Britton, Philip

Biography

Philip Britton is Visiting Professor in the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution.Philip Britton LLB BCL is a former Director of the Centre of Construction Law, which he joined after teaching at the Universities of Warwick and Lille II (France); he has held visiting posts in Birmingham and Buckingham.  Before arriving at King’s he made video programmes on legal and tax subjects for professional audiences.  He has three times been a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne, teaching topics within the Melbourne Law Masters; and has given talks to professional audiences in Australia and New Zealand.  He is also a consultant on construction issues to the law firm Fairweather Stephenson & Co Ltd (Aldeburgh, Suffolk) and to the publishers Informa; and edits papers for publication by the Society of Construction Law (UK).    Philip Britton is Visiting Professor in the Centre of Construction Law & Dispute Resolution.Philip Britton LLB BCL is a former Director of the Centre of Construction Law, which he joined after teaching at the Universities of Warwick and Lille II (France); he has held visiting posts in Birmingham and Buckingham.  Before arriving at King’s he made video programmes on legal and tax subjects for professional audiences.  He has three times been a Senior Fellow at the University of Melbourne, teaching topics within the Melbourne Law Masters; and has given talks to professional audiences in Australia and New Zealand.  He is also a consultant on construction issues to the law firm Fairweather Stephenson & Co Ltd (Aldeburgh, Suffolk) and to the publishers Informa; and edits papers for publication by the Society of Construction Law (UK).   

Research Interest

Philip Britton has published widely in specialist journals, including the International Construction Law Review and the Construction Law Journal; and has five times won a prize in the Society of Construction Law’s annual Hudson prize competition.  His present research interests relate to the position of individual consumers in relation to residential construction projects and possible forms of protection against the risks of defective construction, as well as how remedies could be made more effective and affordable.  He also has an ongoing interest in the interaction between land law, tort law and construction projects, notably in relation to ‘neighbour risk’ in construction projects, and the interaction between private law and the public law of land use planning.  He continues to supervise MSc dissertations and PhDs at King’s and has been a PhD examiner at Adelaide University, Hong Kong University and Robert Gordon University (Aberdeen).