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Helen Scott studied classics and law at the University of Cape Town before coming to Oxford to do the Bachelor of Civil Law in 1999. She completed her Doctorate in 2005, taking a tutorial fellowship at St Catherine's College for a year. Afterwards, she returned to South Africa, spending a decade at the University of Cape Town as a senior lecturer and later as an associate professor, becoming a full professor in 2014. She served as head of the Department of Private Law between 2014 and 2017. In 2017, she moved back to England, taking a tutorial fellowship at Lady Margaret Hall and a titular professorship at the Oxford Law Faculty. In 2022, she was elected Regius Professor of Civil Law at Cambridge. Her research interests focus on doctrinal law mainly in English and South African contexts, Roman law, and civilian legal history, covering a wide range of subject matters including unjust/unjustified enrichment, tort/delict, and the law of obligations and property trusts. She is also the Editor-in-Chief of the Cambridge Law Journal.
University of Cambridge • Cambridge, England
Serves as the Regius Professor of Civil Law, focusing on doctrinal law and its historical contexts.
University of Cape Town • Cape Town, South Africa
Held the position of full professor in the Department of Private Law.
University of Cape Town • Cape Town, South Africa
Promoted to associate professor from senior lecturer.
University of Cape Town • Cape Town, South Africa
Worked as a senior lecturer, teaching and conducting research in law.
St Catherine's College • Oxford, England
Held a tutorial fellowship focused on law.
Lady Margaret Hall • Oxford, England
Took a tutorial fellowship at Lady Margaret Hall.
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