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University of Dundee

Dr. Patrick Ford Lecturer Email: p.z.ford@dundee.ac.uk Direct Dial: +44 (0)1382 384455 Room No: 4.11

Degrees

MA, University of Cambridge
LLB, University of Edinburgh
PhD, University of Dundee

Biography

Dr. Patrick Ford is a Lecturer in Law and member of the School's Charity Law Research Unit. He is a solicitor, Writer to the Signet and member of the Society of Trust and Estate Practitioners and was in private practice for fifteen years, specialising in trust law and tax planning. He joined the School in 1994 to pursue doctoral research in charity law, submitting a thesis entitled Scottish Public Trusts and Public Associations: Definition, Form and Reform. He has been teaching at the School since 1995, and holds a Certificate of Teaching in Higher Education.

As a member of the Charity Law Research Unit he has contributed to proposals for the reform of charity and trust law in Scotland. He served on the Scottish Executive's Bill Reference Group for the Charities and Trustee Investment (Scotland) Act 2005 and on the Scottish Government’s working group for the Scottish Charitable Incorporated Organisation.

Teaching

Undergraduate:- Law and Society; Justice, Law & Human Rights; Human Rights

Postgraduate:- Understanding Human Rights

Patrick Ford offers postgraduate supervision in the fields of trust and charity law, legal theory and human rights. He is director of the School’s LLM in Human Rights.

Research

Recent research and publications have focused on charity law reform in Scotland, examining reform proposals and enacted legislation in the light of non-profit law in other jurisdictions, both Anglo-American and Civilian. Ongoing research will monitor implementation of the new charities legislation in Scotland and compare the impact of parallel reforms in England and Wales and elsewhere, and will also look more broadly at the interplay between voluntary action and state regulation in the context of civil society. Recent and current projects involve close collaboration with Stuart Cross of the School's Charity Law Research Unit.