Michael Nancarrow

Biography

Dr Michael Nancarrow received his PhD in Law from the University of NSW in 2010. He has previously also studied at Macquarie University, the University of Sydney and Oxford University. His professional and academic expertise in legal education and in his early law practice experience has been in property law. Michael has written 2 theses in this field, has delivered conference papers and published in this field, including in Halsburys’ Laws of Australia. His professional career started in the Commonwealth Department of Prime Minister & Cabinet during the Hawke government. Michael has also worked in private legal practice with the international firm of Baker & McKenzie and subsequently with Ross Tzannes (foundation author of the NSW Strata Titles loose leaf service and property law teacher at the University of Sydney Law School for 10 years) in the firm of Pryor, Tzannes and Wallis in Sydney. Michael has taught at a range of universities and Law Schools in Australia and been a Visiting Fellow at Stanford Law School (USA) and Osgoode Hall Law School (Canada). Since 2013 he became more intensively involved in online legal education, through teaching into the CQUniversity online LLB program and taking responsibility for the property law courses within the CQU LLB program.

Research Interest

Housing law and regulation, Responsive law and responsive regulation,Contractual governance, Theory and concept of property, Torrens system of land registration and technology, Conveyancing, land contracts and technology, Professional and applied ethics.