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Chris Bevan

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Professor in Property Law, Durham University

Chris is a leading voice in matters pertaining to property and homelessness law in the UK and internationally.

Chris joined Durham Law School as Associate Professor in Property Law in September 2019 after 6 years in the School of Law at the University of Nottingham. Chris has served as Deputy Dean, Director of Research and Director of Post-graduate Research at Durham Law School. Prior to entering academia, Chris practised as a common law barrister specialising in matters of employment, property, housing and family law. Chris graduated from the University of Cambridge in 2007 with degrees in both Modern Languages and Law and was awarded my MA (Cantab.) in 2012. Chris is Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy; author of the acclaimed textbook, Land Law (4th Edn forthcoming 2024 with Oxford University Press); won ‘Lecturer of the Year’ in 2017 and, in 2015, was awarded the prestigious Lord Dearing Award for outstanding, world-class contribution to enhancing the student experience. Chris is honorary member of the Property Bar Association; academic member of the Property Litigation Association and invited member of the esteemed Academic Panel at 4-5 Gray’s Inn Square Chambers, London. Chris is Door Tenant at KCH Garden Square barristers chambers and, in 2018, Chris became an invited, nominated Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. In 2023, Chris was awarded the higher doctorate of Doctor of Letters (DLitt) in recognition of ‘sustained, distinguished work of considerable scholarly impact.’

Chris' research focuses on tackling contemporary challenges related to property, land, housing and homelessness and how we might use law and associated disciplines to solve them. Chris is interested in engaging with practitioners working in these area and builiding a bridge between academia and the world of leal practice.

Experience

  • 2019–present
    Associate Professor in Property Law, Durham University
  • 2012–2019
    Assistant Professor in Property Law, Nottingham University

Education

  • 2023 
    Durham University, DLitt (Dunelm)
  • 2017 
    Higher Education Academy, Senior Fellow
  • 2012 
    Cambridge University, Masters
  • 2007 
    Cambridge University, BA (Hons.)(Cantab.)

Publications

  • 2023
    Property Guardianship: re-visiting the lease/licence distinction and re-shaping the regulatory landscape of occupational rights in English Property Law, Law Quarterly Review
  • 2022
    The law of fixtures and chattels: recalibration, rationalisation and reform, Legal Studies 42(2): 358-375.
  • 2022
    The Homelessness Reduction Act 2017: Furthering not fracturing marginalisation of those experiencing homelessness, International Journal of Law in Context 18(1): 41-54.
  • 2021
    Reconceptualising Homelessness Legislation in England, The Modern Law Review 84(5): 953-973.
  • 2021
    Governing “The Homeless” in English Homelessness Legislation: Foucauldian Governmentality and the Homelessness Reduction Act 2017, Housing, Theory & Society 38(3): 259-278.
  • 2019
    The search for common intention: the status of an executed, express declaration of trust post-Stack and Jones, Law Quarterly Review 135: 660-681.

Professional Memberships

  • Barrister (Middle Temple)
  • Research Fellow of Earth System Governance (ESG)
  • Honorary Member of Property Bar Association and Academic Member of Property Litigation Association
  • Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts
  • Honorary Member of Chambers & Invited Member of Expert Academic Panel, Gray’s Inn Square Chambers
  • Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy