Professor of Commercial Law
LLB (Nottingham), LLM (Cantab), LLM (Harvard) Solicitor
Editor of the book reviews section of the Journal of Business Law

Email: janet.ulph@le.ac.uk
Telephone: 0116 252 2362

Janet’s teaching and research interests lie in the field of personal property. Her publications range over a variety of subjects in the commercial sphere and her book Commercial Fraud: Civil Liability, Human Rights, and Money Laundering (Oxford University Press, 2006) was supported by the AHRC and has been cited with approval by the Court of Appeal in R v Glatt [2006] EWCA Crim 605, and three judgments at first instance. Her publication “Retaining Proprietary Rights at Common Law through Mixtures and Changes” was cited by the Supreme Court of Canada in B.M.P. Global Distribution Inc. v Bank of Nova Scotia, 2009 SCC 15 (CanLII). Janet’s recent work relating to art crime and the illicit trade in cultural property has been supported by a Leverhulme Fellowship.

Janet is currently an AHRC Research Fellow working with the Museums Association, which involves drafting policy documents to provide guidance where cultural items are removed from museum collections for the purpose of transfer to other museums or commercial sales. Due diligence guidelines are under consideration. The research being carried out by Janet is part of an initiative by the AHRC and ESRC to provide opportunities for researchers to become involved in knowledge exchange with public sector organisations.
http://www.museumsassociation.org/news/24102011-ahrc-fellow-to-look-into-ethics-of-disposal-by-sale

Research Interests

Economic crime (including money laundering and corruption), art and antiquities, commercial fraud, commercial law, equity, and human rights in the commercial context.
Janet welcomes approaches from prospective research students in the areas listed above.

Selected Publications

• 2012. The Illicit Trade in Art and Antiquities: International Recovery and Criminal and Civil Liability. Oxford: Hart Publishing.
• 2006. Commercial Fraud - Civil Liability, Human Rights, and Money Laundering. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
• 2009. Bailment, Crime and the Proceeds of Crime. Chapter 35. In Bailment. N.E. Palmer (ed) Sweet & Maxwell. 1644-1707.
• 2011. Markets and Responsibilities: Forgeries and the Sale of Goods Act 1979. Journal of Business Law 261 – 281.
• 2010. Confiscation orders, human rights, and penal measures. Law Quarterly Review 126: 251-279.

Full Publication List (pdf)

Teaching Areas

• Commercial law
• Trusts and equity
• International trade
• Commercial fraud