James Goudkamp

James Goudkamp is Professor of the Law of Obligations at the University of Oxford and Fellow of Keble College, Oxford. Much of his research is focused on tort law although his interests extend to other parts of the law of obligations and also to civil procedure. James is the author of more than 100 publications. One of James’s main works is Tort Law Defences. Together with Professor Peter Cane, James is an author of the 9th edition of Atiyah’s Accidents, Compensation and the Law and, together with Professor Donal Nolan, an author of the 20th edition of Winfield & Jolowicz on Tort Law. James has recently completed a major project on contributory negligence with Professor Nolan, which resulted in the publication of two volumes, Contributory Negligence: Principles and Practice and Contributory Negligence in the Twenty-First Century.

He is a member of the American Law Institute and an advisor to the Restatement (Third) on the Law of Torts: Intentional Torts to Persons.

James maintains chambers in London (7 King’s Bench Walk) and is an Academic Bencher of the Inner Temple.