Postgraduate Research Student
Liverpool Law School
W.Norcup-Brown@Liverpool.ac.uk
Research
William's research interests are in property law and human rights law. His thesis analyses the extent to which both fields of law uphold the right to exercise fundamental freedoms on 'privately owned public spaces' (POPS).
Working thesis title
'Property & Liberty: restoring the quasi-public trust in the 21st century'.
Dates of study
PhD start date: September 2021
PhD completion date: September 2025
Supervisors
Dr John Picton (Liverpool Law School) and Dr John Tribe (Liverpool Law School).
Research Summary
William’s PhD project looks at the rights clash between private landowners of 'quasi-public property', and members of the public seeking to access that land. It advocates for restoring the legal conceptual framework of the 'quasi-public trust' to better guarantee rights of access and the exercise of fundamental freedoms on quasi-public land.
Publications