Nicola Peart

Nicola Sheila Peart is a New Zealand law academic, and as of 2019 is a full professor at the University of Otago.

Academic career After degrees from Leiden University and University of Cape Town, Peart moved to the University of Otago, rising to full professor.

In the 2024 King’s Birthday Honours, Peart was appointed an Officer of the New Zealand Order of Merit, for services to the law.

Selected works Chan, Tracey E., Nicola S. Peart, and Jacqueline Chin. "Evolving legal responses to dependence on families in New Zealand and Singapore healthcare." Journal of medical ethics 40, no. 12 (2014): 861–865. Peart, Nicola S., Alastair V. Campbell, ALEX R. Manara, Shelley A. Renowden, and Gordon M. Stirrat. "Maintaining a pregnancy following loss of capacity." Medical law review 8, no. 3 (2000): 275–299. Bennett, Thomas W., and Nicola S. Peart. "The dualism of marriage laws in Africa." Acta Juridica (1983): 145. Peart, Nicola, and David Holdaway. "Legal and ethical issues of health research with children." Childrenz Issues: Journal of the Children's Issues Centre 2, no. 2 (1998): 42.