Eva Lomnicka

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Eva Zofia Lomnicka
Born (1951-05-17) 17 May 1951 (age 73)
London
CitizenshipBritish
Alma mater Cambridge University
MA and LLB
Known for Financial Services Law

Eva Zofia Lomnicka (born 17 May 1951) [1] is a professor of law at King's College London School of Law. She contributes to a number of leading texts and is an expert on the law of consumer credit and financial services law more generally. She has been appointed Queen's Counsel Honoris Causa in 2020 and retired as a Barrister from Lincoln's Inn. [2]

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Biography

Eva has graduated her Bachelor of Laws and Master of Arts degrees at Cambridge University [3] and qualified as a barrister. [4] Her early work focused on discrimination, but soon moved into the fields of consumer credit, as the Consumer Credit Act 1974 was passed. The subsequent overhaul of consumer credit laws implemented in the Consumer Credit Act 2006 was prepared by the then Department of Trade and Industry’s ‘Consumer Credit Steering Group’ in which Eva was involved. [5]

In 1975, she joined King's College London as a lecturer [6] and became professor in 1993. [4]

On 21 January 2020 she was awarded the title of Queen's Counsel Honoris Causa, [7] [8] one of ten individuals to receive the award in the year.

Eva is a Bencher of the Middle Temple [9] and was [2] practising barrister with an advisory practice in consumer credit and financial services regulation at Lincoln's Inn Chambers. [10]

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  11. Ellinger, E.P. & Lomnnicka, Eva Z. (1995), Ellinger & Lomnicka, Modern Banking Law (3rd ed.), Oxford Clarendon Press, ASIN   0198257597
  12. Lomnicka, Eva Z. & Powel, John L. (1987), Encyclopaedia of Financial Services Law, Sweet & Maxwell, ASIN   0421368802
  13. Lomnicka, Eva Z.; Dobson, Paul; Thomas, W.H. & Ervine, Cowan (1975), Encyclopaedia of Consumer Credit Law, Sweet & Maxwell, ASIN   0421208104
  14. Lomnnicka, Eva Z. (2002), The Financial Services and Markets Act: An Annotated Guide, Sweet & Maxwell, ASIN   0421800003