James Devenney Head of Law University of Reading
Professor James Devenney is Dean of Law and Professor of Transnational Commercial Law at the University of Reading, UK. He is also a Visiting Professor at Dalian Maritime University and Full Visiting Professor at University College Dublin, Ireland. He was previous the prestigious McCann FitzGerald Chair of International Law and Business at University College Dublin, Ireland. He was previously Head of Exeter Law School,
Exeter University, UK, Deputy Head of Durham Law School and Director of the Durham University Institute of Commercial and Corporate Law. He has also held posts at Cardiff Law School and the Bristol Law School, and in recent years he has spent time at Adelaide Law School, the City University of Hong Kong and the ESRC Centre for Business Relationships, Accountability, Sustainability and Society at Cardiff University. He has authored many books and papers, with his work being cited by the High Court of Singapore (see Chwee Kin Keong v. Digilandmall.com [2004] SGHC 71), the High Court of England and Wales (see Parabola Investments Ltd v. Browallia Cal Ltd [2009] EWHC 901 (Comm) at [130]) and the English Law Commission (see Law Commission of England and Wales: Ninth Programme of Reform (Law Com No 293), para 4.18). He has provided assistance to the Law Commission on Consumer Law, misrepresentation and unfair commercial practices; and more recently he was invited to discuss the proposal for the codification of Australian Contract Law with the Australian Attorney-General’s Department, and to assist on another harmonisation project with the Singapore Ministry of Law.
Jia Wang Lecturer in Law Institute of International Shipping and Trade Law, Swansea University
Dr Jia Wang joined Swansea University in 2023. She obtained an LLB Maritime Law degree from Dalian Maritime University, after which she worked as a judge in a local court in China for two years. Jia also holds two LLM Maritime Law degrees from Dalian Maritime University and the University of Nottingham before she completed her PhD at the University of Nottingham in 2023.
Before joining Swansea University, Jia worked as a Teaching Associate at the University of Nottingham between 2021 to 2023 to teach English Contract Law and Public Law.
Her research interests lie in socio-legal and comparative legal studies, marine insurance law with a particular focus on the protection of SMEs in insurance business, legal transplantation and legal globalisation. Her teaching expertise lies in marine insurance law, international trade law, and carriage of goods by sea.
Jia is a member of the Society of Legal Scholars and a peer reviewer for the Global Journal of Comparative Law.
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