Prue Vines

Prue Vines is a Professor at the University of New South Wales (UNSW) in the School of Private & Commercial Law, part of the Faculty of Law. She has been affiliated with the Law Faculty since 1990. Her expertise spans torts (focusing on negligence and apology legislation), succession law (particularly culturally appropriate wills for Indigenous Australians), and legal system reform. She co-directs the Private Law Research and Policy Group at UNSW.

Education: Hold degrees including BA, MA, Dip Ed, and LLB. Research interests include statutory interpretation, unintended consequences of compensation law, and Indigenous customary inheritance practices. She has supervised PhD students in areas like statutory interpretation.

Publications include seminal texts like Succession: Families, Property and Death and Fleming’s The Law of Torts. Her work bridges legal theory and practice, emphasizing cultural sensitivity and systemic reform. Awards include the 2002 Vice-Chancellor’s Teaching Award.

Teaching focuses on Torts, Succession, and Legal Education. She has also contributed to interdisciplinary projects on judicial trauma and legal pedagogy. The Private Law Research Group explores topics like inheritance rights and legal innovation.