Thomson Reuters is pleased to announce the appointment of Professor Eileen Webb as a brand new Western Australia Section Editor for Property Law Review. As part of an ongoing enhancement project, we are commissioning a range of new sections to bring subscribers property law insights from academics and practitioners around Australia and internationally.

Professor WebbDr Eileen Webb is a Professor in the Faculty of Law at the University of Western Australia and co-director of the Faculty of Law’s Consumer Research Unit. Eileen’s research comprises varying combinations of real property, consumer and small business law and her teaching responsibilities include Property Law, Consumer Law and Seniors Law and Policy.

Eileen is currently coordinating a joint research project with the Council on the Ageing Western Australia (COTAWA) titled Security of tenure for the ageing population in Western Australia – Does current legislation in WA support seniors’ on-going housing needs?  She is also coordinating a research project for National Seniors Australia: Seniors downsizing on their own terms: overcoming planning, legal and policy impediments to the creation of alternative retirement communities. 

We are delighted to have Eileen join the editorial team and are confident subscribers will benefit greatly from her insights.

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