Achas Burin

Assistant Professor

PGR Group Member (Scholarships)

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):

Tuesday: 16:00-17:00

Wednesday: 10:00-11:00

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

'Crime does not pay, but does tort? Lewis-Ranwell v G4S Health Services (UK) Ltd [2026] UKSC 2' online FirstView in Legal Studies, available at https://doi.org/10.1017/lst.2026.10140Link opens in a new window
'Committee of Inquiry (entry 228)' in the Max Planck Encyclopedia of Comparative Constitutional Law (OUP 2026, edited by
Rainer Grote, Frauke Lachenmann, Rüdiger Wolfrum, and Adriani Dori)
‘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
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
‘Public trust(s)’, chapter in Barradas de Freitas and Io Laconi (eds), Trust Matters (Hart 2022)
‘The Positive Duty of Prevention in the Common Law and the Convention’ (2020) 40(2) Legal Studies 209-229
‘Coventry v Lawrence: the unbearable burden of one’s wrongdoing’ (2015) 34(4) Civil Justice Quarterly 303-315
‘Beyond pragmatism: defending the “bright line” of birth’ (2014) 22(4) Medical Law Review 494-525
'What does it mean to suffer loss?’ (2014) 77(6) Modern Law Review 994-1008
‘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

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 Publications