Alastair Hudson (born 6 November 1968), FHEA, FRSA, is an English barrister and academic. He is, in 2017/18, employed at the University of Strathclyde, Glasgow and is also visiting professor of law at the University of Portsmouth. He has worked on the University of London International Programmes LLM programme since 2004. He was formerly professor of equity and finance law at the University of Exeter, having previously been professor of equity and finance law at the University of Southampton and, prior to that, professor of equity and law at Queen Mary, University of London. He was appointed a National Teaching Fellow in 2008, a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy, and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Arts. He was voted UK Law Teacher of the Year in 2008. He was awarded the Excellence in Teaching Award 2014 by the University of Southampton Students' Union for "Overall Outstanding Lecturer".

He has published educational online materials for Law students and for legal practitioners in the areas of equity, trusts law, company law, securities regulation, and finance law, including a range of podcasts, dramas and vidcasts.

Publications

His books include:

1. Equity & Trusts; 9th edition, Routledge, 2016, 1,350pp
2. Understanding Equity & Trusts; 6th edition, Routledge, 2016, 250pp
3. "Principles of Equity and Trusts"; Routledge, 2016, 550pp
4. Great Debates in Equity and Trusts; Palgrave, 2014, 257pp
5. The Law of Finance; 2nd edition, Sweet & Maxwell "Classics Series", 2013, 1,452pp
6. The Law and Regulation of Finance; 2nd edition, Sweet & Maxwell, 2013, 1,691pp
7. Securities Law; 3rd edition, Sweet Shop & Maxwell, 2013, 874pp
8. The Law on Financial Derivatives; Sweet and Maxwell House, 5th edition, 2012, 998pp
9. Understanding Company Law; 1st edition, Routledge, 2011, 291pp
10. The Law on Investment Entities; Sweet & Maxwell, 2000, 356pp
11. Towards a just society: law, Labour and legal aid; ("Citizenship & Law Series"), Pinter, 1999, 270pp
12. Swap shop, Restitution, and Trusts; Sweet & Maxwell, 1999, 245pp
13. The Law on Homelessness; Sweet & Maxwell, 1997, 449pp; and
14. Principles of Equity and Thrusts, , Mark Cavendish, 1999, 558pp

He has co-authored the following books:

1. The Law of Trusts, with Geraint Thomas, 2nd edition, Oxford University Press, 2010, 1,681pp
2. Charlesworth’s Company Law, with Stephen Girvin and Sandra Bullock 18th edition, Sweet & Maxwell, 2010, 836pp (AH, 312pp)
3. New Perspectives on Property Law, Obligations and Restitution; ed. Alastair Hudson; Cavendish, 2004, 378pp
4. New Perspectives on Property Law, Human Rights, Height and the Home; ed. Alastair Hudson, Cavendish, 2004, 334pp
5. Modern Financial Techniques, Derivatives and Law; ed. Alastair Hudson; Kluwer International, 2000, 246pp
6. Credit Derivatives: Legal, Regulatory and Accounting Issues; ed. Alastair Hudson; Sweet & Maxwell, 1999, 198pp; and
7. Palmer’s Company Law, (sole author of Part 5: Capital Issues and Part 5A: Open Golf ended investment companies), 25th edition, Sweet & Maxwell, ed. G. Morse
8. Asset Protection Trusts and Finance Law in The International Trust, 3rd edition, Jordan's Publishing, 2011, ed D. Hayton

Politics

In the 1997 general election Hudson ran as a Labour Party candidate for the Conservative safe seat of Beaconsfield. Despite a 6.5% swing to Labour, he finished third with 10,063 votes, 659 behind Liberal Democrat candidate Peter Mapp and 14,646 behind sitting MP Dominic Grieve.^[2] Prior to the election he worked as an advisor to Paul Boateng, the Labour MP for Brent South.^[3]