Dr Niall O'Connor
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Email
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Telephone
+44 (0) 1206 874108
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Location
5S.4.12, Colchester Campus
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Academic support hours
Mondays 14:30-15:30 during term time via Zoom. Please email me for the link.
Profile
Qualifications
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LL.B (ling. franc.) Law and French Trinity College Dublin, (2012)
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LLM European Law College of Europe, (2013)
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PhD Law University of Cambridge, (2018)
Research and professional activities
Research interests
Employment Law
Fundamental Rights
European Union Law
Conferences and presentations
Freedom of Contract as an Underlying Assumption in UK and EU Law
UACES Annual Conference, University of Lisbon, 2/9/2019
Whose Autonomy is it Anyway? Freedom of Contract, the Right to Work and the General Principles of EU Law
MLR Seminar on the Future of Human Rights at Work, University of Essex, 8/4/2019
UnChartered Waters: The Reconstruction of the Employment Law Hierarchy of Norms Post Fundamental Social Rights
SLS Annual Conference, Queen Mary University of London, 6/9/2018
The Interpretation of Domestic Rights Post-Brexit
Roundtable University of Edinburgh, Brexit and Rights Engagement Network, Edinburgh, United Kingdom, 3/7/2018
Darwin College, Cambridge Humanities Society, The Future of Employment Rights Post-Brexit (2017)
Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2017
Cambridge Private Law Centre UnChartered Waters: Mapping Fundamental Rights onto the Employment Contract Post-Brexit (2017)
Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2017
Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference, Oxford - 'The Interpretation of Employment Legislation through a Fundamental Rights Lens' (2016)
Oxford, United Kingdom, 2016
British Association of Comparative Law Postgraduate Research Workshop, Oxford - Alemo-Herron v Parkwood Leisure: the EUs Lochner Moment or much ado about Nothing?(2016)
Oxford, United Kingdom, 2016
Centre for European Legal Studies, Cambridge 'Runners and Riders: The Horsemeat Scandal and the Free Movement of Goods in the European Union'(2016)
Cambridge, United Kingdom, 2016
International Society of Labour Law Seminar, Venice on Enterprise Transformation and Social Rights -presented on theissue of identifying the employer in fragmented or decentralised companies (2015)
Venice, Italy, 2015
Pontignano Labour Law Conference, Modena UK representative; presented on definitional issues in working time regulation (2015)
Modena, Italy, 2015
Teaching and supervision
Current teaching responsibilities
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Employment Law and Practice (LW251)
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Law of the European Union (LW302)
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Economic, Social and Cultural Rights in Context (LW930)
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Contract Law (LW101)
Publications
Journal articles (7)
O'Connor, N. and Harvey, D., Freedom of Movement and the Normative Value of the Right to Work in the United Kingdom Post-Brexit. The Cambridge yearbook of European legal studies
O'Connor, N., (2021). ‘Unchartered’ waters: fundamental rights, Brexit and the (re)constitution of the employment law hierarchy of norms. European Labour Law Journal. Online (1), 52-82
O'Connor, N., (2020). Whose Autonomy is it Anyway? Freedom of Contract, the Right to Work and the General Principles of EU Law. Industrial Law Journal. 49 (3), 285-317
Barnard, C. and O'Connor, N., (2017). Runners and riders: the horsemeat scandal, EU law and multi-level enforcement. The Cambridge law journal. 76 (01), 116-144
O'Connor, N., (2017). Interpreting employment legislation through a fundamental rights lens: What's the purpose. European Labour Law Journal. 8 (3), 193-216
O'Connor, NM., (2015). The Impact of Positive Action on Private Law Freedoms – Proposed EU Directive on Gender Balance in the Boardroom. Trinity College Law Review. XVIII, 128-153
O'Connor, N. and Harvey, D., (2015). 'European Dimensions'. United Kingdom Supreme Court Annual Review. 3, 244-253
Book chapters (3)
O'Connor, N., (2020). The Right to Work and Rights in Work during the Coronavirus Pandemic: The Response of the United Kingdom. In: Covid-19, Law and Human Rights : Essex Dialogues. A Project of the School of Law and Human Rights Centre. Editors: Ferstman, C. and Fagan, A., . University of Essex. 137- 145. 978-1-5272-6632-2
Hoekstra, J., Lawrence, J., O'Connor, N. and Vaccari, E., (2020). The Effects of the Covid-19 Pandemic on the Regulation of the Economy: A Discussion. In: Covid-19, Law and Human Rights : Essex Dialogues. A Project of the School of Law and Human Rights Centre. Editors: Ferstman, C. and Fagan, A., . University of Essex. 103- 105. 978-1-5272-6632-2
Harvey, D. and O'Connor, N., (2016). 'European Dimensions'. In: The UK Supreme Court Yearbook Volume 6: 2014-2015. Editors: Clarry, D., . Appellate Press. 289- 310. 9781911250203
Other (1)
Karapapa, S., Karatzia, A., Konstadinides, T. and O'Connor, N., (2020).Response to the consultation by the Ministry of Justice on the departure from retained EU case law by UK courts and tribunals,University of Essex, School of Law
Grants and funding
2021
The Meaning of Work: Employee Perceptions of Hybrid Working
University of Essex (ESRC IAA)
2019
The Future of Human Rights at Work: Brexit and Beyond
Modern Law Review
Contact
Academic support hours:
Mondays 14:30-15:30 during term time via Zoom. Please email me for the link.
