Ryan Cushley-Spendiff

Dr Ryan Cushley-Spendiff is a Lecturer at Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University. He is affiliated with the Centre for Business and Insolvency Law and serves as Associate Editor for the Nottingham Law Journal and Journal for Rights and Justice, alongside managing digital marketing for The Law School Blog.

• PhD from Lancaster University (2022) on relational contract law
• Teaches modules like Critical Legal Thinking, Contract (PGDL), and Corporate Social Responsibility (Masters level)

His research bridges social issues with commercial legal theory, focusing on topics such as relational contract law, LGBT+ exploitation in commercial governance, and legal frameworks for the video-game industry. He has published on corporate regulatory competition and is currently working on papers exploring exorcism in contract law and commercial governance.