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Dr Iris Benöhr, PhD (EUI, Italy), License en Droit (UniNE, Switzerland), Zurich Bar

Iris

Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Law

Email: i.benohr@qmul.ac.uk
Room Number: Lincoln's Inn Fields

Profile

Iris Benöhr is as a Senior Lecturer (Associate Professor) in Law at Queen Mary University of London and the Deputy Director of the Institute for Competition and Consumers (ICC). Prior to Queen Mary she was a British Academy Postdoctoral Fellow at the University of Oxford. She holds a PhD and Master in law (European University Institute, Florence) and a Licence en Droit (University of Neuchâtel, Switzerland). She was admitted to the Bar, Zurich (Switzerland) and held positions at the United Nations and the European Commission.

Iris has held visiting posts at various institutions, including the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Hamburg, the Institute of European and Comparative Law at the University of Oxford, the Swiss Institute of Comparative Law, Lausanne and the University of Wisconsin.

Her main research interests lie in international, European and comparative law, in particular commercial and consumer law, financial market regulation, human rights, climate change and dispute resolution, competition law and sustainable development. She published widely in these fields and has worked as a legal expert for related projects commissioned by the United Nations, the Commonwealth Secretariat and the Caribbean Community.

Main working languages: English, German, French

Undergraduate Teaching

Research

Her main research interests lie in the fields of international, European and comparative law, in particular commercial and consumer law, competition law, financial market regulation, and dispute resolution. She is also interested in human rights law, climate change mitigation and sustainable development.

Examples of research funding:

British Academy funded project on the comparison and intersection of consumer and environmental law.

Publications

Books

  • I Benöhr, EU Consumer Law and Human Rights (Oxford University Press, Oxford Studies in European Law, 2014)
  • C. Hodges, I Benöhr and N. Creutzfeld-Banda, Consumer ADR in Europe (Hart Publishing, Oxford (Civil Justice Systems) 2012). Reviewed by:
    • Mak, Journal of European Consumer and Market Law (2016)
    • Jansen & Somers, Common Market Law Review, vol. 51, issue 5 (2014)
    • Koulu, European Law Review, vol. 40, issue 1 (2015)
    • Reich, Common Market Law Review, vol 50, issue 3 (2013)
    • Ross, Edinburgh Law Review, vol, 17, Issue 2 (2013)

Journal Articles

  • I. Benöhr, The Right to Water and Sustainable Consumption in EU Law, Journal of Consumer Policy (2022), pp. 1-25
  • I. Benöhr, The United Nations Guidelines for Consumer Protection: Legal Implications and New Frontiers, Journal of Consumer Policy (2020), 43, 105–124
  • I. Benöhr, Collective Redress in the Financial Sector and the New EU Deal for Consumers, European Review of Private Law (2019) 6, pp. 1345–1366
  • I. Benöhr, Private Autonomy and Protection of the Weaker Party in Financial Consumer Contracts (2018) European Law Review, 5, pp. 687-709
  • I Benöhr, Collective Actions in Consumer Law, Legal Issues of Economic Integration, Special issue (2014)
  • I Benöhr, Alternative Dispute Resolution of Consumers in Financial Services: A Comparative Perspective' (2013) European Policy Analysis, SIEPS
  • I Benöhr, 'Consumer Dispute Resolution after the Lisbon Treaty' (2013) Volume 36 Journal of Consumer Policy 87
  • H. Pacini, M. Montoya Diaz, V. Guimarães and I, Benöhr, 'Environmental and competitive performances' (2013) 36 (3) September 2013, World Competition, Law and Economics Review
  • C. Hodges, I Benöhr and N. Creutzfeldt-Banda, 'Consumer-to-Business Dispute Resolution' (2012) ERA Forum Journal of the Academy of European Law 199–225.

Book Chapters and Reviews

  • I. Benöhr, Book Review, Alexia Pato, On Jurisdiction and Cross-Border Collective Redress, Common Market Law Review (2021)
  • I. Benöhr and H.-W. Micklitz, Book Chapter, Consumer Protection and Human Rights, in Handbook of Research on International Consumer Law, G. Howells, I. Ramsay, T. Wilhelmsson (ed.), Edward Elgar Publishing (2018), pp. 16-35
  • I. Benöhr, Book Chapter, The concepts of nullity and damages in competition law: a comparative and EU perspective, in: H. Micklitz and C. Sieburgh (eds.), The Impact of EU Primary Law on Private Law, Intersentia (2017), pp. 133-163
  • I. Benöhr, Book Review, J. Rutgers (ed.), European Contract Law and the Welfare State, European Law Review (2014)
  • I Benöhr, Book Chapter, Out-of-Court Settlement of Consumer Disputes in Financial Services in C. Hodges and A. Stadler (eds), Resolving Mass Disputes (Edward Elgar 2013)
  • I Benöhr, Book Chapter, Alternative Dispute Resolution for Consumers in the EU in C. Hodges, I. Benöhr and N. Creutzfeld-Banda (eds), Consumer ADR in Europe (Hart Publishing, Oxford (Civil Justice Systems) 2012)
  • I Benöhr, C. Hodges and N. Creutzfeld-Banda, Book Chapter,, 'Alternative Redress Mechanisms for Consumers in Germany,' in Consumer ADR in Europe (Hart Publishing, Oxford (Civil Justice Systems) 2012)
  • C. Hodges, I Benöhr and N. Creutzfeld-Banda, Book Chapter, 'Consumers ADR in France' in Consumer ADR in Europe (Hart Publishing, Oxford (Civil Justice Systems) 2012)
  • C. Hodges, N. Creutzfeld-Banda and I Benöhr, Book Chapter, 'Consumers ADR in the UK' in Consumer ADR in Europe (Hart Publishing, Oxford (Civil Justice Systems) 2012)
  • C. Hodges, N. Creutzfeld-Banda and I Benöhr, Book Chapter, 'Cross-border ADR' in Consumer ADR in Europe (Hart Publishing, Oxford (Civil Justice Systems) 2012)
  • I Benöhr and F. Weber, Book Chapter, 'Dispute Resolution for Consumers in Spain,' in C. Hodges, I. Benohr and N. Creutzfeld-Banda (eds), Consumer ADR in Europe (Hart Publishing, Oxford (Civil Justice Systems) 2012)
  • I Benöhr and H.-W. Micklitz, Book Chapter, 'Consumer Protection and Human Rights' in G. Howells, I. Ramsay, T. Wilhelmsson (eds), Handbook of Research on International Consumer Law (Edward Elgar Publishing 2010)

Law and Policy Publications

  • I Benöhr, Redress in Retail Investment Markets: International Perspectives and Best Practices (co-authored publication) (2014) CFA, pp. 1-60.
  • I Benöhr, Alternative Dispute Resolution of Consumers in Financial Services: A Comparative Perspective' (2013) European Policy Analysis, SIEPS
  • C. Hodges, I Benöhr and Naomi Creutzfeldt-Banda, 'Consumer-to-Business ADR Structures:' (2012) The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society
  • C. Hodges, N. Creutzfeldt-Banda and I Benöhr, 'The Hidden World of Consumer ADR: Redress and Behaviour' (2011) The Foundation for Law, Justice and Society

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