Article
Yu H (2018) Three may not be a crowd - who is in the driver's seat under Section 9 of the Contract (Third Party Rights) Act 2017. Journal of Business Law, 2018 (7), pp. 539-558.
Contact details
- Email h.l.yu@stir.ac.uk
- Telephone+44 (0)1786 467303
About me
PhD University of Edinburgh LLM University of Edinburgh LLB Soochow University (Taiwan)
Dr Yu lectured at University of Essex Law School before joining Stirling in 2005 as a lecturer in law and becoming a Reader in Law in 2007. She was the Director of LLM in International Commercial Law and the Director of Research Postgraduates Programme for Law. Currently, she serves as the Associate Dean for Graduate Studies and the Executive for Scottish Graduate School of Arts and Humanities. Dr Yu serves an external panel member in subject institutional reviews at the University of Strathclyde, University of Aberdeen, and Robert Gordon University. She has also carried out PhD examination internally and externally. She is a member of the editorial board of the International Arbitration Law Review.
Research Interests:
Dr Yu's main areas of interest are the theories and practice of international commercial arbitration, International investment law and arbitration, access to civil justice, legal research methods as well as transnational commercial law. Her approach is broadly doctrinal and comparative based, and she has a particular interest in exploring law in the context of current development in practice. A key theme in her work is justification of current developments in both commercial and investment arbitration, and she has published in these areas in journals such as the International Comparative Law Quarterly, Journal of International Arbitration, and Civil Justice Quarterly. She has also acted as a referee for journals in her specialist areas. She welcomes any PhD proposals in the areas of transnational commercial lawand legal methods, international commercial arbitration, ADR, Access to Civil Justice and international investment arbitration.
Previous Positions
Lecturer in Law, University of Stirling 2005-2006 Lecturer in Law University of Essex 1999-2004 City Solicitors Educational Trust Teaching Fellow in Legal Education and New Technologies, University of Essex, 1998- 1999 Part-time Lectureship, University of Essex, 1997 – 1998
Postgraduate Supervision Alternative Dispute Resolution Harmonisation of International Commercial Arbitration International Trade Law Judicialised Arbitration
Esteem Indicators : Member of Editorial Board, International Arbitration Law Review since 2002
Professional Affiliations: Arbitrator, Arbitration Association, the Republic of China Higher Education Senior Fellow Member, Society of Legal Scholars Member, Socio-Legal Studies Association Member, Legal Education Research Network
Arbitrator (Taiwanese Arbitration Association). Member of the Society of Legal Scholars. Member of editorial board for International Arbitration Law Review
Research Funding Applications: April 2009 obtained funding from the British Academy for £2,500 ( International Exchange Scheme with Sinica Academy)
Event / Presentation
Foreign Investment Law
The Burden of Proof in Corruption cases
International Commercial Arbitration: A departure from the UNCITRAL Model Law –the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 and some related issues
H Yu, ‘A departure from the UNCITRAL Model Law –the Arbitration (Scotland) Act 2010 and some related issues’ (2010) 3(2) Journal of Contemporary Asian Arbitration, 283-313
International Commercial Arbitration: A Theoretical Overview of The Foundations of International Commercial Arbitration
H Yu, ‘A Theoretical Overview of The Foundations of International Commercial Arbitration’ (2008) 1(2) Journal of Contemporary Asian Arbitration 255-286