Sarah Elizabeth Worthington#
| Membership Number: | 3423 |
| Membership type: | ORDINARY |
| Section: | LAW |
| Elected: | 2012 |
| Main Country of Residence: | UNITED KINGDOM |
| Homepage(s): | http://www.law.cam.ac.uk/people/academic/s-worthington/4277 |
Present and Previous Positions
- 2011 - present Downing Professor of the Laws of England, University of Cambridge, and Fellow, Trinity College, Cambridge
- Academic Member, 3/4 South Square, Gray’s Inn
- 2011 - present PRIME Finance (Panel of Recognised International Market Experts in Finance), Panel Member
- 2010 - present Bencher, Middle Temple
- 2011 - present British Academy, Member of Council
- 2010 - present AHRC, Member of Council
- 2012 - present Cambridge University Press, Syndic and Chair of Audit Committee
- 2012 - present SLS (Society of Legal Scholars), Trustee
- 2012 - present Distinguished Fellow, Australian Centre for Private Law, University of Queensland, Australia
- 2010 - 2015 Cheng Yu Tong Distinguished Visiting Professor, University of Hong Kong –
- 2005 - present Professorial Fellow, Law School, University of Melbourne
Fields of Scholarship
- Company law, Finance
- Bankruptcy and Insolvency law
- Commercial transactions
- English law
- Equity
Honours and Awards
- 2012 - Society of Legal Scholars (SLS), Trustee
- 2011 - British Academy, Member of Council; Member of BA Fundraising Group; Audit Committee
- 2011 - Panel of Recognised International Market Experts in Finance (PRIME Finance), Panel Member
- 2011 - Advisory Board, Cambridge Centre for Business Research (‘CBR’)
- 2011 - Academic Advisory Board, Asian Institute of International Financial Law, Hong Kong University
- 2011 - Fellow of the Association for a European Law Institute
- 2010 - Expert Advisory Panel, Australian Institute of Company Directors (AICD), Project on ‘Directorship of the Future’
- 2010 - Advisory Board (Commercial seat), Centre for Financial Regulation and Economic Development, Chinese University of Hong Kong
- 2009-10 - Francqui Chair
- 2008-09 - Member, Judicial Appointments Committee Diversity Forum (chaired by Baroness Prashar)
- 2007-08 - President, Society of Legal Scholars ; Executive Committee and various sub-committees (1999-2009), Trustee (2012-), Member of Nominations Committee (2012-)
- 2006 - Fellow of the International Academy of Commercial and Consumer Law
