Dr Angharad James

LLB (Aberystwyth University), LLM (Cardiff University), PGCTHE, Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, PhD (Aberystwyth University)

Dr Angharad James

Lecturer

Department of Law & Criminology

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Angharad is a former Aberystwyth University law undergraduate. Angharad also graduated with a Master of Laws (Distinction) from Cardiff University, before returning to Aberystwyth University to continue her doctoral studies. Her doctorate was awarded in the area of domestic commercial law. Angharad is a lecturer in Law in the Department of Law and Criminology at Aberystwyth and teaches through the medium of Welsh and English. She is a keen advocate for the promotion of the Welsh language. She was appointed as the Director of Learning and Teaching for the Department in January 2024. 

Director of Learning and Teaching

Welsh medium provision co-ordinator for Law and Criminology

 

 

The central theme of Angharad's research is domestic commercial law. She teaches and researches on areas of commercial and corporate law, especially personal property, secured financing, insurance, and corporate insolvency issues.

She completed her doctorate ‘An exploration of the legal minefield of retention of title clauses’. The thesis provided a comprehensive critique on the law governing retention of title clauses and explored the conceptual and practical problems for those parties seeking to rely on the clauses. 

Her current research focuses on corporate insolvency law and financially distressed companies. Her research examines current issues with corporate insolvency law and practice in the UK. Specifically, her research focuses on the impact of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 and how the permanent measures (with an emphasis on the new standalone moratorium) have been used, understood, and received by various stakeholders, most notably secured and unsecured creditors. Her research has led to publications within notable journals such as the ‘Journal of Corporate Law Studies,’ ‘European Business Law Review’ and the 'Nottingham Insolvency and Business Law eJournal.'

Curtailment of individual rights by statutory moratoria. / James, Angharad.
In: Journal of Corporate Law Studies, Vol. 22, No. 2, 26.05.2023, p. 1017-1044.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

A New Pre-Incorporation Roadmap to Support the Reduction of Insolvency Numbers? / James, Angharad; Kimberley, Tracey; Campbell, Andrew.
In: European Business Law Review , Vol. 35, No. 5, 01.08.2024, p. 677-698.

Research output: Contribution to journal › Article › peer-review

The adverse implications of short-term company rescue and the proliferation of zombie companies post CIGA. / James, Angharad.
2025. Paper presented at Reforming Corporate Insolvency Law for the 21st Century: SLS supported conference , Lancaster .

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper › peer-review

Monitoring the moratorium: assessing the demanding role of monitors. / James, Angharad.
2024. Paper presented at Society of Legal Scholars' Annual Conference 2024, Bristol , United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.

Research output: Contribution to conference › Paper

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