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Dr Lee Roach LLB, PhD, FHEA

Originally from South Wales, Lee gained his LL.B. in Law at the University of Glamorgan and his Ph.D. in Corporate Governance at the University of Bristol. Having previously taught at the University of Bristol and Cardiff University, he joined Portsmouth Business School in 2006.

Teaching and Research Interests

Lee is unit co-ordinator for the undergraduate unit Legal System. At postgraduate level, he teaches Corporate Governance: Theory, Law and Practice and is also the Postgraduate Dissertations Co-ordinator. He also teaches Corporate Governance as part of the MBA.

Lee’s research interests focus on the law and economics of corporate governance. Current research projects include examining the law relating to an auditor’s liability for negligence, and the effectiveness of corporate governance mechanisms.

Lee would welcome Ph.D. proposals in the fields of Corporate Governance or Company Law.

Publications

Books

• Card and James' Business Law for Business, Accounting and Finance Students (2nd edn, OUP 2012).
• Company Law Concentrate (OUP, Oxford 2011).
• Card and James’ Business Law for Business, Accounting and Finance Students (OUP, Oxford 2009).

Articles and Reviews

• 'The UK Stewardship Code' (2011) Journal of Corporate Law Studies 463.
• ‘Auditor Liability: Liability Limitation Agreements’ (2010) 31 Company Lawyer 167.
• ‘Auditor Liability: The Case for Limitation’ (2010) 31 Company Lawyer 135.
• ‘The Art of Making Firm Decisions’ (2008) Times Higher Education Supplement, 28th February.
• ‘Equitable Life and Director Liability’ (2006) International Company and Commercial Law Review 207.
• ‘Equitable Life and Auditor Liability’ (2006) International Company and Commercial Law Review 201.
• ‘CEOs, Chairmen and Fat Cats: The Institutions are Watching You’ (2006) 26 Company Lawyer 297.
• ‘Good Offers, But No Deals’ (2006) Times Higher Education Supplement XVI.
• ‘An Equitable Solution for Non-Executive Directors?’ (2006) International Company and Commercial Law Review 117.
• ‘Equitable Life and Non-Executive Directors: Clarification from the High Court?’ (2005) 26 Company Lawyer 253.
• ‘Real Life Adds a Bit of Colour to Black Letter of the Law’ (2005) Times Higher Education Supplement, XII.
• ‘The Legal Model of the Company and the Company Law Review’ (2005) 26 Company Lawyer 98.
• ‘The Directors' Remuneration Report Regulations 2002 and the Disclosure of Executive Remuneration’ (2004) 25 Company Lawyer 141.
• ‘The Paradox of the Traditional Justifications for Exclusive Shareholder Governance Protection: Expanding the Pluralist Approach’ (2001) 22 Company Lawyer 9.
• ‘The Director's Duty of Skill and Care: Has the Law Commission Got it Right?’ (1999) 20 Business Law Review 51.

The above papers can be downloaded from my SSRN Author Page at http://ssrn.com/author=680024.

Conference Papers

• Auditor Liability: Does the ‘Cap’ Fit? Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, 2007.
• Institutional Investor Activism. University of Wales Conference Gregynog, 2006.
• Executive Remuneration. University of Wales Conference Gregynog, 2005.

Memberships

Lee is currently a member of the Society of Legal Scholars and an academic member of the European Corporate Governance Institute. He is also a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy and an affiliate of the Institute of Chartered Secretaries and Administrators.

Other.

Lee is the Postgraduate Admissions Tutor. Please feel free to contact him if you have any enquiries regarding postgraduate study at the School of Law.