Jessica Gracie
Profile
Biography
Dr Jessica Gracie
LLB (Hons) (York), PhD (York)
Lecturer in Law
I joined York Law School in 2018 as a Graduate Teaching Assistant whilst completing my funded doctoral project. I was promoted to Associate Lecturer in 2021 and subsequently to Lecturer in 2024.
In my role at York Law School, I am a member of the Department’s Admissions Team and the Learning, Teaching and Development Team.
Research
Overview
My research spans several broad categories.
Novel-working arrangements
My research examines the legal implications of novel working arrangements, particularly in relation to employment law and the law of tort. For example, my doctoral project included a socio-legal study of the gig economy and its implications to specific doctrines of the law of tort (including vicarious liability, non-delegable duties, direct duties, and employer’s duties).
Private law’s deterrent capacity
My research also examines tort law’s capacity to deter the behaviour of individual actors. For example, my doctoral project studied the extent to which actors in the gig economy were (i) aware of, and (ii) influenced by tort.
Other Research Interests
My research interests also include trauma-informed approaches to jurisprudence and pedagogy, as well as sexual violence and sexual harassment in organisational settings.
My research is socio-legal in nature. I have experience in the adoption of qualitative methods, including semi-structured interviews, and focus groups.
Publications
Selected publications
- Jessica Gracie, ‘Book Review: Christine Beuermann, ‘Reconceptualising Strict Liability for the Tort of Another’ (Oxford: Hart Publishing, 2019)’ (2021) Legal Studies (forthcoming).
- Jessica Gracie ‘Vicarious Liability: No Longer on the Move — Barclays Bank Plc v Various Claimants; Wm Morrisons Supermarket Plc v Various Claimants’ (2021) 26 Torts Law Journal 269.
Teaching
Undergraduate
York Law School
- Foundations in Law I Module Convenor
- Obligations subject team
- Labour Law
- Civil, Employment & Discrimination Case Study
- Intellectual Property
- Dissertation supervisor
School of Arts and Creative Technologies
I am also the Law lead for two interdisciplinary modules in the School of Arts and Creative Technologies. I am responsible for designing and delivering law content in the school on the following modules:
- Creative Business Methods (Finance, Planning, and the Law) (UG)
- Law & Finance for Creative and Cultural Businesses (MA)
External activities
Overview
Memberships
- Society of Legal Scholars
- United Kingdom Council for Psychotherapists
Media coverage
- Following the UK Supreme Court handing down judgment in Uber v Aslam [2021] UKSC 5, I participated in a variety of television interviews in Australia and China discussing developments with the gig economy.
Blogs
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The Conversation, ‘Uber drivers ruling: how thousands working in the UK’s gig economy could benefit’ 19 February 2021.
