Award Director of LLM (ICFL)
Loraine Houlton, LLB (Hons), DMS, MSc, Solicitor, Mediator
Loraine is Head of the Corporate and Professional Law Division at the School of Legal Studies. She teaches on the LLB and LLM programmes and her teaching interests include mediation and alternative dispute resolution as well as commercial awareness, risk management and company law.

Previously Loraine worked as a solictor in practice in the UK and Amsterdam and continues to practice as a solicitor. Additionally she worked as a consultant to many blue chip companies and has delivered CPD training for the Law Society both in the UK and Hong Kong.

Loraine was visiting Professor at Le Harve University teaching International Finance Law. She is currently part of a HEFCE funded research team, which is looking at ways of avoiding legal disputes within the Higher Education sector, and has written several books on Company Law.

Martin J Cartwright, BA (Hons), B.Phil, MBA
Martin Cartwright is the Associate Dean for Learning and Teaching, Research and Scholarship at the School of Legal Studies and has teaching interests in many areas of law including Public Law, Public International Law and Medical Law.

Professor Roger Gregory, LLB (Hons), PhD
During his career Professor Gregory has had a number of prestigious appointments including Principal Legal Advisor in Insolvency at DeLoitte and Touche, Principal Academic Advisor to the Insolvency Lawyers Association as well as a consultant for Freshfields Solicitors and Professor at the School of Legal Studies.

Professor Gregory has had numerous articles in the areas of company and insolvency law published in journals including the Cambridge Law Journal, Modern Law Review, Law Quarterly Review, Lloyds Maritime and Commercial Law Journal.

Professor Andrew Haynes, BA (Hons) Law, PhD, CertEd, FRSA, FSALS
Dr Haynes is a Reader in Law at the University of Wolverhampton and also teaches on the LLM International Corporate and Financial Law.

Dr Haynes has published numerous books in the areas of International Banking, Financial Services Law and Money Laundering and has contributed articles to many journals including the Journal of Banking Regulation, The Company Lawyer and the Journal of Money Laundering.

His recent conference papers include 'Compliance Issues', presented at the Removing the Profit from Crime Conference at the University of Cambridge and 'Market Abuse', presented at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies, University of London.

Steven Gallagher, LLB (Hons), Barrister-at-Law
After 20 years as an antiques dealer Steven returned to education to study law at the University of Wolverhampton. He graduated with a First Class LLB and went on to study the Bar Vocational Course at Manchester Metropolitan University. After graduating with a very competent he was called to the Bar of England and Wales. Steven is a member of Gray's Inn and his areas of legal interest include Insurance Law, Tax Law and Company Law.

Joan Whieldon LLB (Hons); Cert Ed; pgCert; pgDip; LLM; MCI(Arb); Mediator
Joan is the Head of Quality, Innovation and Enterprise at the School of Legal Studies. She is a former director of a project management and consultancy company and partner in a legal training firm accredited by The Law Society of England & Wales. She has also been a Litigation Manager with a law firm.

Joan has worked at all levels in industry advising on contracts and providing training to blue chip companies and law firms. She has trained in mediation and dispute systems design both in the UK and USA. and has been a key note speaker at several international conferences. Joan is currently a member of the working party for a HEFCE-funded Leadership Government and Management research project focused on ways of avoiding legal disputes within Higher Education.

Dr. Peter Yeoh, PhD, LLM (distinction), LLB (Hons), MBA, B.Econs, CIM, TEFL Teaching Cert.
Peter has published in the areas of International Corporate Governance and International Corporate Finance and Banking Law in the Journal of Asset Management, International Journal of Disclosure and Governance, Managerial Law, and Business Law Review; and presented numerous academic papers at peer-review conferences across UK universities. Peter has also worked at senior levels in operations management as well as corporate consultancies across advanced and emerging economies.