Matthew Chippin
- Email: lwmec@leeds.ac.uk
- Thesis title: The Anti-Deprivation Rule in Practice — Examples from Comparative Law and Legal History
- Supervisors: Professor Gerard McCormack, Dr Oriana Casasola
Profile
A native of Fredericton, New Brunswick, Canada, I have experience in real property development, real property management and business law. I hold a BA with distinction and an MA, in history, from The University of New Brunswick where I conducted historiographical research concerning instances of war crimes committed during the Second World War for which I have been cited by France 24. I also hold a JD from The Dalhousie University Schulich School of Law, with a specialization in Marine Law, and an LLM First Class Honours from The University College Cork.
I was awarded the Southern Law Association Prize for my LLM dissertation and the Best Presentation Award at the INSOL ERA workshop both for my research into the anti-deprivation rule. I was also involved in the EU-wide Corporate Insolvency Working Group, co-authoring the Irish National Report for the “Harmonisation of Transactions Avoidance Law” Project. I was called to the Bar in Canada after completing my articles at Tripp Law, a boutique corporate, securities and IP law firm. I have also completed the Canadian Securities Course and the Canadian Bar Association’s Tax Law for Lawyers course and am a licensed barrister and solictor at the Law Society of Ontario.
I am a member of INSOL International, the Canadian Bar Association, the INSOL Early Research Academics Group and INSOL Europe’s Younger Academics Network of Insolvency Law.
Research interests
My research largely concerns comparative corporate insolvency anti-avoidance law across different common law countries. Focusing primarily on the anti-deprivation rule, I am using a multi-faceted approach, of both legal as well as historical methods, to uncover and explain biases between English and Canadian laws. I also compare such laws to American laws.
Beyond my work in insolvency law, I am also engaged in a comparative project on trust taxation alongside two other scholars.
Qualifications
- BA with Distinction — University of New Brunswick
- MA, history — University of New Brunswick
- JD — Dalhousie University
- LLM — National University of Ireland (Cork)
- Barrister and Solicitor — Law Society of Ontario (Canada)
Research groups and institutes
- Centre for Business Law and Practice
- Centre for Criminal Justice Studies