Robyn Carroll

Robyn teaches and researches in the private law and dispute resolution subjects Contract Law, Family Law, Civil Remedies and Mediation and is co-convenor of the Obligations Hub in the UWA Law School. In 2013 she co-founded the International Network for Law and Apology Research (INLAR). Robyn is lead author of the recently published book by Carroll, Chiu and Vines, Apology Ordinance (Cap.631): Commentary and Annotations, (Sweet & Maxwell, Hong Kong, 2018) and was a research advisor to the Hong Kong Department of Justice during the development stage of the Hong Kong Apology Ordianance. She is currently writing a book for Hart Publishing with co-author Professor Prue Vines (UNSW) on the Role of Apologies in the Law. Robyn's most recent contribution to Family Law scholarship is as co-author of Young, Sifris, Carroll and Monahan, Family Law in Australia, (LexisNexis 9th Edition, 2016). Robyn has published many articles and book chapters on contract law remedies, the role of apologies in the resolution of legal disputes and mediation and elder mediation and she presents her work at judicial, practitioner and academic workshops and conferences. Inquiries from potential higher degree students are welcome on these and related topics. Robyn is also a mediator and a former senior sessional member of the Western Australian State Administrative Tribunal with expertise in guardianship and administration and equal opportunity matters and elder mediation.

Elected Member of UWA Academic Board and Academic Council, Deputy Chair of Academic Board, Co-founder International Network for Law and Apology Research (INLAR), Trained Mediator (Resolution Institute - previously LEADR-IAMA),

The Role of Apologies in the Law, preparation of manuscript of a co-authored monograph for Hart Publishing.

Public WA Purposes Trust Fund Project and Report on ‘Family Violence and Property Disputes: A pilot research project’ -  (Law Access Research Advisory Committee,  Jill Howieson CI, Robyn Carroll, Sarah Murray, Ian Murray, UWA Law School; Lisa Young, Murdoch University;Lisa Jarvis Notre Dame University) 2017-2018.

Revision of ‘Non-monetary ways to compensate for intangible losses’, paper presented at the UNSW Law Faculty ‘Unexpected Consequences of Compensation Law Symposium’ 16-17 March 2018 as a book chapter in Prue Vines and Arno Akkermans, (eds).