Ugljesa Grusic

Associate Professor of Private International Law, UCL
Dr Grusic's research covers a range of issues in the field of private international law. His research has focused on the European private international law of employment and on the interplay between private international law and human rights, particularly on the private international law issues raised by tortious claims arising out of the external exercise of British executive authority and civil claims against multinational enterprises for overseas human rights violations. His research also covers all core areas of private international law, including jurisdiction, choice of law and recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments. His other research interests include foreign relations law, civil remedies for human rights violations in comparative law, unjust enrichment in private international law, the regulatory function of private international law and international commercial arbitration, particularly the issues of arbitral jurisdiction, choice of law and the relationship between domestic courts and arbitral tribunals.

Dr Grusic is the author The European Private International Law of Employment (CUP 2015) and Torts in Foreign Relations (OUP, forthcoming in 2023), a co-author of Cheshire, North & Fawcett: Private International Law (15th edition, OUP 2017) and a co-editor of Civil Remedies and Human Rights in Flux (Bloomsbury 2022). His research has also been published in internationally leading journals and edited books, including the Modern Law Review, the International and Comparative Law Quarterly, the Yearbook of European Law, the Journal of Private International Law and Revue critique de droit international privé.

Dr Grusic's research has been cited by Advocates General of the Court of Justice of the European Union and the New Zealand Supreme Court. He was awarded the 2015 American Society of International Law's Private International Law Interest Group (PILIG) prize for the manuscript of his book The European Private International Law of Employment (CUP 2015) and the inaugural 2012 ICLQ Young Scholar Prize for his article 'Jurisdiction in Employment Matters under Brussels I: A Reassessment' (2012) 61(1) ICLQ 91-126. He has held visiting positions at the University of Osaka, Japan, Deakin University, Australia and the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg, Germany. He was a member of the Steering Committee of the Oak Project on Civil Liability for Human Rights Violations at the Bonavero Institute of Human Rights, University of Oxford. He regularly presents his work at academic conferences and seminars around the world.

Dr Grusic has been consulted on private international law issues by European Union bodies, government departments and legal practitioners and has served as an advisor and an expert witness in court and arbitral proceedings, including before the International Center for the Settlement of Investment Disputes.