Russell Hewitson

Associate Professor

School: Northumbria School of Law

Russell Hewitson is an Associate Professor at Northumbria Law School. He is a Fellow of the Cambridge Centre for Property Law.

Russell is module tutor for Property Law and Practice and Solicitors Accounts on the LPC; Property Law and Practice, Drafting and Solicitors Accounts on the MLaw programme; Property Law and Practice on the Solicitors Apprenticeship degree, and Client Care and Professional Standards and Commercial Leases on the PSC.

He is the Law Society Council member for commercial property and the academic member of the Law Society’s Conveyancing and Land Law Committee.

Russell is general editor of Precedents for the Conveyancer, Practical Lease Precedents, and Practical Conveyancing Precedents. He is a consultant editor of the Law Society’s Conveyancing Handbook and has written a number of other books including Conveyancing Searches and Enquiries, Licensing Law Handbook and Business Tenancies. He is also the Practice and Precedents Editor of The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer.

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Research Themes and Scholarly Interests

Russell's research interests include land law and land registration, landlord and tenant law, co-ownership and the reform of property law. He has consulted to both government and the Law Commission.

Key Publications

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Caveat Emptor: is it a Time for a Change?, Hewitson, R. 28 May 2026, Modern Studies in Property Law, London, Hart Publishing
The Renters' Rights Act 2025 - revolution or recalibration?, Hewitson, R. 30 Jun 2026, In: The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer
The TA6 Property Information Form, yet again, plus more proposals for reform, Hewitson, R. 16 Apr 2026, In: The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer
Artificial intelligence and conveyancing: those who embrace will benefit?, Hewitson, R. 1 Sep 2025, In: The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer
Bridging the gap, Hewitson, R. 12 Mar 2025, In: The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer
Conveyancing Handbook, Silverman, F., Hewitson, R., Rodell, A. 9 Oct 2025
Insurance commission payments in commercial leases, Hewitson, R. 4 Nov 2025, In: The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer
The end for upwards-only rent reviews?, Hewitson, R. 31 Dec 2025, In: The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer
Conveyancing Handbook, Hewitson, R., Silverman, F., Rodell, A. Sep 2024
Drafting to bridge the registration gap, Gordon, W., Moore, S., Taggart, N., Hewitson, R. 12 Feb 2024

Professional Activity

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Invited talk: Law Society Property Conference 2025 2025
Membership of network: Association for Law, Property, & Society (External organisation) 2023
Examination: Business leases and energy efficiency: Improvements, dilapidations, implied terms and lease renewals 2022
Invited talk: National Property Law Conference 2021 2021
Invited talk: Law Society’s Conveyancing and Land Law Committee Update - key work streams property practitioners should be aware of 2021
Membership of council: The Law Society (External organisation) 2021
Examination: External Examiner for the LPC at Hertfordshire University 2018
Other: Trustee, Netherton Park Trust 2018
Other: LLM Legal Practice Programme Validation 2017
Other: Central Applications Board 2017