Dr Chathuni Jayathilaka

Chathuni Jayathilaka has an LLB (Hons), First Class and a PhD in law from the University of Edinburgh. She took up a lectureship in law at Leicester De Montfort Law School in 2015.

Chathuni's research interests are in the area of private law, and lie at the interface between contract law, property law and commercial law. Chathuni has a particular interest in legal history and Scots private law; and her work draws on comparative perspectives from England, Germany, France and South Africa. She is currently working on a long-term research project on the Scots contract of sale.

Peer-Reviewed Journal Articles

Jayathilaka, C. “The Warrandices Implied in the Sale of a Claim to Payment” (2016) Juridical Review 105.

Monographs

[Forthcoming] Jayathilaka, C., Sale and the Implied Warranty of Soundness. Edinburgh Legal Education Trust: Edinburgh.

The contract of sale

Scots law

Comparative law

Contractual Remedies

Private law

Intangible/Incorporeal Property

Legal History

Private Law

LLB (Hons), First Class - The University of Edinburgh (2010)

PhD in Private Law - The University of Edinburgh (2015)

Undergraduate 

1. Contract Law
2. E-Commerce
3. Law and Lawyering: International Perspectives
4. The Civilian Contract of Sale

Postgraduate

1. Private International Law (Module Leader)
2. LLM Dissertation Supervisor

Stair Society

Society of Legal Scholars

North East Regional Obligations Group

Fellow, Higher Education Academy

“The Aedilitian remedies in Scotland” Ius Commune Conference, University of Maastricht. November 2016. 

“Ownership and incorporeals” Modern Studies in Property Law Publication Workshop, Queens’ College, University of Cambridge. April 2017.

"The Aedilitian Remedies in Scotland". British Academy/Leverhulme Small Research Grant, June 2017 - April 2019, Principle Investigator.