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Professor Simone Degeling

Professor Simone Degeling

Professor

B Com (with Merit) LLB (UNSW)

LLM (with Merit) (UCL)

DPhil (Oxon)

Law & Justice
School of Private & Commercial Law

Simone Degeling is a Professor of Law at UNSW Law, Australia. She is an expert in private law specialising in equity & trusts, remedies, the law of restitution and unjust enrichment and the intersection of civil procedure and private law doctrine.

Simone is a Fellow of The Australian Academy of Law and the General Editor of the Journal of Equity.Ìý Additionally she is a member of the Editorial Board of the Journal of Commonwealth Law, the Advisory Board of the SSRN eJournal of Fiduciary Law, a Fellow of The Australian Centre for Private Law, University of Queensland and a member of the Academic Committee of the Banking and Financial Services Law Association. She is the Co-Director of the UNSW Law Private Law Policy & Research Group and was previously the Private Law Research Leader of the IMF Bentham Class Actions Initiative at UNSW Law.

Simone has written, co written or co-edited books on unjust enrichment and restitution law, equity and trusts, tort, remedies and contract. She has also published articles and essays on equity and trusts, unjust enrichment and restitution law, contract, tort and remedies. Simone teaches and accepts research students in equity and trusts, remedies and the law of restitution and unjust enrichment. Prior to her academic career, Simone worked as a commercial lawyer specialising in Banking and Finance law.

