Dr James Marson BA (Hons); LLM; PhD FHEA

During his lectureship he has undertaken many academic and administrative roles. He has been the link tutor responsible for the collaborative partnership developed by the law department; he has been year tutor and acted as the Department’s Lead for the Learning and Teaching Institute. He was the first Course Leader for the Graduate Diploma in Law and holds external examiner positions. In 2012 he gained Fellowship of the Higher Education Academy and sits on Sheffield Hallam’s internal accreditation panel for Fellowship of the Academy.

He has published many articles in refereed journals. More recently he has concentrated his efforts on developing a range of books on the topics of Business Law and Employment Law. He has three books already in publication, he has commissioned to prepare a further text on employment for Routledge to be published in 2014, and recently he was asked to be the new cases editor for the Web Journal of Current Legal Issues and have been undertaking critical reviews of article submissions.

Specialist areas of interest

Dr Marson is module leader for law and non-law modules at undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

His main areas of teaching interest are Business Law, EU Law and Employment Law. In these areas he is particularly interested in corporate governance and the role of directors. He also researches and teaches enforcement mechanisms in EU Law, particularly the domestic levels of enforcement and the barriers they create to access to justice. In Employment Law he has an interest in employment status and dismissals.

Department Of Law and Criminology

Social Sciences and Arts

Dr Marson has always been a research active member of staff with several publications in areas including intellectual property; enforcement mechanisms in European Law, the increasing significance of clinical legal education in law departments, and studies investigating the impact of the law and legal advice in employment law and social exclusion. He has experience of successfully completing funded research projects.

Journal articles

Dickinson, J., Ferris, K., & Marson, J. (2021). Students as researchers. The effects of employing law students on an empirical research project. Law Teacher. http://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2021.1896851

Marson, J., Alissa, H., & Ferris, K. (2021). Resolving the Inconsistency between National and EU Motor Insurance Law. Was Factortame the Solution nobody Sought? German Law Journal, 22 (1), 122-146. http://doi.org/10.1017/glj.2020.98

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2020). Too Little, Too Late? Brexit Day, Transitional Periods and the Implications of MIB v Lewis. European Law Review, 3 (45), 415-426. https://uk.westlaw.com/Document/IFBA74910AAAD11EA8E9EF40903362FD6/View/FullText.html?navigationPath=Search%2Fv1%2Fresults%2Fnavigation%2Fi0ad604ad00000172bdee0480306bb409%3FNav%3DUK-JOURNALS-PUBLICATION%26fragmentIdentifier%3DIFBA74910AAAD11EA8E9EF40903362FD6%26parentRank%3D0%26startIndex%3D1%26contextData%3D%2528sc.Search%2529%26transitionType%3DSearchItem&listSource=Search&listPageSource=f893e9f28df482f103e597cab7183bde&list=UK-JOURNALS-PUBLICATION&rank=1&sessionScopeId=9278af85695e407db09c2d1328bfc4cd856d0d0ab9a7f731cc9de6ac3c10a679&originationContext=Search+Result&transitionType=SearchItem&contextData=%28sc.Search%29&comp=wluk

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2020). Too Little, Too Late? Brexit Day, Transitional Periods and the Implications of MIB v Lewis. EUROPEAN LAW REVIEW, 45 (3), 415-426.

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2020). The compatibility of English law with the motor vehicle insurance directives: The courts giveth… at least until brexit day. Law quarterly review, 136, 35-40. https://uk.westlaw.com/Document/IBC5011000FE611EAB721B3B73A397C96/View/FullText.html?originationContext=document&transitionType=DocumentItem&contextData=%28sc.DocLink%29&comp=wluk

Marson, J., Ferris, K., & Dickinson, J. (2019). The Automated and Electric Vehicles Act 2018 Part 1 and Beyond: A Critical Review. Statute Law Review. http://doi.org/10.1093/slr/hmz021

