Newcastle University

Introduction

I am a graduate of University College Cork (BCL, LLM) and the University of Bremen (Dr. iur.). Before joining Newcastle Law School, I was researcher at the Centre for European Law and Politics (ZERP) at the University of Bremen.

Roles and Responsibilities

• First Year Tutor 
• Member of School Research Committee
• Member of School Research Ethics Committee 
• Former Director of Undergraduate Studies, Chair of the Undergraduate Board of Studies and Member of the Faculty Teaching and Learning Committee.

Research Interests

Legal Theory, Privacy Law and Personality Rights, Legal History, EU Law

Postgraduate Supervision

I am currently supervising a PhD candidate writing on the 'Europeanisation' of private law. I am also second supervisor to a candidate writing on the liability of public authorities and a candidate in the School of Modern Languages working on problems of legal translation.

Selected Conference and Workshop Presentations

• ‘Reply to Professor Jo Shaw’s paper’, Symposium on Law and the Modern State, Newcastle Law School, 19th May 2010. 
• ‘Introduction’, Symposium on Tort Law and Judicial Discretion, Newcastle Law School, 6th July 2009. 
• ‘Philipp Heck and The School of Interessenjurisprudenz’, Newcastle Law School Seminar Series, 27th November 2008. 
• ‘Fundamental Rights and Private Law: Research Results and Methodology’ (with N. Ferreira), Society of Legal Scholars, Keele University, 4th September 2006. 
• ‘The media, celebrities and privacy law in England: some comparative observations', Society of Legal Scholars, University of Strathclyde, 9th September 2005. 
• ‘Developing a tort(s) of invasion of privacy in England: Lessons from civil law legal systems?’, Fundamental Rights and Private Law Conference, Stockholm University, 1st September 2005. 
• ‘Private law and constitutional rights: The approach of the Irish courts’, European University Institute Judicial Governance Conference, University of Lucerne, Switzerland 7th April 2005. 
• ‘Law and identity: The question of citizenship in Irish constitutional law’, NYU GRIAN Conference, New York University, 5th March 2005

Funding

• Santander/Sovereign Bank Travel Grant to participate in the 2012 Workshop on Global Law and Economic Policy, Institute for Global Law and Policy, Harvard University, 3rd-9th June 2012. 
• Faculty Research Grant (£2,450) to fund research stay in Germany, September - December 2010.

Undergraduate Teaching

• LAW2062 EU Law (Lectures)
• LAW1021 Contract Law (Seminars)
• LAW2061 Tort Law (Seminars) 
• LAW8049 Key Concepts in Corporate and Commercial Law for MA Translation Studies (Module Coordinator) 

I have also taught French Law at Newcastle Law School and EU Competition Law at the University of Bremen

• O'Callaghan P. Refining Privacy. Berlin/New York: Springer, 2012. In Preparation.
• O'Callaghan P. Book Review: Gillian Black, Publicity Rights and Image. Edinburgh Law Review 2012, 16(1), 135-137.
• Gray J, O'Callaghan P. Legal Perspectives on Tensions at the Heart of the 'Project'. In: The Macroeconomic and Financial Landscape in the Aftermath of the 2007 Crisis: New Challenges and Perspectives. EUI Florence: Robert Schuman Centre for Advanced Studies Policy Paper, 2011, pp.27-35.
• O'Callaghan P. Monologism and Dialogism in Private Law. The Journal Jurisprudence 2010,7 405-440.
• Ciacchi A, Brüggemeier G, O'Callaghan P. A Common Core of Personality Protection. In: Colombi Ciacchi, A., Brüggemeier, G., O'Callaghan, P, ed. Personality Rights in European Tort Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp.565-577.
• O'Callaghan P, Brüggemeier G, Colombi Ciacchi A, ed. Personality Rights in European Tort Law. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010.
• O'Callaghan P, Krzeminska-Vamvaka J. Mapping out a Right of Privacy in Tort Law. In: Brüggemeier, G; Colombi Ciacchi, A; Comandé, G, ed. Fundamental Rights and Private Law in the European Union: Volume II. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp.111-164.
• O'Callaghan P, et al. Germany. In: Brüggemeier G, Colombi Ciacchi A; Comandé G, ed. Fundamental Rights and Private Law in the European Union: Volume I. Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2010, pp.253-324.
• O'Callaghan P, O'Donoghue A. Ireland. In: Colombi Ciacchi, A; Weatherill, S, ed. Regulating Unfair Banking Practices in Europe: The Case of Personal Suretyships. Oxford: Oxford University Press, 2010, pp.339-352.
• O'Callaghan P, Krzeminska-Vamvaka J. Prawo do prywatności w Europie a europejskie prawo do prywatności. Analiza prawnoprównawcza (cz. 2). Palestra 2010, (1-2), 181-187.
• O'Callaghan P. Privacy in pursuit of a purpose?. Tort Law Review 2009, 17(2), 100-113.
• O'Callaghan P, Krzeminska-Vamvaka J. Prawo do prywatności w Europie a europejskie prawo do prywatności. Analiza prawnoprównawcza (cz. 1). Palestra 2009, (11-12), 196-203.
• O'Callaghan P, Ferreira N. Evaluating the 'new culture' of Human Rights in European Private Law. European Review of Private Law 2008, 16(5), 657-663.
• O'Callaghan P. Reversing Ubi Remedium Ibi Jus in the Common Law: The Right of Privacy. European Review of Private Law 2007, 15(5), 659-683.
• O'Callaghan P. Protection from Unfair Suretyships in Ireland. In: Colombi Ciacchi, A, ed. Protection of Non-Professional Sureties in Europe: Formal and Substantive Disparity. Baden-Baden: Nomos, 2007, pp.201-214.
• O'Callaghan P. The Draft Privacy Bill 2006: Comparative Perspectives on a ‘Super Tort’. Irish Law Times 2006, 24(16), 251-256.
• O'Callaghan P. Constitutional Rights and Private Law: The Approach of the Irish Courts. In: Furrer, A, ed. Europäisches Privatrecht im wissenschaftlichen Diskurs. Bern: Stämpfli, 2006, pp.249-261.