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Phone
+ 61 2 9385 3943
E-mail
simone.degeling@unsw.edu.au
Location
Room 214 The Law Building University of New South Wales UNSW Kensington Campus Sydney NSW 2052 Australia (Access via Gate 2 off High Street)
  • Books | 2022
    Bryan M; Degeling S; Donald S; Vann V, 2022, A Sourcebook on Equity and Trusts in Australia, Cambridge University Press
    Books | 2020
    Witzleb N; Bant E; Degeling S; Barker K, 2020, Remedies Commentary and Materials, Thomson Reuters
    Books | 2019
    Donald S; Degeling S; Bryan M; Vann V, 2019, A Sourcebook on Equity and Trusts in Australia, Cambridge University Press,
    Books | 2016
    Bryan M; Degeling SE; Donald S; Vann V, 2016, A Sourcebook on Equity and Trusts in Australia, Cambridge University Press
    Books | 2015
    Witzleb N; Bant E; Degeling S; Barker K, 2015, Remedies Commentary and Materials
    Books | 2003
    Degeling SE, 2003, Restitutionary Rights to Share in Damages, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge
  • Book Chapters | 2024
    Degeling S; Gardner J; McGeechan J, 2024, 'Small Claims, Big Challenges: Merricks v Mastercard', in Gardner J; Ramsay I (ed.), Landmark Cases in Consumer Law, Hart Publishing, pp. 387 - 402,
    Book Chapters | 2024
    Degeling S; Smith L, 2024, 'Exporting Fiduciary Obligations: The Case of Advisors', in Agnew S; Smith SM (ed.), Law at the Cutting Edge Essays in Honour of Sarah Worthington, Hart Publishing, pp. 171 - 192,
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Degeling S; Hudson J; Samet I, 2023, 'Express Trusts: Concepts, Justifications, and Boundaries', in Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Express Trusts, pp. 1 - 11,
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Degeling S, 2023, 'Administrators as Trustees of Class Action Recoveries in Australia', in Degeling S; Hudson J; Samet I (ed.), Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Express Trusts, Oxford University Press, Oxford, pp. 223 - 251,
    Book Chapters | 2023
    Degeling S, 2023, 'Certainty of Loss of Chance in Equity', in McFarlane B; Elliott S (ed.), Equity Today 150 Years After the Judicature Reforms, Hart Publishing, pp. 339 - 360,
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Degeling S; Crawford MJ; Tiverios NA, 2021, 'Introduction', in Justifying Private Rights, pp. 1 - 20
    Book Chapters | 2021
    Degeling S, 2021, 'Fiduciaries, Equitable Compensation and Lost Commercial Opportunity: Reconciling the Need for Financial Loss', in Eldridge J; Douglas M; Carr C (ed.), Economic Torts and Economic Wrongs, Hart Publishing, Oxford,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Bant E; Barker K; Degeling S, 2020, 'The Evolution of Unjust Enrichment Law: Theory and Practice.', in Bant E; Barker K; Degeling S (ed.), Research Handbook on Unjust Enrichment and Restitution, Edward Elgar Publishing, pp. 2 - 27,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Degeling S; Crawford M; Tiverios N, 2020, 'Introduction', in Degeling S; Crawford M; Tiverios N (ed.), Justifying Private Rights, Hart Publishing,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Degeling S, 2020, 'Compensation in Equity', in Wiztleb N; Bant E; Degeling S; Barker K (ed.), Remedies Commentary and Materials, pp. 631 - 715
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Degeling S, 2020, 'Informed Consent and Declining to Opt-Out of Australian Federal Class Actions', in Bant E; Patterson J (ed.), Misleading Silence, Hart Publishing, pp. 351 - 371,
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Degeling S, 2020, 'Punishment', in Witzleb N; Bant E; Degeling S; Barker K (ed.), Remedies Commentary and Materials, pp. 889 - 965
    Book Chapters | 2020
    Degeling S, 2020, 'Some Varieties of Consent in Equity: Enhancing and Protecting Autonomy?', in Klimchuk D; Samet I; Smith HE (ed.), Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Equity, Oxford University Press, Oxford,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Degeling S, 2019, 'Bars to Relief', in A Sourcebook on Equity and Trusts in Australia, Cambridge University Press, pp. 119 - 137
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Degeling S, 2019, 'Certainty in Calculating Monetary Remedies for Breach of Fiduciary Duty', in Barker K; Grantham R (ed.), Apportionment in Private Law, Hart Publishing, pp. 221 - 239,
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Degeling S, 2019, 'Constructive Trusts', in A Sourcebook on Equity and Trusts in Australia, Cambridge University Press, pp. 564 - 611
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Degeling S, 2019, 'Fiduciary relationships', in A Sourcebook on Equity and Trusts in Australia, Cambridge University Press, pp. 232 - 277
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Degeling S, 2019, 'Resulting Trusts', in A Sourcebook on Equity and Trusts in Australia, Cambridge University Press, pp. 532 - 563
    Book Chapters | 2019
    Degeling S, 2019, 'Statutes and a Fiduciary Course of Dealing', in Vines P; Donald S (ed.), Statutory Interpretation in Private Law, Federation Press, Alexandria NSW, pp. 228 - 244,
    Book Chapters | 2018
    Degeling SE, 2018, 'Breach of Fiduciary Duty: Consent and Prior Court Authorisation', in Davies P; Douglas S; Goudkamp J (ed.), Defences in Equity, Hart Publishing, Oxford, pp. 99 - 120,