Ferris, K., Marson, J., & Kawalek, A. (2019). Applying refugee family reunion law therapeutically. Beijing Law Review, 10 (5). http://doi.org/10.4236/blr.2019.105062

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2019). For the want of certainty: Vnuk, Juliana and Andrade and the obligation to insure. Modern Law Review. http://doi.org/10.1111/1468-2230.12466

Marson, J., Ferris, K., & Fletcher, N. (2019). EU motor insurance law in the UK, accidents on the road and responsibilities off IT. EU Law Analysis. http://eulawanalysis.blogspot.com/2019/05/eu-motor-insuance-law-in-uk-accidents.html

Dickinson, J., Bennett, E., & Marson, J. (2019). Challenges facing green space: is statute the answer? Journal of place management and development, 12 (1), 121-138. http://doi.org/10.1108/JPMD-09-2017-0091

Marson, J., Ferris, K., & Kawalek, A. (2019). A Vineyard in a Law Clinic: The Practical Application of a Therapeutic Jurisprudence Philosophy in a UK Law Clinic. .

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2018). After arrival, the problems facing refugees and their families : a clinical legal response. International Journal of Clinical Legal Education, 25 (2). http://www.northumbriajournals.co.uk/index.php/ijcle/article/view/726

Ferris, K., Cameron, D., Jenkins, A., & Marson, J. (2018). The consequences of the BREXIT vote on management attitudes to recruitment in the hospitality industry. Business Law Review, 39 (4). http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?id=BULA2018020

Marson, J., Ferris, K., & Nicholson, A. (2018). Brexit means Brexit: What does it mean for the Protection of Third Party Victims and the Road Traffic Act? Statute Law Review, 39 (2), 211-227. http://doi.org/10.1093/slr/hmx006

Marson, J., Ferris, K., & Nicholson, A. (2017). Irreconcilable differences? The Road Traffic Act and the European Motor Vehicle Insurance Directives. The Journal of Business Law, 1, 51-70.

Dickinson, J., & Marson, J. (2017). Greenspace governance: statutory solutions from Scotland? Statute Law Review. http://doi.org/10.1093/slr/hmx031

Marson, J., Ferris, K., & Tudor, C. (2017). Family reunion in a university law clinic: a model for law schools? European Journal of Current Legal Issues, 23 (2). http://webjcli.org/index

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2017). Motor vehicle insurance law: ignoring the lessons from King Rex. Business Law Review, 38 (5), 178-186. http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?area=Journals&id=BULA2017028

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2017). The Uninsured Drivers’ Agreement 2015 as a Legitimate Source of Authority. Statute Law Review, 38 (2), 133-146. http://doi.org/10.1093/slr/hmw043

Ferris, K., & Marson, J. (2016). Which is the Applicable Law in Recovery of Losses from an Uninsured Driver? Moreno v The Motor Insurers’ Bureau [2016] UKSC 52. European Journal of Current Legal Issues, 22 (3). http://webjcli.org/article/view/508/672

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2016). Delaney and the Motor Vehicle Insurance Directives : lessons for the teaching of EU law. Law Teacher, 51 (4), 411-427. http://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2016.1201742

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2016). Splitting Hairs? New Law Journal, 167 (7710), 10-11. http://www.newlawjournal.co.uk/

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2016). Collective redress : broadening EU enforcement through state liability? European Business Law Review, 27 (3), 325-351. https://www.kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?id=EULR2016015

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2015). The transposition and efficacy of EU rights. Indirect effect and a coming of age of state liability? Business Law Review, 36 (4), 158-168. http://www.kluwerlawonline.com/abstract.php?id=BULA2015021

Marson, J. (2014). Hitting employers where it hurts : Gülay Bollacke vKock. Web journal of current legal issues, 20 (2). http://webjcli.org/index

Ferris, K., & Marson, J. (2014). Does disability begin at 40? Karsten Kaltoft vKommunernes Landsforening (KL), acting on behalf ofthe Municipality of Billund (Advocate General'sOpinion) [2014]. Web Journal of Current Legal Issues, 20 (3). http://webjcli.org/article/view/373/476

