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Details for Dr Emma Hitchings
| Personal details | |
| Name | Dr Emma Hitchings |
| Job title | Reader in Family Law |
| Department | University of Bristol Law School University of Bristol |
| Contact details | This expert can be contacted via the University of Bristol Public Relations
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| Qualifications | L.L.B., Ph.D.(Wales) |
| Professional details | |
| Membership of professional bodies | Since 2003 I have been the case commentaries editor for the Journal of Social Welfare and Family Law, and in 2007 I was appointed to serve as the academic member on the Family Law Committee of the Law Society of England and Wales. |
| Keywords | family law judicial discretion social landlords rent arrears ancillary relief marital property agreement civil partnership property agreement |
| Areas of expertise | My main research interests lie in the field of Family Law, although in 2004-2005, I was involved in a joint research project (Sheffield Hallam and Bristol Universities) funded by the Department of Constitutional Affairs which examined how judges exercise their discretion in cases where social landlords seek possession against their tenants on the ground of rent arrears. In 2007 I was awarded a Nuffield Social Science Small Grant to investigate family solicitors' responses to the impact of leading ancillary relief jurisprudence in the 'everyday case' and most recently I have been awarded a grant by the Law Commission to conduct empirical research into how practitioners advise clients where a marital (or civil partnership) property agreement is required. |