Profile
Dr Jeevan Hariharan is a Lecturer (Assistant Professor) in Private Law. He researches and teaches in the areas of private law, legal theory and media law, with a particular focus on tort law and privacy.
Jeevan’s research has been published in leading journals including the Modern Law Review, the Cambridge Law Journal, the Journal of Media Law and the Journal of Environmental Law. He is presently working on a monograph titled ‘Physical Privacy’ (under contract with Hart Publishing).
At Queen Mary, Jeevan teaches undergraduate students on the Torts and Land Law modules. He also convenes and teaches a new undergraduate elective module ‘Protecting Personal Privacy’. Before joining the School of Law, Jeevan held teaching positions at UCL, the University of Cambridge and the University of Sydney.
Jeevan completed his PhD at UCL, supported by a Faculty of Laws Research Scholarship. He holds BA (First Class) and LLB degrees from the University of Sydney, where he was awarded the University Medal in Philosophy. He also has an LLM (First Class) from the University of Cambridge, where he was the recipient of the Lucas-Smith Memorial Prize for the top law student at Queens’ College and a Foundation Scholarship.
Jeevan’s prior professional experience includes working as a Legal Advisor at Linklaters LLP in London and as a Judicial Assistant at the Supreme Court of New South Wales in Sydney, Australia.
He is presently a co-convenor of the Media and Communications Section of the Society of Legal Scholars.
Research
Jeevan’s core research focuses on privacy, tort law, moral philosophy and intellectual property. Beyond this, he has research interests in all areas of private law, especially on issues relating to remedies, the nature of common law development and private law’s interface with public law and human rights. He is presently working on a monograph titled ‘Physical Privacy’ (under contract with Hart Publishing).
Further details of Jeevan’s recent work is listed in the ‘publications’ tab
Conferences and presentations
As organiser
- “Digital Monitoring” (September 2024). A two-day workshop co-hosted with Dr Hadassa Noorda in Amsterdam covering digital monitoring in a variety of contexts including by employers, the state and in intimate settings. Funded by the University of Amsterdam and The Netherlands Institute for Advanced Study in the Humanities and Social Sciences (NIAS).
- “Campbell at Twenty” (September 2024). A two-day conference to commemorate the 20th anniversary of Campbell v MGN [2004] UKHL 22. The event was co-organised with Professor Paul Wragg and Dr Eliza Bechtold (and involved leading scholars and practitioners). Funded by the Society of Legal Scholars and Matrix Chambers
- “Private Nuisance in the UK Supreme Court: Fearn v Tate [2023] UKSC 4”, panel event funded by the UCL Private Law Group (March 2023)
As presenter
- “The New Privacy Order”, Campbell at Twenty Conference (September 2024)
- “Private Nuisance and Privacy after Fearn v Tate Gallery [2023] UKSC 4”, Centre for Comparative and Transnational Law Obligations Lab Asia, Chinese University of Hong Kong (January 2024)
- “Fearn v Tate Gallery: A New Landmark in Privacy Law”, Privacy: Past, Present and Future Conference, University of Leeds (July 2023)
- “Imprisoned at Work: The Impact of Employee Monitoring on Physical Privacy and Individual Liberty” (with H Noorda)
- London Labour Law Discussion Group (May 2023)
- Digital Justice Lecture Series, University of Amsterdam (April 2023)
- British and Irish Law Education and Technology Association (BILETA) 2023 Annual Conference (April 2023)
- “Privacy, Damages and the Concept of Loss”
- Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference (June 2023)
- Philosophy, Law & Politics Graduate Forum, organised by joint committee from the University of Oxford, University of Cambridge, University of Surrey, UCL, LSE, KCL and Queen Mary (January 2022)
- “Employee Monitoring as a Form of Imprisonment”, Oxford-UCL Colloquium on Law, Technology, and Fundamental Rights, University of Oxford (April 2022)
- “Physical Privacy and Bodily Integrity”, New Directions in Private Law Theory Conference, UCL (November 2021)
- “Damages for Reputational Harm: Can Privacy Actions Tread on Defamation’s Turf?”, Society of Legal Scholars Annual Conference (September 2021)
Supervision
Jeevan welcomes proposals for postgraduate supervision in his research areas, particularly tort law and privacy.
