Prof Patricia Lenaghan

Associate Professor – Department of Mercantile and Labour Law, UWC Faculty of Law

Patricia Lenaghan is an Associate Professor in the Department of Mercantile and Labour Law where she specialises in international trade law, regional integration and development as well as European Union law. She also teaches in the International Trade and Investment Law Masters Programme at the University of Pretoria.

The focus of her Master’s thesis is the role of Geographic InProf Lenaghan has written on the field of European Union Law, The Trade and Development Cooperation Agreement entered into between the European Union and South Africa as well as the impact of Trade and Globalisation on the Developing Worlddicators as Brand Names with specific reference to the relationship between the European Union and South Africa and her Doctorate focusses on the right to freedom of religion in the public domain in South Africa.

In addition to her academic interests, she is a non-practising attorney, notary and conveyancer of the High Court of South Africa and practised as such in Gauteng before joining the University of the Western Cape.

Specialisation: International trade law, development, regional integration and EU law