Professor Pauline Ridge
Areas of expertise
- Access To Justice 180102
- Corporations And Associations Law 180109
- History And Philosophy Of Law And Justice 220204
- Equity And Trusts Law 180112
- Religion And Society 220405
- Law 1801
Research interests
Current research interests concern spiritual undue influence in equity; financing of religion; achieving coherence in remedies arising from claims for breach of trust; and the liability relationship of third parties and trustees/fiduciaries.
Biography
Professor Pauline Ridge is a private law scholar and a Senior Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Her articles and book chapters concerning equity, restitution, property and contract law have been cited by judges and commentators across the common law world. She co-edited Fault Lines in Equity (Hart Publishing, 2012) and is co-author, with Professor Joachim Dietrich, of Accessories in Private Law (Cambridge University Press, 2015). The book provides an analytical framework and doctrinal exposition of accessory liability, referring to all common law jurisdictions, with an Anglo-Australian focus. Her doctrinal and historical research into the legal regulation of religious financing is also highly regarded.This work has led Pauline into human rights law, particularly the right to freedom of religion, which she is now exploring in the context of private law.
Pauline has given interviews, written opinion pieces and made government submissions on a range of religion and law topics, including the reform of religious charity law and the implications of mandatory reporting of child sexual abuse for the confessional seal. She is a former Director for the Centre for Commercial Law at the ANU College of Law and member of the Charity Law Association, Australia and New Zealand. In 2013 she was a Visiting Fellow, Asian Law Institute, National University of Singapore. Most recently, she was a visitor at Oxford Brooke University's Centre for Commercial Religion (February, 2019) and the Centre for Studies in Religion and Society, University of Victoria, Canada.
Pauline studied at the Australian National University (where she received a University Medal) and the University of Oxford (BCL).
She convenes Equity and Trusts; Modern Equity; and Restitution.
Publications
- Ridge, P 2020, 'Silent Accessories', in Elise Bent and Jeannie Marie Paterson (ed.), Misleading Silence, Hart Publishing, United Kingdom, pp. 285-304.
- Ridge, P 2020, 'Tracing and Associated Claims in Australian Law', Journal of Equity, vol. 14, pp. 32-57.
- Ridge, P 2020, 'When is the Advancement of Religion Not a Charitable Purpose?', Canadian Journal of Comparative and Contemporary Law, vol. 6, pp. 360-397.
- Ridge, P 2020, 'The interaction of state and religion through the law of religious financing', Quaderni di Diritto e Politica Ecclesiastica, vol. 2, pp. 539-551.
- Ridge, P & Dietrich, J 2019, 'Challenging Conceptions of Accessory Liability in Private Law', Cambridge Law Journal, vol. 78, no. 2, pp. 383-408.
- Ridge, P 2019, 'Accounting for gains from knowing participation in breach of fiduciary duty', Journal of Equity, vol. 13.
- Ridge, P 2018, 'Not-for-profit Law and Freedom of Religion', in Matthew Harding (ed.), Research Handbook on Not-For-Profit Law, Edward Elgar Publishing, Cheltenham, UK, pp. 284-303.
- Ridge, P & Stellios, J, eds, 2018, The Federal Court's Contribution to Australian Law: Past, Present and Future, The Federation Press, Sydney, Australia.
- Ridge, P & Ridge, P 2017, 'Modern Equity: revolution or renewal from within?', in Sarah Worthington, Andrew Robertson, and Graham Virgo (ed.), Revolution and Evolution in Private Law, Hart Publishing, West Sussex, UK, pp. 251-271.
- Ridge, P & Ridge, P 2017, 'Modern Equity: revolution or renewal from within?', in Sarah Worthington, Andrew Robertson, and Graham Virgo (ed.), Revolution and Evolution in Private Law, Hart Publishing, West Sussex, UK, pp. 251-271.
- Ridge, P 2017, 'BREACHES OF DUTY BY CORPORATE OFFICERS AND DIRECTORS: ACCESSORY LIABILITY, ACCOUNT OF PROFITS AND CAUSATION', Company and Securities Law Journal, vol. 35, no. 8, pp. 578-582.
- Ridge, P 2017, 'Monetary Remedies for Equitable Participatory Liability: General Principles and Current Questions' in Simone Degeling and Jason Varuhas', in Simone Degeling and Jason Varuhas (ed.), Equitable Compensation and Disgorgement of Profit, Hart Publishing, Oxford, pp. 197-218pp.
- Levy, R, O'Brien, M, Rice, S et al 2017, 'Introduction', in (ed.), New Directions for Law in Australia: Essays in Contemporary Law Reform, ANU Press, Canberra, pp. 1-10.
- Ridge, P 2016, 'Participatory liability and the hallmarks of an 'Australian Equity'', in Tim Bonyhady (ed.), Finn's Law, The Federation Press, Sydney, pp. 68-91.
- Dietrich, J & Ridge, P 2015, Accessories in private law, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, United Kingdom.
- Ridge, P 2014, 'Third Party Volunteers and Undue Influence', Law Quarterly Review, vol. 130, pp. 112-130.
- Ridge, P 2014, 'Equitable accessorial liability: Moving beyond Barnes v Addy', Journal of Equity, vol. 8, no. 1, pp. 28-45.