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Degeling SE; Barker K, 2017, 'Designing Reparation: Lessons from Private Law', in Levy R; O'Brien M; Rice S; Ridge P; Thornton M (ed.), New Directions for Law In Australia Essays in Contemporary Law Reform, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 321 - 328,
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Degeling SE; Varuhas J, 2017, 'Equity's Personal Monetary Remedies', in Degeling S; Varuhas J (ed.), Equitable Compensation and Disgorgement of Profit, Hart Publishing, Oxford, pp. 1 - 18
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Degeling SE, 2017, 'Discretion and Equitable Compensation', in Degeling S; Varuhas J (ed.), Equitable Compensation and Disgorgement of Profit, Hart Publishing, Oxford, pp. 311 - 329
    Book Chapters | 2017
    Degeling SE, 2017, 'Undue Influence and the Spiritual Economy', in Barker K; Degeling S; Fairweather K; Grantham R (ed.), Private Law and Power, Hart Publishing, Oxford, pp. 159 - 175
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Degeling SE; Weeks G, 2016, 'The Essence of a Fiduciary Relationship: Justice Mason’s Dissent in Hospital Products Ltd v United States Surgical Corporation (1984)', in Lynch AN (ed.), Great Australian Dissents, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, pp. 209 - 228
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Degeling SE, 2016, 'Bars to Relief', in A Sourcebook on Equity and Trusts in Australia, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, pp. 104 - 121
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Degeling SE, 2016, 'Constructive Trusts', in A Sourcebook On Equity and Trusts in Australia, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, pp. 511 - 554
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Degeling SE, 2016, 'Fiduciary Relationships', in A Sourcebook on Equity and Trusts in Australia, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, pp. 208 - 247
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Degeling SE, 2016, 'Resulting Trusts', in A Sourcebook On Equity and Trusts in Australia, Cambridge University Press, Melbourne, pp. 480 - 510
    Book Chapters | 2016
    Edelman J; Goudkamp J; Degeling SE, 2016, 'Introduction', in Degeling S; Edelman J; Goudkamp J (ed.), Contract in Commercial Law, Thomson Reuters, Sydney, pp. 1 - 24
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Degeling SE, 2015, 'Compensation in Equity', in Remedies Commentary and Materials, edn. 6th, Thomson Reuters Australia Limited, Sydney, pp. 599 - 679
    Book Chapters | 2015
    Degeling SE, 2015, 'Punishment', in Remedies Commentary and Materials, edn. 6th, Thomson Reuters Australia Limited, Sydney, pp. 835 - 907
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Degeling SE, 2013, 'Proprietary Responses to Policy Motivated Claims: Restitution in the Hinterland', in Bant E; Bryan M (ed.), Principles of Proprietary Remedies, Thomson Reuters, Sydney, pp. 141 - 164,
    Book Chapters | 2013
    Degeling SE, 2013, 'Restitution of Unlawfully Exacted Tax in Australia: The Woolwich Principle', in Elliott S; Hacker B; Mitchell C (ed.), Restitution of Overpaid Tax, edn. Original, Hart Publishing, Oxford, pp. 313 - 326,
    Book Chapters | 2011
    Degeling SE, 2011, 'The Foundations of Torts in Commercial Law', in Degeling S; Edelman J; Goudkamp J (ed.), Torts in Commercial Law, edn. Original, Thomson Reuters, Australia, pp. 1 - 15,
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Degeling S; Edgeworth B, 2010, 'Unjust Enrichment and Unauthorised Improvements to Land', in Property and Security: Selected Essays, Thomson Reuters, Sydney, pp. 277 - 296
    Book Chapters | 2010
    Degeling SE; Edgeworth BJ, 2010, 'Improvements to Land Belonging to Another', in Moses LB; Edgeworth B; Sherry C (ed.), Property and Security: Selected Essays, Lawbook Co., Pyrmont NSW, pp. 277 - 290
    Book Chapters | 2008
    Degeling SE; Edelman J, 2008, 'Introduction', in Edelman J; Degeling S (ed.), Unjust Enrichment in Commercial Law, Thomson Reuters, Sydney, pp. 1 - 10
    Book Chapters | 2008
    Degeling SE; Edelman J, 2008, 'What is an Unjust Factor?', in Edelman J; Degeling S (ed.), Unjust Enrichment in Commercial Law, edn. Original, Thomson Reuters, Sydney, pp. 177 - 196
    Book Chapters | 2008
    Degeling SE, 2008, 'Understanding Policy-motivated Unjust Factors', in Rickett C; Grantham R (ed.), Structure and Justification in Private Law: Essays for Peter Birks, Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 267 - 290
    Book Chapters | 2005
    Degeling SE; Edelman J, 2005, 'Introduction', in Degeling S; Edelman J (ed.), Equity in Commercial Law, Thomson, Sydney Australia, pp. 1 - 8
    Book Chapters | 2004
    Degeling SE, 2004, 'The policy against accumulation and three party cases: Roxborough v Rothmans of Pall Mall Australia', in Hudson A (ed.), New Perspectives on Property Law: Obligations and Restitution, Cavvendish, London, pp. 233 - 246
    Book Chapters | 2003
    Degeling SE, 2003, 'Restitution for Vulnerable Transactions', in Armour J; Bennett H (ed.), Vulnerable Transactions in Corporate Insolvency, edn. Original, Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK, pp. 385 - 426
    Book Chapters | 2001
