Achas Burin

Assistant Professor

UG Wellbeing Tutor (Final Year)

Private Law Theory (Tort, Medical Law, and Property); Public Inquiries

School of Law
B1.04, Social Sciences Building
University of Warwick
Coventry CV4 7AL
United Kingdom

Office hours (T1 and T2):

Monday: 16:00-17:00

Tuesday: 11:00-12:00

achas.burin@warwick.ac.uk

Scholarship

Achas' research interests centre around private law theory (tort, medical law and property) and on public inquiries.

Her interests include:

legal theory (jurisprudence);
tort law and its theory;
property law and theory;
medical law and ethics;
postcolonial and decolonial approaches to scholarship;
and certain aspects of public law, notably public inquiries and human rights.

Her ORCiD record can be found hereLink opens in a new window, and her Google Scholar profile hereLink opens in a new window.

Publications

‘A “right not to be offended” under Article 10(2)? – Concerns in the construction of the “rights of others”.’ [2012] European Human Rights Law Review 191-204
- Cited by the High Court of Australia in Monis v the Queen [2013] HCA 4
What does it mean to suffer loss?’ (2014) 77(6) Modern Law Review 994-1008
‘Beyond pragmatism: defending the “bright line” of birth’ (2014) 22(4) Medical Law Review 494-525
‘Case comment: Reaney v Staffordshire NHS Trust – clinical negligence – causation’ (2014) 130 Personal Injury Law Journal 22
‘Coventry v Lawrence: the unbearable burden of one’s wrongdoing’ (2015) 34(4) Civil Justice Quarterly 303-315
Book review: 'Damages and Human Rights by Jason Varuhas’ (2018) 34(3) Journal of Professional Negligence 159-163
‘The Positive Duty of Prevention in the Common Law and the Convention’ (2020) 40(2) Legal Studies 209-229
‘Public trust(s)’, chapter in Barradas de Freitas and Io Laconi (eds), Trust Matters (Hart 2022)
Co-authored with Shreya Atrey, ‘Unleashing the anticipatory reasonable adjustment duty: University of Bristol v Abrahart (EHRC intervening) [2024] EWHC 299 (KB)’ (2024) 24(1-2) International Journal of Discrimination and the Law 7-18
‘Vicarious liability narrows for intentional torts in English law: Trustees of the Barry Congregation of Jehovah’s Witnesses v BXB’ (2024) 15(3) Journal of European Tort Law 358-372

Bio

Before arriving at Warwick, Achas was the Lord and Lady McNair Lecturer in Law at Somerville College, University of Oxford (2018-2022) and then a Senior Lecturer at Oxford Brookes University (2022-2025). She previously lectured at the University of Leeds (2011-2012), where she completed her undergraduate degree (LLB). She has a BCL (masters) degree and DPhil (PhD) from the University of Oxford.

Achas is also a barrister at 12 King's Bench Walk Chambers in London, where she practises in tort and public law. A detailed professional CV can be found on her chambers websiteLink opens in a new window. Achas is listed in legal directories for her expertise in public inquiries, and is the editor of her chambers' blogLink opens in a new window.

Achas is a qualified cycle mechanic (Cytech level 2) with the Broken Spoke Bike Co-opLink opens in a new window, a nonprofit organisation for whom she volunteers.

Teaching