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Professor Richard Lewis



Professor Richard Lewis

Position: Professor
School: Law

Tel: +44 (0)29 208 74341
Fax: +44 (0)29 208 74097
Email: LewisRK@cf.ac.uk
Ext: 74341

Point of contact: Sharron Alldred


Interests
   Tort
   Insurance
   Social Security and Accident Compensation

Links
   Areas of Research
   Full list of publications

Introduction

Richard Lewis was educated at West Mon School, Pontypool, and Lincoln College, Oxford. After obtaining a first class degree from Oxford University and completing the Law Society examinations, he joined the solicitors firm of Norton Rose in the City of London. However, he interrupted his employment to take up a position on the Faculty at Northwestern Law School at the university in Chicago. He never returned to practice. He joined the University of Wales in 1974 and, apart from further periods of time spent in North America, he has remained resident in Cardiff. Has seen the Law School grow to one of the largest and most important in the U.K. In December 2008 it was rated the seventh best Law School in the U.K. by the Government in its national assessment of the quality of research.


Richard has published extensively in the areas of accident compensation, and public and private insurance. He is the author of the award-winning book dealing with periodical payment of damages, Structured Settlements: The Law And Practice, having previously written Compensation For Industrial Injury.  His book Deducting Benefits From Damages For Personal Injury, published by the Oxford University Press, examines the relationships between different compensation schemes. He has also written various social security law publications, and is currently an editor of both the Journal of Law and Society and the Industrial Law Journal. Having contributed over a hundred articles to academic and professional journals, he is a well known speaker at conferences, particularly those dealing with personal injury.


Richard was the first person to receive from Cardiff University the senior doctoral degree of Doctor of Laws (LLD). The degree was awarded in 2007 for his books and other publications which "represent a substantial contribution to knowledge."


Richard is the Course Director for the Law of Tort, a foundation first year subject. He is also Director of Overseas Recruitment and often represents the Law School abroad.


There is an electronic links at the top of this page which give access to Richard's full list of over 130 publications. His main areas of research are also described and there are extracts from reviews of his books.

Selected Publications

Publications

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