    Degeling SE, 2001, 'The policy against accumulation as an unjust factor', in Schrage, E. (ed.), Unjust Enrichment and the Law of Contract, edn. Original, Kluwer Law International, The Hague, pp. 167 - 192
  • Edited Books | 2023
    Hudson J; Degeling S; Samet I, (eds.), 2023, Philosophical Foundations of the Law of Express Trusts, Oxford University Press,
    Edited Books | 2020
    Bant E; Barker K; Degeling S, (eds.), 2020, Research Handbook on Unjust Enrichment and Restitution, Edward Elgar,
    Edited Books | 2020
    Degeling S; Crawford M; Tiverios N, (eds.), 2020, Justifying Private Rights, Hart Publishing,
    Edited Books | 2017
    Barker K; Degeling SE; Fairweather K; Grantham R, (eds.), 2017, Private Law and Power, Hart Publishing, Oxford
    Edited Books | 2017
    Degeling SE; Varuhas J, (ed.), 2017, Equitable Compensation and Disgorgement of Profit, Hart Publishing, Oxford
    Edited Books | 2016
    Degeling SE; Edelman J; Goudkamp J, (eds.), 2016, Contract in Commercial Law, Thomson Reuters, Sydney
    Edited Books | 2011
    Degeling SE; Edelman J; Goudkamp , (eds.), 2011, Torts in Commercial Law, Thomson Reuters, Sydney
    Edited Books | 2008
    Degeling SE; Edelman J, (ed.), 2008, Unjust Enrichment in Commercial Law, Thomson Reuters, Sydney
    Edited Books | 2005
    Degeling SE; Edelman J, (ed.), 2005, Equity in Commercial Law, Thomson, Sydney Australia
  • Journal articles | 2023
    Degeling S; Legg M, 2023, 'Undue influence, litigation funding and book building in group proceedings', Civil Justice Quarterly, 42, pp. 247 - 275,
    Journal articles | 2019
    Degeling S; Hudson J, 2019, 'Credit Advisers, Consumer Credit and Equitable Fiduciary Obligations', Federal Law Review, 47, pp. 64 - 90,
    Journal articles | 2018
    Degeling S; Hudson JR, 2018, 'Financial Robots as Instruments of Fiduciary Loyalty', The Sydney Law Review, 40 (https://search.informit.com.au/documentSummary;dn=506399650890822;res=IELAPA), pp. 63 - 92,
    Journal articles | 2017
    Degeling SE; Legg , 2017, 'Fiduciaries and Funders: Litigation Funders in Australian Class Actions', Civil Justice Quarterly, 36, pp. 244 - 264
    Journal articles | 2017
    Degeling SE; Legg M, 2017, 'Class action settlements, opt-out and class closure: Fiduciary conflicts', Journal of Equity, 11, pp. 319 - 345
    Journal articles | 2016
    Degeling SE, 2016, 'Loss of a Chance and Breach of Fiduciary Duty: The Requirment of Certainty of Loss', Singapore Academy of Law Journal, 28, pp. 825 - 848
    Journal articles | 2015
    Degeling SE; Barker K, 2015, 'Private Law and Grave Historical Injustice: The Role of the Common Law', Monash University Law Review, 41, pp. 377 - 413,
    Journal articles | 2015
    Degeling SE; Edelman JE; Goudkamp J, 2015, 'Contemporary problems in the law of contract', Australian Bar Review, 40, pp. 174 - 183
    Journal articles | 2015
    Degeling SE; Hudson J, 2015, 'Equitable money remedies against financial advisers who give 'advice about advice'', Company and Securities Law Journal, 33, pp. 166 - 175
    Journal articles | 2014
    Degeling S; San Roque M, 2014, 'Unjust Enrichment: A Feminist Critique of Enrichment', The Sydney Law Review, 36, pp. 69 - 98,
    Journal articles | 2014
    Degeling SE; Hudson J, 2014, 'Fiduciary Obligations, Financial Advisers and FOFA', Company and Securities Law Journal, 32, pp. 527 - 539
    Journal articles | 2014
    Degeling SE; Legg M, 2014, 'Fiduciary Obligations of Lawyers in Australian Class Actions', University of New South Wales Law Journal, 37, pp. 914 - 938,
    Journal articles | 2010
    Degeling SE; Seymour JK, 2010, 'Collective Claims in Unjust Enrichment', Civil Justice Quarterly, 29, pp. 449 - 477
    Journal articles | 2010
    Degeling SE, 2010, 'Sub Contractors and Three Party Claims', Monash University Law Review, 36, pp. 207 - 221
    Journal articles | 2010
    Edelman J; Degeling SE, 2010, 'The Future of the Common Law of Torts', Australian Bar Review, 33, pp. 45 - 55,
    Journal articles | 2007
    Degeling SE; Chowdry M, 2007, 'Passing on in the High Court of Australia', Law Quarterly Review, 123, pp. 203 - 209
    Journal articles | 2006
    Degeling SE, 2006, 'Tort and Unjust Enrichment Intersect Again', King`s College Law Journal, 17, pp. 117 - 130
    Journal articles | 2004
    Degeling SE; Edelman J, 2004, 'Fusion: The Interaction of Common Law and Equity', Australian Bar Review, 23, pp. 195 - 204
    Journal articles | 2004
    Degeling SE, 2004, 'The Defence of Passing On and Policies Against Accumulation: Consumers and Unjust Enrichment', Restitution Law Review, 12, pp. 25 - 51
    Journal articles | 2002
    Degeling SE, 2002, 'A New Reason for Restitution: The Policy Against Accumulation', Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, 22, pp. 435 - 461
    Journal articles | 2000
    Degeling SE, 2000, 'Carer's claims: Unjust Enrichment and Tort (Law Com No 262)', Restitution Law Review, pp. 172 - 188
    Journal articles | 1999
    Degeling SE, 1999, 'Trusts of Damages', Tolley's Trust Law International, 13, pp. 146 - 154
    Journal articles | 1997
    Degeling SE, 1997, 'Carers and victims: the law's dilemma', Tolley's Trust Law International, 11, pp. 30 - 34
    Journal articles | 1997
    Degeling SE, 1997, 'Kars v Kars - Balancing the Interests of Victims and Carers', Australian Law Journal, 71, pp. 882 - 896

