John Devereux

John Anthony Devereux is a professor of law at the University of Queensland.

Devereux's primary area of research and teaching is in the area of Torts. He has a special interest in Medical Law. He completed his Doctorate of Philosophy at Oxford University in 1993 Devereux is an Honorary Fellow of the Australasian College of Legal Medicine. Devereux currently serves as a member of the Administrative Review Tribunal. He was a member of the Administrative Appeals Tribunal. He was formerly the legal member of the Health Quality and Complaints Commission, and was formerly a Law Reform Commissioner for Queensland. He has served four terms as a Defence Force Magistrate and Judge Advocate.

Key publications

Journal articles S Kiel-Chisholm, J Devereux, 'The Ghost in the Machine: Legal Challenges of Neural Interface Devices' (2015) 23 (1) The Tort Law Review 32-44 J Devereux, 'Known Knowns and Known Unknowns: The Mysteries of Intentional Torts Against the Person' (2014) 22 Tort Law Review 134-144 J Devereux, N Morrison, 'Child Saviours : Reconceiving the Legal Dimension' (2014) 22 (1) Tort Law Review 9-21 J Devereux, R Beran, 'Reconciling Medical and Legal Conceptions of Surgery - An Exercise in Futility?' (2014) 22 (2) Tort Law Review 68-74 J Devereux, N Morrison, 'Child Saviours: Reconceiving the Ethical Dimension' (2014) 22 (1) Tort Law Review 3-9 J Devereux, 'Public Forum', Your Health Future: Genes & Me, Translational Research Institute (TRI) (2014)

Books J Devereux and others, Torts: A Practical Learning Approach (3rd edn LexisNexis Butterworths, Sydney 2014) J Devereux, A Clarke, J Werren, Torts: A Practical Learning Approach (2nd edn LexisNexis Butterworths, Sydney 2011) A Clarke, J Devereux, Torts: A Practical Learning Approach (Butterworths, Sydney 2008) J Devereux, Australian Medical Law (3rd edn Routledge-Cavendish, Abingdon, Oxon 2007) J Devereux, Australian Medical Law (Cavendish Press, London 2002) J Devereux, Medical Law (Cavendish Press, London 1997)