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Russell Hewitson

Associate Professor

Department: Northumbria Law School

Russell Hewitson is an Associate Professor at Northumbria Law School. He is a Fellow of the Cambridge Centre for Property Law.

Russell is module tutor for Property Law and Practice and Solicitors Accounts on the LPC; Property Law and Practice, Drafting and Solicitors Accounts on the MLaw programme; Property Law and Practice on the Solicitors Apprenticeship degree, and Client Care and Professional Standards and Commercial Leases on the PSC. 

He is the Law Society Council member for commercial property and the academic member of the Law Society’s Conveyancing and Land Law Committee.

Russell is general editor of Precedents for the ConveyancerPractical Lease Precedents, and Practical Conveyancing Precedents. He is a consultant editor of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Handbook and has written a number of other books including Conveyancing Searches and Enquiries, Licensing Law Handbook and Business Tenancies. He is also the Practice and Precedents Editor of The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer.

Russell Hewitson

Russell's research interests include land law and land registration, landlord and tenant law, co-ownership and the reform of property law. He has consulted to both government and the Law Commission.

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  • Conveyancing Handbook, Hewitson, R., Silverman, F., Rodell, A. Sep 2024
  • Drafting to bridge the registration gap, Gordon, W., Moore, S., Taggart, N., Hewitson, R. 12 Feb 2024
  • Levelling up and regeneration - a work in progress for the high street?, Hewitson, R. 27 Mar 2024, In: The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer
  • Licensing Law Handbook: A Practical Guide to Alcohol and Entertainment Licensing, Hewitson, R. 31 Oct 2024
  • Modern Studies in Property Law, Volume 11, Farran, S., Hewitson, R., Ramshaw, A. 26 Aug 2024
  • Recent developments with 1954 Act renewals, Hewitson, R. 30 Sep 2024, In: The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer
  • Should We Be Turning Our Commercial Leases Green?, Hewitson, R. 28 Jun 2024, In: The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer
  • A cash buyer, a fraudulent misrepresentation, and no exchange of contracts, Hewitson, R. 4 Dec 2023, In: The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer
  • Conveyancing Handbook, Silverman, F., Hewitson, R., Rodell, A. Oct 2023
  • Conveyancing Quality Scheme Toolkit: Practice Management Standards, Hewitson, R., Dwight, S. Aug 2023

  • Please visit the Pure Research Information Portal for further information
  • Examination: Business leases and energy efficiency: Improvements, dilapidations, implied terms and lease renewals 2022
  • Invited talk: National Property Law Conference 2021 2021
  • Invited talk: Law Society’s Conveyancing and Land Law Committee Update - key work streams property practitioners should be aware of 2021
  • Examination: External Examiner for the LPC at Hertfordshire University 2018
  • Other: LLM Legal Practice Programme Validation 2017
  • Examination: External Examiner for the LLB at the University of Law 2017
  • Examination: External Examiner for the LLB at London South Bank University 2015
  • Examination: SRA Chief External Assessor for LPC Property Law & Practice 2015
  • Examination: Land Law Examiner for the Council of Licensed Conveyancers 2011
  • Invited talk: Problems after Exchange: Coping with Crises 2010

  • Certificate
  • Law
  • Law LLB (Hons)
  • Solicitor 1988


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