- Ridge, P 2013, 'Constructive Trusts, Accessorial Liability and Judicial Discretion'', in Elise Bant and Michael Bryan (ed.), Principles of proprietary remedies, Thomas Reuters (Professional) Australian Limited, Pyrmont, NSW, Australia, pp. 73-96.
- Ridge, P 2013, Submission to Treasury on the Exposure Draft of the Charities Bill 2013.
- Ridge, P 2013, 'Equitable Accessorial and Recipient Liability in Singapore', Singapore Journal of Legal Studies, pp. 361-383.
- Glister, J & Ridge, P, eds, 2012, Fault Lines in Equity, Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK and Portland, OR.
- Ridge, P 2012, 'Participatory Liability for Breach of Trust or Fiduciary Duty', in Jamie Glister and Pauline Ridge (ed.), Fault Lines in Equity, Hart Publishing, Oxford, UK and Portland, OR, pp. 119-141.
- Ridge, P 2011, 'Law, Tolerance and Religious Schools in Australia', in Elizabeth Burns Coleman and Kevin White (ed.), Religious Tolerance, Education and the Curriculum, Sense Publishers, Rotterdam, The Netherlands, pp. 27-39.
- Ridge, P 2011, 'Religious charitable status and public benefit in Australia', Melbourne University Law Review, vol. 35, no. 3, pp. 1071-1098.
- Ridge, P 2011, 'Submission to Treasury on the Consultation Paper, A Definition of Charity'.
- Ridge, P 2010, 'Public benefit' a tough test for religious groups, pp. 13pp.
- Ridge, P 2010, 'Equitable Subrogation: Principle and Remedy', Law Quarterly Review, vol. 126, pp. 188-93.
- Ridge, P 2010, 'Pre-Judgment Compound Interest', Law Quarterly Review, vol. 126, no. March/April, pp. 279-301.
- Ridge, P 2010, 'Legal Neutrality, Public Benefit and Religious Charitable Purposes: Making Sense of Thornton v Howe', Journal of Legal History, vol. 31, no. 2, pp. 177-203.
- Ridge, P 2009, 'The Financing of Religion: Guidelines for Legal Regulation', Adelaide Law Review, vol. 30, pp. 85-109.
- Ridge, P & Dietrich, J 2008, 'Equitable Third Party Liability', Law Quarterly Review, vol. 124, pp. 26-31.
- Ridge, P 2008, 'Justifying the Remedies for Dishonest Assistance', Law Quarterly Review, vol. 124, no. July, pp. 445-468.
- Dietrich, J & Ridge, P 2007, 'The Receipt of What?: Questions Concerning Third Party Recipient Liability in Equity and Unjust Enrichment', Melbourne University Law Review, vol. 31, no. 1, pp. 47-86.
- Ridge, P 2006, 'Negotiating the sacred in law: Regulation of gifts motivated by religious faith', in Coleman (ed.), Negotiating the Sacred: Blasphemy and Sacrilege in a Multicultural Society, ANU ePress, Australia, pp. 133-146.
- Ridge, P 2006, 'Legal Regulation of Religious Giving', Law & Justice, vol. 157, no. Trinity/Michaelmas 2006, pp. 17-28.
- Ridge, P 2005, 'Moral Duty, Religious Faith and the Regulation of Testation', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 28, no. 3, pp. 720-739.
- Ridge, P 2004, 'Equitable Undue Influence and Wills', Law Quarterly Review, vol. 20, pp. 617-639.
- Ridge, P 2003, 'The Equitable Doctrine of Undue Influence Considered in the Context of Spiritual Influence and Religious Faith', University of New South Wales Law Journal, vol. 26, no. 1, pp. 66-89.
- Ridge, P 2003, 'Uncertainties Surrounding Undue Influence: Its Formulation, Application, and Relationship to Other Doctrines', New Zealand Law Review, vol. Part III, pp. 329-360.
- Ridge, P 2003, 'Legal and Ethical Matters Relevant to the Receipt of Financial Benefits by Ministers of Religion and Churches - A Case Study of the New South Wales Synod of the Uniting Church in Australia', Griffith Law Review, vol. 12, no. 1, pp. 91-113.
- Ridge, P 2002, 'Case note McCulloch v Fern', Journal of Contract Law, vol. 18, no. 1-2, pp. 138-144.
- Ridge, P 2001, 'Yerkey v Jones', in Blackshield (ed.), Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Australia, p. 737.
- Ridge, P 2001, 'Garcia v National Australia Bank', in Blackshield (ed.), Oxford Companion to the High Court of Australia, Oxford University Press, Melbourne, Australia, p. 291.
- Ridge, P 2000, 'High Hopes: the meaning and merits of unconscionability as the rationale for the High Courts decision in Garcia v National Australia Bank Ltd', National Law Review, vol. 2000, no. 8, pp. 1-51.
- Ridge, P 2000, 'Just Feel-good words? Recent Australian Developments towards a Restitutionary Cause of Action for Pre-Judgment Interest', Australian Business Law Review, vol. 28, pp. 275-292.
- Creyke, R, Sutherland, P & Ridge, P 2000, Veterans Entitlements Law, The Federation Press, Sydney.