Iain Field

Associate Professor Iain Field is a private law scholar and the Chief Examiner in the TC Beirne School of Law. He is also an Honorary Associate Professor at Bond University.

Iain's primary research and teaching interests lie in the area of tort law, with an emphasis on defences and damages. His work has been accepted for publication in leading law journals, including the Cambridge Law Journal, Modern Law Review, Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Melbourne University Law Review, University of New South Wales Law Journal and Sydney Law Review. He has also co-authored articles with senior members of the judiciary and the academy and presented at both domestic and international legal conferences.

Iain was the recipient of a 2022 Australian Legal Research Award, in the category Article/Chapter (General), for his article 'The Problem with Provocation in Trespass' (Modern Law Review). He also recieved the 2017 Faculty of Law Emerging Research Excellence Award (Bond) for his work on Good Faith Defences.

Iain was also awarded the 2018 Law Students’ Association Teaching Award (Bond) and the 2015 Stanley Shaw Bond Prize for Teaching Excellence (Bond).

Iain was a Managing Editor of the University of Queensland Law Journal from 2019-2024, and General Editor of the Bond Law Review from 2015–2019. He is currently an editorial board member of the Torts Law Journal.