Faculty infrastructure project: edited collections (law): metadata repository & research metrics scoping study UNSW Major Research Equipment and Infrastructure Initiative (MREII 2017)

Project Officer and Technical Development and Support

UNSW Major Research Equipment and Infrastructure Initiative (MREII 2015)

Free access legal research infrastructure for the whole of the common law: completing commonlii.Ìý ARC LIEF Grant LE100100239 (2010)

Commonwealth Scholar (1995-1998).

Editorial Roles

General Editor, Journal of Equity

Advisory Board Member, Fiduciary Law e Journal

Editorial Board Member, Journal of Commonwealth Law

Academic and Learned Societies

Fellow, Australian Academy of Law

Fellow, Australian Centre for Private Law, University of Queensland

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Specialist Legal Bodies

Academic Board Member, Banking and Financial Services Law Association

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Visiting Academic Appointments

Visiting Fellow, Keble College Oxford (2009)

Visiting Professor, National University of Singapore Faculty of Law (2011, 2014)

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UNSW Law Service

Co Director, Private Law Policy & Research Group

UNSW Law Director of Research (2013-2015)

Chair, Faculty Staffing and Hiring Advisory Committee (2012)

UNSW Law Director of Postgraduate Research (2006-2009)

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My Research Supervision

Simone is currently supervising 3 PhD students across a range of topics in equity and trusts, law of restitution, contract, remedies, property and private law theory.

My Teaching

Simone teaches in Equity and Trusts, the Law of Restitution and the Law of Remedies.