Matthew graduated LLB (Hons) from Auckland University before taking an LLM at Michigan University and a PhD at Cambridge University. He worked as a Judges Clerk at the Court of Appeal of New Zealand between 1994 and 1996, qualified as a barrister and solicitor in New Zealand in 1995, and practised in commercial litigation in New Zealand from 1997 to 2000.
He is currently a Senior Lecturer and Fellow at Cambridge University lecturing in undergraduate courses on Equity, Land Law, Commercial Law and Personal Property and in the LLM course on Commercial Equity.
He is the author of Fiduciary Loyalty: Protecting the Due Performance of Non-fiduciary Duties (2010) (Hart Publishing). A selection of his more recent publications include:
- "Good Faith: what does it mean for fiduciaries and what does it tell us about them?" in E Bant & M Harding (eds), Exploring Private Law (2010) (CUP)
- "Knowing receipt and registered land" in C Mitchell (ed), Constructive and Resulting Trusts (2010) (Hart Publishing)
- "Fiduciary Regulation of Conflicts between Duties" (2009) 125 Law Quarterly Review 111
- "Sham Trusts" in D Brownbill QC (cons ed), International Trust Laws (2008) (Jordans)
- "Fiduciaries" in J McGhee QC (gen ed), Snell's Equity (2005) (Sweet & Maxwell), 31st edition
- "The Nature and Function of Fiduciary Loyalty" (2005) 121 Law Quarterly Review 452
He also regularly provides articles and case notes to various publications.
Dr Matthew Conaglen
Call 1995 (New Zealand)
mdc32@cam.ac.uk
Clerks 020 7691 2424