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Dr David Salmons

Dr David Salmons
Dr David Salmons

Lecturer in Law

Aston Law

  

David joined Aston Law in September 2010 after completing undergraduate and postgraduate studies at the University of Birmingham, gaining the LLM in commercial law (with distinction).  While studying for his doctorate, David taught Equity and Trusts.  At Aston, he now teaches the Law of Torts and Equity and Trusts.  He is also module leader for the Law of Torts course. David completed his PhD thesis titled ‘The Overlapping of Legal Concepts: A Legal Realist Approach to the Classification of Private Law’ at the University of Birmingham in 2011.  His teaching and research interests include Private Law Classification, Tort Law, Restitution, Trusts, Estoppel and Jurisprudence.



Nominations

  • One of six papers Shortlisted for Society of Legal Scholars Best Paper Prize, at the SLS Conference 2008 London School of Economics; 'Certainty of Subject Matter in the Law of Trusts'.

  • Finalist in the 2005 Postgraduate Mooting competition at the University of Birmingham.

Publications

  • Salmons D, ‘Claims for Non-Monetary Benefits: Unjust Enrichment or Estoppel’ (2008) 2 Conveyancer and Property Lawyer 173

Memberships

  • Society of Legal Scholars

Conference papers

  • The Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, 'The Availability of Constructive Trusts in Cases of Fraudulently Transferred Money and Mistaken Payments', Bristol University, September 2012.

  • Postgraduate Research Seminar Series at the University of Birmingham, 'A Coherent Doctrine of Estoppel', The University of Birmingham, February 2010

  • The Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, 'Claims for Non-Contractual Services', Keele University, September 2009 
  • Postgraduate Research Seminar Series at the University of Birmingham, 'A Legal Realist Approach to Unjust Enrichment', The University of Birmingham, January 2009

  • The Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, 'Certainty of Subject Matter in the Law of Trusts', London School of Economics, September 2008 

  • Postgraduate Research Seminar Series at the University of Birmingham, 'Overlapping of Legal Concepts: Classifying the Law of Trusts', The University of Birmingham, February 2008