LLB (Hons), LLM, DipLP, PhD, FHEA
Personal Chair
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- Email Address
- g.w.gordon@abdn.ac.uk
- Telephone Number
- +44 (0)1224 272418
- Office Address
Taylor Building, Room C36
- School/Department
- School of Law



Biography
Greg Gordon joined the School of Law as a lecturer in 2004 after a period working in Aberdeen and London as a solicitor specialising in litigation, primarily in the oil and gas sector. He became a senior lecturer in 2011 and Professor Law in 2019. He is a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.
Prof Gordon was Head of School from 2017 until 2025. Prior to this he served as Deputy Head of School, as Director of Teaching and Learning and as the Co-Director for Aberdeen University Centre for Energy Law.
Prof Gordon’s principal teaching and research interests are in energy law, commercial contracting, the Scots law of delict and professional ethics and the rule of law.
Prof Gordon's current administrative roles within the Law School include Regional Engagement officer and acting as the School Lead for South Asia
Prof Gordon is an editorial board member of the Stair Memorial Encyclopedia, a Board member of Scottish Universities Law Institute and a Trustee of the TB Smith Memorial Trust.
Memberships and Affiliations
- Internal Memberships
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- External Memberships
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Board Member, SULI
Editorial Board Member: Stair Memorial Encyclopedia
External Examiner, University of Galway
Visiting Lecturer and Fellow, Wuhan University (2018, 2024-26)
Visiting Senior Research Fellow, National University of Singapore (2016, 2020 and 2025)
Visiting Lecturer, Louisiana State University (2015)
- Research
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Research Overview
Upstream oil and gas law; Scots law generally; commercial contracting; the law of delict/tort.
Current Research
Prof Gordon's present research projects focus primarily upon the decommissioning of offshore installations, the Scots law of negligence and a consideration of commercial and regulatory law relating to the energy industry in Victorian Britain
- Teaching
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Teaching Responsibilities
Prof Gordon currently co-ordinates and/or teaches on the following the courses:
Undergraduate
Level 1: Legal System; Delict and Unjustified EnrichmentLevel 4: Delict
LLMThe North Sea Energy Law Programme (4-seat professional masters programme delivered in conjunction with the Universities of Groningen, Oslo and Copenhagen)
MSc / LLM
Legal Issues in Decommissioning Operations: Commercial (online)
LLM (special delivery: Wuhan)
Natural Resources and the Energy Transition
- Publications
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R (on the application of Prudential) v Special Commissioner of Income Tax: Qualified Legal Professionals in a Privileged Position
British Tax Review, vol. 2011, no. 1, pp. 73-81Contributions to Journals: Comments and DebatesReview of 'Precontractual liability in European private law'. Ed by John Cartwright and Martijn Hesselink Cambridge: Cambridge University Press (www.cambridge.org), The Common Core of European Private Law, 2008. xxvi + 508 pp. ISBN 9780521516013. 拢85.
Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 14, no. 3, pp. 526-527Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Mature province initiatives
Oil and Gas Law Current Practice and Emerging Trends: 2nd edition. Gordon, G., Paterson, J., Usenmez, E. (eds.). 2 edition. Edinburgh University Press, pp. 111-136, 26 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE]
Oil and gas law current practice and emerging trends: 2nd edition
Edinburgh University Press. 632 pagesBooks and Reports: Books- [ONLINE]
Petroleum licensing
Oil and Gas Law Current Practice and Emerging Trends: 2nd edition. Edinburgh University Press, pp. 65-109, 45 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE]
Risk allocation in oil and gas contracts
Oil and Gas Law: Current Practice and Emerging Trends. Gordon, G., Paterson, J., Usenmez, E. (eds.). 2nd edition. Dundee University Press, pp. 443-497, 55 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: Chapters- [ONLINE]
Business regulation
Business Law in Scotland. Black, G. (ed.). W. Green & Son, pp. 69-106, 38 pagesChapters in Books, Reports and Conference Proceedings: ChaptersContribution and indemnification
Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 102-106Contributions to Journals: Comments and Debates- [ONLINE] DOI:
Review of 'Contract terms'. Ed by Andrew Burrows and Edwin Peel Oxford: Oxford University Press (www.oup.com), 2007. xlii + 344 pp. ISBN 978019922937. 拢90.
Edinburgh Law Review, vol. 14, no. 1, pp. 167-168Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles- [ONLINE] DOI:
Review of S Tromans, Nuclear Law
Environmental Liability, vol. 18, pp. 202Contributions to Journals: Reviews of Books, Films and Articles