Mr Marcus Arthur Paul Roberts

LLM (1st Class Hons) (Auckland), BA (Auckland)

Senior Lecturer

In: Law » Faculty of Law

Biography

After graduating from the University of Auckland Marcus practised at Minter Ellison Rudd Watts. There, he worked first in the taxation team and then in the insolvency litigation team. In 2010, he undertook an LLM by thesis at the University of Auckland. His thesis studied the recent case law from England dealing with when an employer is vicariously liable for its employees’ negligent misstatements. Since 2012 he has been a full time member of the Faculty of Law. His interests outside of university include running, reading about history, and trying to control three small children.

Research | Current

Marcus’ research interests are in contract law and aspects of tort law, mainly vicarious liability. His focus is mainly on common law developments in these areas in New Zealand, the United Kingdom and Australia.

For an up to date list of publications please see my SSRN page:

http://papers.ssrn.com/sol3/cf_dev/AbsByAuth.cfm?per_id=2075940

Teaching | Current

LAW 241 - Law of Contract

LAW 231 - Law of Torts

Postgraduate supervision

A review of the Future of the Informal Unanimous Assent Rule in New Zealand Company Law

An Analysis of the Construction Contracts Amendment Act 2015 Retentions Trust Regime

The Role of the Duty of Good Faith in New Zealand Contract Law

Necessity of Consideration in Variation Contracts: An Analysis of the New Zealand and English Legal Systems

Defining the Regulatory Landscape of Virtual Currencies in New Zealand

Corporate Manslaughter in New Zealand: Waiting for a Disaster?

Putting Estop to it: An Analysis of the Legitimacy of the Unification of Equitable Estoppel, and the Equity Satisfaction Approach to Remedy Selection

Equity Crowd Funding under the Financial Markets Conduct Act 2013: A Critical Analysis of the Balance Between Investor Protection and the Encouragement of Capital Raising

The Exercise of Contractual Discretion in New Zealand: Limitations, Implied Duties and the Obligation of Good Faith

The Crowdfunding Exemption: regulating a New Form of Finance

Piercing the Corporate Veil: An analysis of Lord Sumption’s attempt to avail a troubled doctrine

Corporate Social Responsibility in New Zealand: Making the case for a practical legal framework

The Resident, The Register and the Criminal: A detailed Analysis of the Companies and the Limited Partnerships Amendment Bill 2011

Is there any basis in New Zealand for the role of a “caretaker” director?

Breach of Contract and the Scope of the Penalty Doctrine

Pre-Incorporation Contracts and the Companies Act 1993: Ratification and Other Issues

Scared of Shadows? An examination of the scope and implications of shadow directorship in New Zealand in the context of lenders

A Review of the Proposed Amendments to the Credit Contracts and Consumer Finance Act 2003

A Man Should Keep His Word: Equitable Estoppel and the Law of Contract

Reforming the Incorporated Societies Act 1908: Suggestions from New Zealand, Australia, and the United Kingdom

Responsibilities

Co-editor of the New Zealand Law Review

Co-Director New Zealand Centre for Law and Business

Chair of the Private Law Subject Group

Areas of expertise

Contract Law

Negligence

Estoppel

Representations

Selected publications and creative works (Research Outputs)

Roberts, M. (2018). Foakes v beer: Bloodied, bowed, but still binding authority?. King's Law Journal, 29 (3), 344-353. 10.1080/09615768.2018.1556448
Roberts, M. (2017). Negligent misstatements in the Court of Appeal. New Zealand Law Journal, 2017 (9), 327-331.
Roberts, M. (2017). MWB Business Exchange Centres Ltd : The Practical Benefit Doctrine Marches On. The Modern Law Review, 80 (2), 339-351. 10.1111/1468-2230.12257
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/33791
Roberts, M. (2017). Negligent misstatement - Where are we and where to from here?. Negligent misstatement - Where are we and where to from here?, 5-25. Auckland, New Zealand: Auckland District Law Society.
Roberts, M. (2017). Variation contracts in Australia and New Zealand: Whither consideration?. Oxford University Commonwealth Law Journal, 17 (2), 238-264. 10.1080/14729342.2017.1360604
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/40047
Roberts, M. (2016). The enforceability of part payment agreements in New Zealand. New Zealand Business Law Quarterly, 22 (3), 153-161.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/36180
Roberts, M. (2016). The formation of variation contracts in New Zealand: Is estoppel a better bet?. Paper presented at Private Law Roundtable, Wellington, New Zealand. 22 February - 23 February 2016.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/29159
Roberts, M. (2016). The formation of variation contracts in New Zealand: Consideration and estoppel. Victoria University of Wellington Law Review: Special Issue: Papers from the 2016 NZ Private Law Roundtable - Part 1, 47 (2), 327-344. Wellington, New Zealand.
URL: http://hdl.handle.net/2292/31895