Marson, J. (2013). Anatomy of an employee. Web journal of current legal issues, 19 (3). http://webjcli.org/index

Marson, J. (2013). The end of the opportunistic breach of contract!The elective theory of repudiatory breach prevails :Societe Generale, London Branch v Geys [2012] UKSC63. Web Journal of Current Legal Issues, 19 (2). http://webjcli.org/index

Marson, J. (2013). Dismiss, upset and breach - just don’t suspend : thefalse dawn of damages for future losses. A casenote on Edwards v Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHSFoundation Trust [2011] UKSC 58, [2012] 2 AC 22. Web journal of current legal issues, 19 (1). http://webjcli.org/article/view/206/276

Marson, J. (2013). Business Law. . http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.001.0001

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2008). Advisors v Legal Services Commission : which is the appropriate measure of quality advice? Web journal of current legal issues, 14 (4). http://www.bailii.org/uk/other/journals/WebJCLI/2008/issue4/marson4.html

Broadbent, G., Bone, A., Marson, J., Guth, J., Williams, D., Costello, L., ... Bone, A. (2008). Book reviews. The Law Teacher, 42 (2), 248-262. http://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2008.9959783

Broadbent, G., Gale, C., Berryman, W., Rodney, M., James, H., Foster, S., ... Foster, S. (2007). Book reviews. The Law Teacher, 41 (3), 363-400. http://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2007.9959756

Marson, J. (2006). The limitations to workers accessing EU rights: awareness, advice and enforcement. Liverpool Law Review, 27 (2), 173-202. http://doi.org/10.1007/s10991-006-9004-z

van Hoorebeek, M., & Marson, J. (2005). Teaching and technology transfer as alternative revenue streams: a primer on the potential legal implications for UK universities. International Journal of Educational Management, 19 (1), 36-47. http://doi.org/10.1108/09513540510574939

Marson, J., Wilson, A., & van Hoorebeek, M. (2005). The necessity of clinical legal education in university law schools: a UK Perspective. International journal of clinical legal education, 7, 29-43. http://northumbriajournals.co.uk/index.php/ijcle/article/view/95

Marson, J. (2005). Social exclusion : pathways or roadblocks? An analysis of advisory agencies. Web journal of current legal issues, 11 (5). http://www.bailii.org/uk/other/journals/WebJCLI/2005/issue5/marson5.html

Marson, J. (2004). Holes in the safety net? State liability and the need for private law enforcement. Liverpool Law Review, 25 (2), 113-134. http://doi.org/10.1023/B:LLLL.0000040550.37704.81

Marson, J. (2004). Access to justice: a deconstructionist approach to horizontal direct effect. Web journal of current legal issues, 10 (4). http://www.bailii.org/uk/other/journals/WebJCLI/2004/issue4/index.html

Marson, J., & van Hoorebeek, M. (2004). Electronic submission and the movement towards a paperless law office in a modern university. The Law Teacher, 38 (1), 27-40. http://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2004.9993142

Broadbent, G., Watson, M., Jefferson, M., Mair, G., Spencer, M., Morse, C., ... Gale, C.J.S. (2002). Book reviews. The Law Teacher, 36 (2), 250-276. http://doi.org/10.1080/03069400.2002.9993107

Marson, J., Cullen, J., Berry, A., Seal, W., Dunlop, A., & Ahmed, M. (1999). Interfirm supply chains: The contribution of management accounting. Management accounting, 77 (6), 30-32.

Marson, J., & Massey, P. (1998). The strategic use of IT in the supply chain. Journal of Financial Information Systems.

Marson, J., Alissa, H., & Ferris, K. (n.d.). Driving towards a more therapeutic future? The Untraced Drivers Agreement and Conscious Contracting. European Journal of Current Legal Issues.

