LLB (Hons), LLM, DipLP, PhD, PHEA
Head of School of Law, Personal Chair
- About
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- Email Address
- g.w.gordon@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272418
- Office Address
Taylor Building, Room C36
- School/Department
- School of Law
Personal Assistant- Personal Assistant
- Ms May Holbrook
- Personal Assistant Email Address
- may.holbrook@abdn.ac.uk
Biography
Greg Gordon joined the School of Law as a lecturer in 2004 after a period working in Aberdeen and London as a solicitor specialising in litigation, primarily in the oil and gas sector. He became a senior lecturer in 2011 and Professor Law in 2019. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Prof Gordon is the Head of School. He previously served as Deputy Head of School and as the Co-Director for Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law.
Prof Gordon’s principal teaching and research interests are in energy law (particularly upstream oil and gas law), delict/tort and commercial contracting.
Prof Gordon is an editorial board member of the Stair Memorial Encyclopedia, a Board member of SULI and a Trustee of the TB Smith Memorial Trust.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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Head of School
- External Memberships
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Board Member, SULI
Editorial Board Member: Stair Memorial Encyclopedia
Member, IIUM Law Journal International Editorial and Advisory Committee
Visiting Lecturer and Fellow, Wuhan University (2018)
Visiting Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore (2016 & 2020)
Visiting Lecturer, Louisiana State University (2015)
- Research
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Research Overview
Upstream oil and gas law; Scots law generally; the law of delict/tort.
Current Research
Prof Gordon's present research projects focus primarily upon the decommissioning of offshore installations and the Scots law of negligence.
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Prof Gordon currently co-ordinates and/or teaches on the following the courses:
Undergraduate
Level 1: Delict and Unjustified EnrichmentLevel 2: Business Law (in Aberdeen and Qatar)
Level 3: Energy LawLevel 4: Civil Liberties
LLMThe North Sea Energy Law Programme (4-seat professional masters programme delivered in conjunction with the Universities of Groningen, Oslo and Copenhagen)
Contracting in Hydrocarbon Operations
Legal Principles (Distance Learning)
Cooperative Oil and Gas Contracts (Distance Learning)
Risk Allocation in Oil and Gas Service Sector Contracts (Distance Learning)MSc
Legal Issues in Decommissioning Operations: Regulation (online and on campus)
Legal Issues in Decommissioning Operations: Commercial (online and on campus) - Publications
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Rigidity, discretion and potential reform: cost and fee allocation in Scotland
Cost and Fee Allocation in Civil Procedure: A Comparative Study. Reimann, M. (ed.). Springer, pp. 239-250, 12 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-007-2263-7
Environmental liability for offshore oil and gas operations in the UK
Environmental Liability, vol. 21, no. 3, pp. 108-126Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOil, Water and Law Don't Mix: Environmental Liability for Offshore Oil and Gas Operations in the UK: Part 1: Liability in the law of tort/delict and under the petroleum licence
Environmental Law and Management, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 1-11Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOil, Water and Law Don't Mix: Environmental Liability for Offshore Oil and Gas Operations in the UK: Part 2: Liability Under Regulatory Law, the Environmental Liability Directive and OPOL
Environmental Law and Management, vol. 25, no. 4, pp. 121-132Contributions to Journals: ArticlesOil, water and law don't mix: Environmental liability for offshore oil and gas operations in the UK: Part I: Liability in the law of tort/delict and under the petroleum licence
Environmental Law and Management, vol. 25, no. 1, pp. 3-11Contributions to Journals: Articles- [ONLINE] View publication in Scopus
Immunity Wearing Off: Jones v Kaney in the Supreme Court
Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 16, no. 2, pp. 238-242Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI: https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2012.0105
Sitting At A Crossroads: Personality Rights in Scots law
Juridical Review, pp. 277-281Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and ArticlesPetroleum Licensing
Oil and Gas Law: Current Practice and Emerging Trends. Gordon, G., Paterson, J., Usenmez, E. (eds.). 2nd edition. Dundee University Press, pp. 65-109, 45 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersContribution, indemnification and exclusion: Farstad in the Supreme Court
Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 15, no. 2, pp. 259-265Contributions to Journals: Comments and DebatesMature Province Initiatives
Oil and Gas Law: Current Practice and Emerging Trends. Paterson, J., Gordon, G., Usenmez, E. (eds.). Second edition. Dundee University Press, pp. 112-136, 25 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters
