In memoriam: Dr Parker Hood

It is with great sadness that Edinburgh Law School announces the passing of our friend and colleague, Dr Parker Hood.

Dr Parker Hood served as a Lecturer in Commercial Law at Edinburgh Law School since 1994, although prior to that he studied within the Law School. From 2013, he was the Director of the LLM Commercial Law Programme. In the 2010s, Dr Hood was in charge of the Edinburgh Centre for Commercial Law Seminar Programme and was the Director of the Edinburgh Centre for Commercial Law. In recent years, he was rightly proud of publishing 'Principles of Lender Liability' with Oxford University Press. He became very involved in the running and teaching of Edinburgh Law School’s LLM in International Banking Law and Finance and company law at Edinburgh Law School, and his work as a teacher was fondly remembered by many students.

Dr Hood was very involved within the legal community of Scotland. He was the editor of the Scots Law section of the Journal of Business Law, a member of the Stair Society, and a visiting professor at the University of Leuven in 2001. He also gave the annual CPD Update Seminars on ‘Commercial Law’ to the Legal Profession with Edinburgh Law Seminars.

He will be deeply missed by the Edinburgh Law School community and our sincere condolences are with his family and friends.

There will be a book of condolences available at the Edinburgh Law School reception.

There is also an online book of condolences - Sign the online book of condolences