Ben France-hudson

Biography

 Ben is responsible for several chapters in the leading New Zealand textbook Brookers Land Law (J Burrows (ed) looseleaf ed, Thompson Reuters, 2016) and a member of the editorial board for the journal Resource Management Theory and Practice. In 2015 (along with co-researchers from the Universities of Canterbury and Otago) Ben was awarded funding by BRANZ (the Building Regulation Authority of New Zealand) and the New Zealand Law Foundation, to conduct research to consider revising the legal frameworks for the ownership and use of multi-dwelling units on a single piece of land. Ben has worked as a Judges’ Clerk at the Christchurch High Court, as a solicitor in the Treasury Solicitor’s Office (London), as an Assistant Crown Counsel in the Crown Law Office (Wellington).

Research Interest

 Ben researches the law and theory of private property, with a particular focus on natural resources and land law. His current teaching includes Property Law and the law of Vendor and Purchaser.