Staff profile

Greg joined Durham Law School in September 2022, having previously held academic posts at the University of Leicester and the University of Wolverhampton. He holds degrees from Leicester (LLB) and Wolverhampton (PGCEHE, LLM, PhD). He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.

Greg’s research centres around doctrinal studies in equity and trusts, property law and company law. In particular, his research considers the evolution of private law principles and the interface between company law and ordinary doctrines of private law. Although much of Greg’s research has investigated the historical evolution of the law, and what this can tell us about modern doctrines, he has also written pieces which comment primarily on modern law. His work has been published in a range of leading journals, including Legal Studies, the Journal of Legal History, the Journal of Business Law, the Common Law World Review, and the Conveyancer and Property Lawyer.

Greg currently teaches on the LLB Trusts Law and Land Law courses. He is co-convenor Trusts Law for the 2022-23 academic year.

Journal Article

• Allan, G. (2022). The phenomenon of locus classicus: an analysis of judicial.. The phenomenon of locus classicus: an analysis of judicial reliance on classic judicial statements of equitable doctrine. The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, 1, 87-110
• Allan, G. (2018). To pierce or not to pierce? A doctrinal reappraisal of judicial responses to improper exploitation of the corporate form. Journal of Business Law, 7, 559-583
• Allan, G., & Griffin, S. (2018). Corporate personality: utilising trust law to invoke the application of the concealment principle. Legal Studies, 38(1), 79-102. https://doi.org/10.1017/lst.2017.2
• Allan, G. (2015). Ceylon Coffee, the Comtesse and the Consignee: A Historical Reappraisal of Rochefoucauld v Boustead. The Journal of Legal History, 36(1), 43-82. https://doi.org/10.1080/01440365.2015.1007902
• Allan, G. (2014). Once a fraud, forever a fraud: the time-honoured doctrine of parol agreement trusts. Legal Studies, 34(3), 419-443. https://doi.org/10.1111/lest.12024
• Allan, G. (2011). The Secret is out There: Searching for the Legal Justification for the Doctrine of Secret Trusts through Analysis of the Case Law. Common Law World Review, 40(4), 311-344. https://doi.org/10.1350/clwr.2011.40.4.0222
• Allan, G. (2008). The use of multiple‐choice questions as a form of formative assessment on an undergraduate law module. The Law Teacher, 42(2), 180-199. https://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2008.9959775

Other (Print)

• Allan, G. (2017). The corporate veil and the rise of alter ego companies