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (n.d.). Dispute Resolution in Refugee Family Reunion Law. Could Mediation Provide a More Therapeutic Solution? European Journal of Current Legal Issues.

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (n.d.). The Lexicon of Self-Driving Vehicles and the Fuliginous Obscurity of ‘Autonomous’ Vehicles. Statute Law Review.

Book chapters

Marson, J. (2013). Contract II: mistake, misrepresentation, duress, and undue influence. In Business Law Concentrate. (pp. 34-50). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199609062.003.0003

Marson, J. (2013). Contract III: contractual terms and consumer protection. In Business Law Concentrate. (pp. 51-69). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199609062.003.0004

Marson, J. (2013). Contract IV: discharge of contract and remedies for breach. In Business Law Concentrate. (pp. 70-83). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199609062.003.0005

Marson, J. (2013). Law of torts. In Business Law Concentrate. (pp. 84-101). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199609062.003.0006

Marson, J. (2013). Employment II: termination – wrongful dismissal, unfair dismissal, and redundancy. In Business Law Concentrate. (pp. 118-134). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199609062.003.0008

Marson, J. (2013). Employment I: employment status, terms of the contract of employment, and discrimination. In Business Law Concentrate. (pp. 102-117). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199609062.003.0007

Marson, J. (2013). Company law II: directors, agency, finance, and capital. In Business Law Concentrate. (pp. 149-168). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199609062.003.0010

Marson, J. (2013). Company law I: trading structures and forming the business. In Business Law Concentrate. (pp. 135-148). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199609062.003.0009

Marson, J. (2013). Intellectual property. In Business Law Concentrate. (pp. 169-184). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199609062.003.0011

Marson, J. (2013). The English legal system. In Business Law Concentrate. (pp. 1-14). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199609062.003.0001

Marson, J. (2013). Contract I: essential features of a contract. In Business Law Concentrate. (pp. 15-33). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199609062.003.0002

Marson, J. (2013). 10. Contractual Terms. In Business Law. (pp. 182-204). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0010

Marson, J. (2013). 1. Studying Law. In Business Law. (pp. 1-12). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0001

Marson, J. (2013). 11. Statutory Regulation of Contracts. In Business Law. (pp. 205-227). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0011

Marson, J. (2013). 12. Discharge of Contract and Remedies for Breach. In Business Law. (pp. 228-250). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0012

Marson, J. (2013). 14. Economic Loss, the Liability of Professional Advisors, and Psychiatric Injury. In Business Law. (pp. 278-290). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0014

Marson, J. (2013). 16. Employment Status and the Terms Forming the Contract. In Business Law. (pp. 318-336). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0016

Marson, J. (2013). 19. Equality in the Workplace and Parental Rights. In Business Law. (pp. 380-414). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0019

Marson, J. (2013). 17. Dismissal at Common Law; Redundancy and the Transfer of Undertakings. In Business Law. (pp. 337-358). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0017

Marson, J. (2013). 2. The Law, the Constitution, and Human Rights in the UK. In Business Law. (pp. 14-33). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0002

Marson, J. (2013). 21. Agency. In Business Law. (pp. 440-458). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0021

Marson, J. (2013). 23. Corporate Administration. In Business Law. (pp. 483-503). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0023

Marson, J. (2013). 24. Maintenance of Finance and Capital. In Business Law. (pp. 504-526). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0024

Marson, J. (2013). 25. Corporate Management. In Business Law. (pp. 527-550). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0025

Marson, J. (2013). 26. Intellectual Property. In Business Law. (pp. 552-578). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0026

Marson, J. (2013). 3. Sources of Law, Statutory Interpretation, and the Legislative Process. In Business Law. (pp. 34-53). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0003

Marson, J. (2013). 4. The Court Structure and Alternative Forms of Dispute Resolution. In Business Law. (pp. 54-76). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0004

Marson, J. (2013). 6. Enforcement Mechanisms. In Business Law. (pp. 102-116). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0006

