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Dr Ronan Feehily

Contact

Department: Department of Accounting and Information Systems

Email: ronan.feehily@canterbury.ac.nz

Direct Dial: +64 3 3692563

Office: Meremere 510

Languages: English, Gaelic

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Fields of Research

  • International Commercial Dispute Resolution
  • Corporate Governance
  • Legal Education
  • International Trade

Researcher Summary

Dr Ronán Feehily’s research interests lie primarily in the field of international commercial dispute resolution. Additional research interests include corporate governance, international trade and legal education. An award-winning researcher, he is the author of 20 peer reviewed articles in leading journals in the USA, UK, South Africa, Australasia and Ireland. His monograph, 'International Commercial Mediation: Law and Regulation in Comparative Context', was published by Cambridge University Press in September 2022. He is co-author of the seminal legal texts 'Commercial Law and the Legal System', Thomson Reuters (NZ) 2020, 'Understanding Company Law', LexisNexis (NZ) 2019, and 'An Introduction to the Law of Contract in New Zealand', Thomson Reuters (NZ) 2018, and co-editor of the book ‘Governance, Globalisation and Dispute Resolution’, Star Publications (India) 2017. He has delivered 18 conference papers at leading conferences in the USA, UK, Africa, Australasia and Ireland. He supervises PhD students completing theses in International Commercial Dispute Resolution and Corporate Governance. A Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, he is Course Coordinator for modules on Contract Law, Company Law, Commercial Law and International Commercial Mediation. Previously Assistant Professor in law at Durham University (UK), he also held the position of Associate Professor in Law at the branch campus of a UK university in Mauritius. With a background in legal practice, Dr Feehily has practiced as a commercial lawyer with a major Irish corporate law firm and as in-house legal counsel with a global FinTech company. He is also a Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators and a CEDR Accredited Mediator, and practices as a commercial mediator and arbitrator.

Subject Area: Disciplines

  • Law: Business and Commercial Law; Comparative Law; International Law; Law of Private Obligations; Legal Practice / Justice Administration

Resources

  • ORCiD: 0000-0001-7412-6413

Prizes and Awards

    Fellowship
  • Fellow of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators ( 2010 - present )
  • Fellow of the Higher Education Academy (UK) ( 2010 - present )

Research/Scholarly/Creative Works

Authored Books
  • Feehily R. (2022) International Commercial Mediation Law and Regulation in Comparative Context. Cambridge University Press. 369.
  • Feehily R. and Tiong R. (2020) Commercial Law and the Legal System. Wellington: Thomson Reuters.
  • Barrett J. and Feehily R. (2019) Understanding Company Law. Wellington: LexisNexis. 303.
  • Feehily R. and Tiong R. (2018) An Introduction to the Law of Contract in New Zealand. (6th ed.). Wellington: Thomson Reuters. 762.
Edited Volumes
  • Feehily R; Seeparsad S (Ed.) (2017) Governance, Globalisation and Dispute Resolution’. New Delhi, India: Star Publications. 184.
Chapters
  • Feehily R. (2017) An Alternative Approach to Postgraduate Legal Education. In Feehily R; Seeparsad S (Ed.), Governance, Globalisation and Dispute Resolution: 46-64. New Delhi, India: Star Publications.
Journal Articles
  • Feehily R. (2022) International Commercial Mediation. http://dx.doi.org/10.1017/9781108869423.
  • Wu JY., Feehily R. and Lord BR. (2022) The Corporate Governance Role of Audit Committees: Through the Lenses of New Zealand Institutional Investors. Australian Accounting Review 32(1): 63-76. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/auar.12338.
  • Feehily R. (2019) Commercial Mediation and the Costs Conundrum. Vindobona Journal of International Commercial Law and Arbitration 23(1): 1-53.
  • Feehily R. (2019) Neutrality, Independence and Impartiality in International Commercial Arbitration, a Fine Balance in the Quest for Arbitral Justice. Penn State Journal of Law and International Affairs 7(1): 88-114.
  • Feehily R. (2018) Creeping Compulsion to Mediate, the Constitution and the Convention. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly 69(2): 127-146.
  • Feehily R. (2018) Learning to Think Like a Lawyer. Mauritius Institute of Education Journal of Education 9(1): 23-40.
  • Feehily R. (2018) Problem Based Learning and International Commercial Dispute Resolution in the Indian Ocean. The Law Teacher 52(1): 17-37. http://dx.doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2016.1273457.
  • Feehily R. (2018) Separability in international commercial arbitration; confluence, conflict and the appropriate limitations in the development and application of the doctrine. Arbitration International 34(3): 355-383. http://dx.doi.org/10.1093/arbint/aiy026.
  • Rampall Y. and Feehily R. (2018) The Sanctity of Party Autonomy and the Powers of Arbitrators to Determine the Applicable Law: The Quest for an Arbitral Equilibrium. Harvard Negotiation Law Review 23(Spring): 345-403.
  • Bruneau J. and Feehily R. (2017) The Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership: A threat to the international trading system or the panacea for the economic predicaments faced by the EU and the USA? Connecticut Journal of International Law 33(Fall): 43-92.
  • Poorooye A. and Feehily R. (2017) Confidentiality and Transparency in International Commercial Arbitration: Finding the Right Balance. Harvard Negotiation Law Review 22(2): 275-323.
  • Feehily R. (2016) Commercial Mediation Agreements and Enforcement in South Africa. The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa 49(2): 305-351.
  • Feehily R. (2016) The Certainty of Settlement. Stellenbosch Law Review 27(1): 25-58.
  • Feehily R. (2016) The Contractual Certainty of Commercial Agreements to Mediate in Ireland. Irish Journal of Legal Studies 6(1): 59-105.
  • Feehily R. (2016) The Role of the Lawyer in the Mediation Process: A Critical Analysis of the Legal and Regulatory Issues. South African Law Journal 133(2): 351-387.
  • Feehily R. (2015) Commercial mediation : commercial conflict panacea or an affront to due process and the justice ideal? The Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa 48(2): 317-358.
  • Feehily R. (2015) Confidentiality in commercial mediation : a fine balance (part 1). Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg: Journal of South African law 2015(3): 516-536.
  • Feehily R. (2015) Confidentiality in commercial mediation : a fine balance (part 2). Tydskrif vir die Suid-Afrikaanse Reg: Journal of South African law 2015(4): 719-737.
  • Feehily R. (2015) The Role of the Commercial Mediator in the Mediation Process: A Critical Analysis of the Legal and Regulatory Issues. South African Law Journal 132(2): 372-410.
  • Feehily R. (2013) The Legal Status and Enforceability of Mediated Settlement Agreements. Hibernian Law Journal 12(1): 1-26.
  • Feehily R. (2009) Costs Sanctions; the Critical Instrument in the Development of Commercial Mediation in South Africa. South African Law Journal 126(2): 291-315.
Conference Contributions - Other
  • Feehily R. (2022) Evolution or Revolution; Experiential Learning and Assessment in Legal Education. Monash University, Australia: Australasian Law Academics Association Annual Conference, 7-9 Jul 2022.
