Roland Fletcher

Professional biography

Papers delivered

Continual Professional Development Session at North Wales on behalf of the confederation of Wales Law Society 2001

Continual Professional Development Session at North Wales on behalf of the confederation of Wales Law Society 2002

Continual Professional Development Session at the University of Glamorgan on behalf of the confederation of Wales Law Society 2002

Society of Lawyers and Scholars, at Sheffield University, September 2004: Mistaken Identity

ILEC Fordham University, New York (July 2016) - Legal Education and qualifying as a solicitor in England and Wales.

Association of Law Teachers Conference at Portsmouth University, April 2017: The Solicitor Apprenticeship.

ILEC Melbourne Law School, Australia (December 2018) - The Solicitor Apprenticeship and a Work-Based Curriculum.

Association of Law Teachers' Annual Conference 2019 at De Montfort University, Leicester: The evolution of the apprenticeship model in the UK through work-integrated higher education and employer-led standards.

Current Research

•        Consumer Credit Cards and joint liability in a Global context

•        Mistaken Identity and void/voidable contracts

•        Exclusion clauses

•        Insurance and regulation

•        Succession and Testate: en ventre sa mere (posthumous conception)

•        Education and the legal profession

•        Competition law and vertical restraints

•        Patent Law, Medicine and developing countries.

Whilst working for the Open University as an Associate Lecturer and Central Academic (Senior Lecturer) I have delivered on the following modules:

Postgraduate

W822 Business, human rights law and corporate social responsibility.  This module is one of the option modules on the OU’s LLM and their MBA.  The module involves social and legal issues in a global context.  It is an interdisciplinary module which deals with corporate social responsibility (CSR) and the application of human rights principles in an international commercial environment.  This module allows the student to develop a strong understanding of stakeholder theory and the relationship between business and human rights.  The depth of this module deals with the development of international initiatives and the enforceability of human rights. 

I acted as a consultant on the W800 The Law Dissertation module.  This provided me with an opportunity to work with my colleagues at the Open University and be part of the design and production of this module.  I undertook the writing for a number of units (chapters) on this module and delivered the first presentation of this module in 2013-14.

Experience in Undergraduate Education

W222 Commercial transactions: law and practice.  This module deals with commercial transactions in the UK, such as contract law, Sale of Goods legislation and remedies; competition law (distributionship), agency, passage of title, security and credit and banking. 

W223 Company law and practice.  This module deals with the nature of a company as a legal entity and the legal rules which govern corporations.  The module deals with the management of a company and how decisions are made by directors and shareholders.  Financial governance of a company, specifically corporate borrowing is dealt with and listed companies. 

Whilst working at Higher Education Institutions I had the opportunity to design and deliver modules at undergraduate level on the following areas: 

LLB - Elements of Commercial Law (years 2/3 Module Leader)

LLB - Testate and Intestate Succession ( Year 3 Module Leader)

LLB - Consumer Law

LLB - Contract Law

LLB - Legal Skills

LLB - Tort

Whilst acting as a consultant within the Higher Education sector I delivered a number of modules which formed part of the Certificate and Diploma stage of the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply Award.  I delivered the following modules:

Managing contracts and relationships in procurement and supply.  This module is delivered at certificate level. 

Legal aspects in procurement and supply (UK) at professional diploma level. 

The Managing Contracts and Relationships In Procurement and Supply module includes aspect of law but also covers the following areas: Commercial Relationships, Planning the Relationship Portfolio, The Competitive Environment, Value Adding Supply Chain Relationships, Assessing Contractual Risks, Contract Management, Supplier Relationship Management and Supplier Performance Management. 

Both of these modules have allowed me to develop my research within a social legal and economic context whilst dealing with procurement within various organisations within the UK.

COURSES PRESENTED:

Continual Professional Development - Law Society, Continual Professional Development, 2001

SPTL Annual Conference, University College London, 2000

SPTL Annual Conference, University of Glasgow, 2001

SPTL Annual Conference, University of Oxford 2003

CONSULTANCY

2001           Aircargo Wales, Rhoose, Report on Commercial Lease.

2001            Patents Office, Newport, devised and implemented a Masters in  Intellectual Property Law

2008            Capita Learning and Development, 17-19 Rochester Row, London, SW1P1LA.  Developed and obtained validation for the LLM in Employment  Law and Practice.

2011          Member of the Wales Commercial Law Association (M & A Solicitors LLP,                    Cardiff)

Whilst working in the Higher Education Sector I have had responsibility for arranging placements for Erasmus students.  This involved arranging for their placements within the UK and selecting modules that would link with their existing modules in their home country.