Marson, J. (2013). 7. Essential Features of a Valid Contract 1: Offer and Acceptance. In Business Law. (pp. 118-138). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0007

Marson, J. (2013). 5. History, Institutions, Sources of Law, and the Impact on the UK. In Business Law. (pp. 78-101). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0005

Marson, J. (2013). 8. Essential Features of a Valid Contract 2: Consideration, Intention to Create Legal Relations, and Certainty of Terms. In Business Law. (pp. 139-159). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0008

Marson, J. (2013). 9. Contracts, Contractual Capacity, Mistake, Misrepresentation, and Duress. In Business Law. (pp. 160-181). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0009

Marson, J. (2013). 13. Negligence and Nuisance. In Business Law. (pp. 252-277). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0013

Marson, J. (2013). 15. Vicarious Liability and Statutory Duties. In Business Law. (pp. 291-316). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0015

Marson, J. (2013). 18. Unfair Dismissal and Constructive Dismissal. In Business Law. (pp. 359-379). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0018

Marson, J. (2013). 20. Regulation of the Conditions of Employment. In Business Law. (pp. 415-438). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0020

Marson, J. (2013). 22. Trading Structures and Forming the Business Enterprise. In Business Law. (pp. 459-482). Oxford University Press: http://doi.org/10.1093/he/9780199671830.003.0022

Marson, J., & Van Hoorebeek, M. (2005). Copyright: the European dimension. In Law, libraries and technology. (pp. 17-42). Oxford: Chandos Publishing Ltd

Books

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2019). Business Law Concentrate 4e. (4). Oxford University Press.

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2018). Business Law (5th edition). Oxford University Press. https://global.oup.com/ukhe/product/business-law-9780198766285?cc=gb&lang=en&

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2016). Business law concentrate. 3e. Oxford, UK: Oxford University Press.

Marson, J., & Ferris, K. (2015). Business law. 4th ed. Oxford, New York: Oxford University Press.

Marson, J. (2014). Beginning employment law. Routledge.

Marson, J. (2013). Business law concentrate. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Marson, J. (2013). Business law. 3rd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Marson, J. (2011). Business law. 2nd ed. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Marson, J. (2011). Employment law 2010-2011. 7th ed. Abingdon: Routledge.

Marson, J. (2011). Employment law 2012-2013. 8th ed. Abingdon: Routledge.

Marson, J. (2010). Business law concentrate. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Marson, J. (2009). Business law. Oxford: Oxford University Press.

Marson, J. (2008). Employment law. 6th ed. Abingdon: Routledge.

Theses / Dissertations

Alissa, H. (2020). The Compatibility of Motor Vehicle InsuranceLaw between the UK and EU. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Marson, J. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00306

Madej-Walls, E.J. (2019). Mentoringand its Effects on the Progressionof Female Solicitors’ Careers. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Marson, J. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00296

Dickinson, S.J. (2019). Exploring Law's Manifestations in Private/Public Places. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Marson, J. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00298

Arrowsmith, K.J. (2019). Governance Codes and Charity Law in England and Wales. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Marson, J. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00262

White, A. (2019). Surveillance law, data retention and risks to democracy and rights. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Marson, J. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00158

Kawalek, A. (2018). Therapeutic Jurisprudence: the Application to an England and Wales Review Court. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Marson, J. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00139

Watkins-Smith, D.J. (2017). Torture and coercive interrogation: A critical discussion. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Burton, S., & Marson, J. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00012

Hargreaves, R.J. (2017). The developments of minimum wage legislation in the United Kingdom. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Marson, J. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00002

White, E.C. (2017). A critical analysis of the legal history of vicarious liability and its applications. (Doctoral thesis). Supervised by Marson, J. http://doi.org/10.7190/shu-thesis-00069

He is an external examiner for the University of East Anglia.

He is the cases editor for the Web Journal of Current Legal Issues.