 137-141
2003 Cowan Ervine, "The Sale and Supply of Goods to Consumers Regulations 2002" in Scots Law Times (News), pp. 67-71
1999 Cowan Ervine, "The Sale of Goods Act, Section 58" in 4 Scottish Law and Practice Quarterly, pp. 217-226

Books

2008 Cowan Ervine, "Consumer Law in Scotland ", 4th Edition, W. Green & Son ISBN: 978-0414017009
2003 Cowan Ervine, "Small Claims Handbook ", 2nd Edition, W. Green & Son ISBN: 978-0414012066

Book Chapters

2010 (reissue) Cowan Ervine, 'Consumer Credit entry' in The Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia of the Laws of Scotland (Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia)
2006 (reissue) Cowan Ervine, 'Consumer Protection entry' in The Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia of the Laws of Scotland (Stair Memorial Encyclopaedia)
2006 Cowan Ervine, 'Regulating Socially Harmful Lending : Reform in the United Kingdom' in Liber Amicorum Bernd Staude,r Droit de la onsummation / Konsumentenrecht / Consumer law Sous la direction de Luc Thévenoz et Norbert Reich (Nomos, pp. 77-93)