Ashley Hannay

Ashley Hannay

Dr

  • Lecturer in Law, Law

Accepting PhD Students

PhD projects

I am interested in hearing from potential PhD students in legal history and/or property law.

Personal profile

Biography

I joined Manchester in September 2021, having previously taught at the University of Cambridge and Queen Mary, University of London. I read History as an undergraduate at the University of Lancaster before studying Law at the University of Edinburgh and Magdalene College, Cambridge.

I am a private lawyer with interests in legal history, equity, trusts and land. I am primarily interested in the doctrinal development of English property law up to the mid-sixteenth century, and in the legal history of the North of England. I am currently working on projects on the historical development of trusts and on the legal history of the County Palatine of Lancaster. 

At Manchester, I am LLB Law with Joint Honours Programme Director, Co-Director of the Centre for Law and Business, and am the elected representative on the Law Leadership Team. 

Qualifications

BA (Hons) (Lancaster); Dip. Law; LLM (Edin.); PhD (Cantab.); Barrister (non-practising) (Middle Temple).

Teaching

LAWS20250: Land Law

LAWS31301: Equity and Trusts

LAWS30702: Advanced Property and Trusts

Current PhD Students: 

Dilara Tunç, 'Relational Contract: Where Theory Meets Practice' (with Dr Michael Galanis and Prof Geraint Howells)

Diego Montecino Diaz, 'Trusts in Latin America' (With Dr John Picton and Dr Ricardo Buendia)

 

Research interests

Legal History

Equity

Trusts

Land

Prizes and awards

2022: Sir Anthony Hart Doctoral Paper Prize (Irish Legal History Society),

2017: Milsom Studentship in English Legal History (Selden Society)

2014: 3-4 South Square Chambers Scholarship (Middle Temple)

2014: The Dean's Award (Northumbria Law School)

2013: The Tercentenary Award for Excellence (Edinburgh Law School)

Memberships of committees and professional bodies

External positions

External Examiner, Bangor University

Sept 2025 → …

Co-Convenor Legal History Stream, Society for Legal Scholars

Sept 2025 → …

External Examiner, Swansea University

Jan 2025 → …

Editorial Board, Comparative Legal History

2025 → …

Co-Director, Northen Legal History Group

2022 → …

Areas of expertise

  • K Law (General)
  • Legal History
  • Equity
  • Land
  • Trusts

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