Staff focus

William Norcup-Brown

William joined Newcastle Law School as Lecturer in Property Law in September 2024, having previously been AHRC Doctoral Candidate in Law at the University of Liverpool. William’s research lies at the intersection of property law and human rights law, and scrutinises the tension between private property rights on one side and the freedoms of expression and assembly on the other. William has written on how the European Court of Human Rights might better address this tension in its jurisprudence, and has also exposited the legal status of trespassory assemblies affecting domestic actors, such as universities. William has also published more widely in the fields of housing law and public law.  

At Newcastle Law School, William is the module leader on the LLB core module Equity and Trusts. William is also the module leader on the final-year LLB elective module The Law of Succession. Furthermore, William supports the admissions team in the Law School, a role to which he brings broad experience in and passion for widening participation. William’s work on this front focuses on widening participation both in higher education and the legal profession.