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Associate Professor Gemma Turton
LLB (Hons) Law with French (Birmingham), PhD (Birmingham), FHEA
Senior Lecturer
Phone
+61 2 8627 8098
Address
F10 - Law School (Camperdown)
The University of Sydney
Gemma joined the University of Sydney Law School in 2019 as a Senior Lecturer, having previously worked at the University of Leicester (UK). Her research expertise is in causation in negligence and her monograph, Evidential Uncertainty in Causation in Negligence, was published by Hart Publishing in 2016. Gemma’s broader research and teaching interests are in the law of obligations, with a particular focus on the intersections between tort law and other areas of law including the law of property, criminal law, medical law, and human rights law.
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- Tort law
- Negligence, particularly professional and medical negligence
- Causation
- Nuisance and trespass to land
- Torts
- Torts and Contracts II
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Fellow, Higher Education Academy
Selected publications
Cases on Torts - 7th edition
(The Federation Press, 2023)
Evidential Uncertainty in Causation in Negligence
(Hart Publishing Ltd., 2016)
Publications
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Books
- McDonald, B., Rolph, D., Crossley, P., Turton, G. (2023). Cases on Torts - 7th edition. Alexandria: The Federation Press.
- Turton, G. (2016). Evidential Uncertainty in Causation in Negligence. Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing Ltd. [More Information]
Book Chapters
- Turton, G. (2024). Causation at a Tipping Point: Material Contribution and the 'Worse Off' Question. In Kylie Burns, Jodi Gardner, Jonathan Morgan and Sandy Steel (Eds.), Torts on Three Continents: Honouring Jane Stapleton. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Turton, G. (2024). Factual Causation: The Sensible Decline of Common Sense and the Mystery of the "Exceptional Case". In John Eldridge, Tim Pilkington and David Rolph (Eds.), Australian Tort Law in the 21st Century, (pp. 94-114). Alexandria: The Federation Press.
Journals
- Turton, G. (2022). The Scope of a Doctor's Duty of Care to Their Patient. Medical Law Review, 30(4), 724-733. [More Information]
- Turton, G. (2020). Causation and Risk in Negligence and Human Rights Law. Cambridge Law Journal, 79(1), 148-176. [More Information]
- Turton, G., Kyd Cunningham, S. (2019). Causing controversy: interpreting the requirements of causation in criminal law and tort law. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 70(4), 425-444.
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Conferences
- Turton, G. (2018). Coherence in Negligence and its Implications for Public Authority Liability. Crossing Boundaries Conference, Stellenbosch (BA project confer, Stellenbosch, South Africa: Presentation.
- Turton, G. (2017). Causation and Medical Non-Disclosure of Risk Since Montgomery: Lessons from Australia. Sydney Law School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW: Presentation.
- Turton, G. (2017). Causation, coincidence, and medical non-disclosure of risk. SLS Conference, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland: Presentation.
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Other
- Turton, G. (2015), Causation in Negligence - New Vistas, Nottinghamshire Medico-Legal Society Annual Nigel and Margaret Colley Memorial Lecture.
- Turton, G. (2014), 'A conversation on the Medical Innovation Bill' with Prof. Jose Miola (Law, Leicester) and Prof. Dean Fennell (Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine, Leicester), University of Leicester.
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2024
- Turton, G. (2024). Causation at a Tipping Point: Material Contribution and the 'Worse Off' Question. In Kylie Burns, Jodi Gardner, Jonathan Morgan and Sandy Steel (Eds.), Torts on Three Continents: Honouring Jane Stapleton. Oxford: Oxford University Press.
- Turton, G. (2024). Factual Causation: The Sensible Decline of Common Sense and the Mystery of the "Exceptional Case". In John Eldridge, Tim Pilkington and David Rolph (Eds.), Australian Tort Law in the 21st Century, (pp. 94-114). Alexandria: The Federation Press.
