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Colm  McGrath

Dr Colm McGrath

Senior Lecturer in Tort Law

Research interests

  • Law

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Biography

Colm joined The Dickson Poon School of Law in January 2018. He acts as the module convener for the Law of Tort, is a member of the School's Centre of Medical Law and Ethics, an Academic Fellow of the Middle Temple, and a Global Associate Professor of Law at the University of Notre Dame’s London programme.

Previously, he was the WYNG Research Fellow in Medical Law and Ethics at Trinity Hall, Cambridge, and was a member of the University of Cambridge’s Centre for Law, Medicine and Life Sciences. Before that, he worked as a scientific assistant at the Institute for European Tort Law in Vienna and was a University Lecturer in Law at the University of Graz. He studied law as an undergraduate and as a doctoral student at the University of Cambridge.

Colm is joint General Editor of the long-running Journal of Professional Negligence and the Book Review Editor for the Journal of European Tort Law. He is a Fellow of the European Centre for Tort and Insurance Law in Vienna and a member of the International Advisory Board of the Rivista Responsabilita Medica. From 2018–2020 Colm was an Affiliated Lecturer at the University of Cambridge where he lectured on Roman Law.

Born and raised in Belfast, Colm believes that studying law at university should be an option for anyone who wishes to do it, regardless of their background. He has extensive experience in providing accessible introductions to law for school students of all ages and is always happy to be asked to do so. When he is not surrounded by books, he enjoys blues guitar, cooking and hiking.

Research Interests

Colm's research focuses on comparative private law and professional liability, with a strong emphasis on the liability and regulation of the medical profession in the UK and beyond. His work often seeks to explain the relationship between private law and society both as a historical and a modern phenomenon.

His monograph, ‘The Development of Medical Liability in Germany 1800–1945,’ was selected as one of nine Legal Books of the Year by the leading German law journal, the Neue Juristische Wochenschrift in 2019.

Colm has provided Professional Education and Development modules for the medical professions in the UK and Hong Kong and is always happy to be approached for such events as it provides an invaluable opportunity to see law in action in the wider community.

Teaching

Tort Law; Medical Law; Contract Law; Comparative Law; Roman Law; Legal History

    News

    Making and Breaking Rules Workshop

    During the 2018–2019 academic year, The Dickson Poon School of Law will be running the one-day "Making and Breaking Rules Workshop", designed for young people...

    KCL Students

    Events

    12MarTort in the Courts guest lectures, first in series

    Tort in the Courts guest lectures

    In this lecture, in the series we have guest speakers; Elizabeth Fitzgerald and Guy Fetherstonhaugh KC (both Falcon Chambers).

    Please note: this event has passed.

    19MarTort in the Courts guest lectures second event in series

    Tort in the Courts guest lectures

    In this lecture, Simeon Maskrey KC (7 Bedford Row) will discuss the seminal decision of the UK Supreme Court in Paul

    Please note: this event has passed.

    05JunConnect with Kings College London law community in New Delhi on Monday 5 June.

    Kings College London law community in New Delhi

    An event for alumni and students based in and around New Delhi

    Please note: this event has passed.

    07JunConnect with Kings College London law community in Mumbai on Wednesday 7 June.

    Kings College London law community in Mumbai

    An event for alumni and students based in and around Mumbai

    Please note: this event has passed.

    09JunConnect with the Kings College London law community in Bangalore on Friday 9 June.

    Kings College London law community in Bangalore

    An event for alumni and students based in and around Bangalore

    Please note: this event has passed.

      News

      Making and Breaking Rules Workshop

      During the 2018–2019 academic year, The Dickson Poon School of Law will be running the one-day "Making and Breaking Rules Workshop", designed for young people...

      KCL Students

      Events

      12MarTort in the Courts guest lectures, first in series

      Tort in the Courts guest lectures

      In this lecture, in the series we have guest speakers; Elizabeth Fitzgerald and Guy Fetherstonhaugh KC (both Falcon Chambers).

      Please note: this event has passed.

      19MarTort in the Courts guest lectures second event in series

      Tort in the Courts guest lectures

      In this lecture, Simeon Maskrey KC (7 Bedford Row) will discuss the seminal decision of the UK Supreme Court in Paul

      Please note: this event has passed.

      05JunConnect with Kings College London law community in New Delhi on Monday 5 June.

      Kings College London law community in New Delhi

      An event for alumni and students based in and around New Delhi

      Please note: this event has passed.

      07JunConnect with Kings College London law community in Mumbai on Wednesday 7 June.

      Kings College London law community in Mumbai

      An event for alumni and students based in and around Mumbai

      Please note: this event has passed.

      09JunConnect with the Kings College London law community in Bangalore on Friday 9 June.

      Kings College London law community in Bangalore

      An event for alumni and students based in and around Bangalore

      Please note: this event has passed.