Richard Ekins

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Richard Edwin Ekins, KC (Hon) is a New Zealand legal academic working in the United Kingdom. He is Professor of Law and Constitutional Government in the University of Oxford, a fellow of St John's College, Oxford, and the head of Policy Exchange's Judicial Power Project. [1] [2] [3]

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Ekins was educated at the University of Auckland, where he obtained his BA, LLB (Hons) and BA (Hons), and the University of Oxford, where he graduated BCL, MPhil and DPhil. [4] He was previously a judge's clerk at the High Court of New Zealand at Auckland, a lecturer at Balliol College, Oxford, and a senior lecturer in Law at the University of Auckland. [4]

Ekins was created an honorary King's Counsel in 2022: the Ministry of Justice credited him with making "a major contribution to public debate, and parliamentary deliberation, about the constitutional role of the courts." [5]

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References

  1. "Richard Ekins | Faculty of Law". University of Oxford. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  2. "Professor Richard Ekins". St John's College. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  3. "Richard Ekins, Author at Policy Exchange". Policy Exchange. Retrieved 2022-11-27.
  4. 1 2 "The Nature of Legislative Intent". Oxford University Press.
  5. "New King's Counsel welcomed by Lord Chancellor". Ministry of Justice. 23 December 2022.