2023
- McDonald, B., Rolph, D., Crossley, P., Turton, G. (2023). Cases on Torts - 7th edition. Alexandria: The Federation Press.
2022
- Turton, G. (2022). The Scope of a Doctor's Duty of Care to Their Patient. Medical Law Review, 30(4), 724-733. [More Information]
2020
- Turton, G. (2020). Causation and Risk in Negligence and Human Rights Law. Cambridge Law Journal, 79(1), 148-176. [More Information]
2019
- Turton, G., Kyd Cunningham, S. (2019). Causing controversy: interpreting the requirements of causation in criminal law and tort law. Northern Ireland Legal Quarterly, 70(4), 425-444.
- Turton, G. (2019). Informed Consent to Medical Treatment Post-Montgomery: Causation and Coincidence. Medical Law Review, 27(1), 108-134. [More Information]
2018
- Turton, G. (2018). Coherence in Negligence and its Implications for Public Authority Liability. Crossing Boundaries Conference, Stellenbosch (BA project confer, Stellenbosch, South Africa: Presentation.
2017
- Turton, G. (2017). Causation and Medical Non-Disclosure of Risk Since Montgomery: Lessons from Australia. Sydney Law School, The University of Sydney, Sydney, NSW: Presentation.
- Turton, G. (2017). Causation, coincidence, and medical non-disclosure of risk. SLS Conference, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland: Presentation.
- Turton, G. (2017). Informed Consent to Medical Treatment: Causes and Coincidences. University of New South Wales Law School, Sydney, NSW: Presentation.
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2016
- Turton, G. (2016). Evidential Uncertainty in Causation in Negligence. Oxford, UK: Hart Publishing Ltd. [More Information]
- Turton, G. (2016). How to Adopt a Reflective Approach to Teaching. Leicester Learning Institute world cafe event, Leicester, United Kingdom: Presentation.
- Turton, G. (2016). Public, private, and criminal causation. Crossing Boundaries? Private remedies for public duties, University of Cape Town, Cape Town, South Africa: Presentation.
2015
- Turton, G. (2015), Causation in Negligence - New Vistas, Nottinghamshire Medico-Legal Society Annual Nigel and Margaret Colley Memorial Lecture.
- Turton, G. (2015). Michael v Chief Constable of South Wales Police. Crossing Boundaries? Private remedies for public duties, Leicester Law School, University of Leicester, Leicester, United Kingdom: Presentation.
- Turton, G. (2015). Risk and the Damage Requirement in Negligence Liability. Legal Studies, 35(1), 75-95. [More Information]
2014
- Turton, G. (2014), 'A conversation on the Medical Innovation Bill' with Prof. Jose Miola (Law, Leicester) and Prof. Dean Fennell (Cancer Studies and Molecular Medicine, Leicester), University of Leicester.
- Turton, G. (2014). Apportionment in negligence: causation and divisibility of damage. Obligations Discussion Group, Oxford University, Oxford, United Kingdom: Presentation.
- Turton, G. (2014). Apportionment of damages in negligence law. Compensation and the Common Law Colloquium, University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada: Presentation.
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2012
- Turton, G. (2012). Corrective Justice and Negligence Liability for Exposure to Risk. Obligations VI: Challenging Orthodoxy, Western University,, Ontario, Canada: Presentation.
2011
- Turton, G. (2011). Sienkiewicz v Greif (UK) Ltd: a cautionary tale for causation. Journal of Professional Negligence, 27, 166-172.
2010
- Turton, G. (2010). Connecting Canengus to the University Curriculum. The Journal Jurisprudence, 7, 441-464.
2009
- Turton, G. (2009). A Case for Clarity in Causation? Medical Law Review, 17(1), 140-147. [More Information]
- Turton, G. (2009). Factual and legal causation - their relation to negligence in nursing. British Journal of Nursing, 18(13), 825-827. [More Information]
2008
- Turton, G. (2008). Defining Damage in the House of Lords. The Modern Law Review, 71, 1009-1014.