Linda Widdup

Biography

"Linda Widdup is the unit coordinator for the core units in the LLB program of Property Law Principles and Principles of Equity. She is also the unit coordinator for the unit Contemporary Legal Issues for the Honours Program. Linda is also a sole practitioner and practices law as a consultant in the commercial law area. Linda is admitted as a barrister and solicitor of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, the High Court of New Zealand and the Law Society of Saskatchewan, Canada and has spent several years in private practice in all three jurisdictions. Her practice focused on commercial law and, in particular, commercial lending, restructuring and insolvency and commercial contract work for significant clients in the financial services, mining and agribusiness sectors. Linda's current practice focuses on providing specialist advice on the Personal Property Securities Act 2009 (Cth) (PPSA). She developed her PPSA expertise in Canada where the legislation has been in force for over 20 years by advising on a wide variety of commercial transactions. In New Zealand and Australia, Linda practised in the banking and finance teams of major law firms where she assisted the firms and their commercial clients on all manner of issues arising in the transition to the PPSA. Linda has authored several publications concerning the PPSA's impact on commercial transactions including the recently published fourth edition of LexisNexis New Zealand practitioner's text The Personal Property Securities Act: concepts in practice."

Research Interest

Commercial Law, Property Law, Secured Transactions, Equity, Comparative Law (common law jurisdictions)