  • Feehily R. (2021) Designing a corporate model to broaden the range of enforceable remedies available to stakeholders; an analysis of reforms in the UK, Canada, Singapore and South Africa. University of Sydney, Australia: Australasian Corporate Law Teachers Association Annual Conference, 7-9 Feb 2021.
  • Feehily R. (2021) Protecting the Public and the Parties in Commercial Mediation, Resolving Conflicting Interests. Durham University, UK: 2021 Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, 31 Aug-3 Sep 2021.
  • Feehily R. (2020) The Arbitrability of Illegal Contracts, Balancing Competing Public Policies. University of Exeter: Society of Legal Scholars Virtual Annual Conference, 1-4 Sep 2020.
  • Feehily R. (2020) The Limits of Arbitral Jurisdiction. University of Sydney & Bond University: Australasian Law Academics Association & Centre for Professional Legal Education Joint Virtual Conference, 1-3 Oct 2020.
  • Feehily R. (2019) Institutional Shareholders and Non-Executive Directors; Divergent Gatekeepers in the Pursuit of Effective Corporate Governance. University of Auckland, New Zealand: Australasian Corporate Law Teachers Association Annual Conference, 3-5 Feb 2019.
  • Feehily R. (2019) Mediation as an Instrument of Transitional Justice. Harvard University, USA: Harvard Law School Symposium on Restorative Justice, 5-8 Feb 2019.
  • Feehily R. (2019) Mitigated Mandatory Mediation, Operating within the Contours of Acceptable Public Policy. University of Leeds, UK: Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference (SLSA2019), 3-5 Apr 2019.
  • Feehily R. (2018) Commercial Mediation and the Costs Conundrum, A Roadmap for the Irish Judiciary. Athlone, Ireland: Irish Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference, 23-25 Nov 2018.
  • Feehily R. (2018) Effective Assessment of Reflective Learning. Keele University, UK: Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference, 26-28 Mar 2018.
  • Feehily R. (2018) Enlightened Shareholder Value in UK Company Law, a Hybrid Euphemism for a Right without a Remedy. University of Bristol, UK: Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, 27-29 Mar 2018.
  • Feehily R. (2018) Neutrality, Independence and Impartiality in International Commercial Arbitration, a Fine Balance in the Quest for Arbitral Justice. University of Cambridge, UK: Cambridge International Law Conference, 3-4 Apr 2018.
  • Feehily R. (2017) Balancing Corporate Activity with Conflicting Corporate Governance Stakeholder Interests. Newcastle University, UK: Socio-Legal Studies Association Annual Conference, 5-7 Apr 2017.
  • Feehily R. (2017) Preparing Law Students to Make Judgements in a Context of Uncertainty. University of Portsmouth, UK: Association of Law Teachers Annual Conference, 10-11 Apr 2017.
  • Feehily R. (2017) The Compulsion to Mediate; Commercial Conflict Panacea or an Unjust Response to Systemic Pressures and Court Backlogs. Queens University Belfast, UK: Fairness in Law-Making Conference, 19 May 2017.
  • Feehily R. (2016) Bridging the Academic/Vocational Divide in Legal Education. St. Aidan’s College, Durham University, UK: Teaching and Learning Conference, 13 Sep 2016.
  • Feehily R. (2016) The Public Policy Drive in Europe Towards Settlement and the Implications that the Consequent Emerging EU Jurisprudence has for Disputing Commercial Parties in Accessing Courts. Port Louis, Mauritius: Jean Monnet EU Law Conference, 18-19 Jul 2016.
  • Feehily R. (2015) The Integration of Problem Based Learning into Undergraduate and Postgraduate Law Modules on International Commercial Dispute Resolution. Middlesex University, Mauritius: Research in Education Conference, 20 Jul 2015.

Review and Refereeing

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    Journal reviewing / refereeing
  • Civil Justice Quarterly ( 2018 - 2023)
  • Comparative and International Law Journal of Southern Africa ( 2017 - 2023)
  • Frontiers of Legal Research ( 2015 - 2023)
  • International Journal of Law and Politics ( 2016 - 2023)
  • Legal Studies ( 2022 - 2023)
  • New Zealand Yearbook of International Law ( 2022 - 2023)
  • South African Law Journal ( 2017 - 2023)
  • Stanford Law Review ( 2018 )

Affiliations

  • Association of Law Teachers (Professional Organisation): Member
  • Australasian Law Teachers Association (ALTA) (Professional Organisation): Member
  • British Institute of International and Comparative Law (Professional Organisation): Member
  • Corporate Law Teachers Association (CLTA) (Professional Organisation): Member
  • Law Society of Ireland (Professional Organisation): Member
  • Law Society of Northern Ireland (Professional Organisation): Member
  • Mediation Committee, International Bar Association (Professional Organisation): Member
  • Society of Legal Scholars (SLS) (Professional Organisation): Member
  • Socio-Legal Studies Association (SLSA) (Professional Organisation): Member
  • The Law Society (Professional Organisation): Member
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