Professor Graham Virgo
Subject
College Position
Master
University Position
Professor of English Private Law
Degrees and Honours

BCL (Oxon), MA, QC (Hon), Bencher of Lincoln's Inn

Research Interests

My major areas of research are in the fields of the Law of Restitution, the Law of Contract, Equity and trusts and Criminal Law. My work on the Law of Restitution covers all aspects of the subject, but especially the relationship between the law of property, the law of trusts and unjust enrichment. I have written a student textbook on the Principles of Equity and Trusts and have contributed chapters on rescisison to a practitioners' book on termination of contracts. The research I undertake on the Criminal Law focuses on substantive developments in the criminal law, with particular reference to the law of homicide. I also contribute to a leading student textbook on the Criminal Law.

Select Publications

The Principles of the Law of Restitution (3rdedition) (2015, Oxford University Press)

The Principles of Equity and Trusts (4th edition)(2020, Oxford University Press)

Contractual Duties: Performance, Breach, Termination and Remedies (Andrews, Tettenborn and Virgo) (3rd edition) (2020, Sweet and Maxwell)

Simester and Sullivan’s Criminal Law: Theory and Doctrine (Simester, Sullivan, Spencer, Stark and Virgo) (8th ed. 2022)(Oxford: Hart Publishing)

What about Law?: Studying Law at University (ed. Barnard, O'Sullivan and Virgo) (3rd ed.) (2021, Hart Publishing)