Dr. Nick Sinanis

Nick's research interests broadly lie at the intersection of legal history and modern private law theory. Building on his doctoral research, his current research involves exploring the origins and growth of private law doctrines, particularly those that attract theoretical controversy. In doing so, he is particularly interested in the historically important role of civil juries in adjudicating actions at common law, epsecially those sounding in tort.

Nick holds a PhD from University College London with a thesis entitled 'Exemplary Damages: A Critical History', which he undertook as a Peter Birks Scholar. His thesis presents a history of the remedy of exemplary (or punitive) damages at English common law from the early seventeenth to the middle of the twentieth century. His doctoral supervisors were Professor Paul Mitchell and Associate Professor Ian Williams.

Nick also holds an LLM from the University of Melbourne, where his minor research thesis theorised the doctrine of remoteness of loss in terms of distributive rather than corrective justice. He also holds an LLB (Hons) and a BA (Classics) from the University of Adelaide.

Before joining Monash, Nick taught Tort Law at University College London. He currently teaches Equity, both in the undergraduate (LLB) and juris doctor (JD) programs, as well as Property Law in the undergraduate program. He also convenes the unit, Commercial Equity, in the JD/LLM, which, among other guest lecturers, has been taught by Mr Geoffrey Nettle AC KC, former justice of the High Court of Australia.