Associate Professor Ursula Cheer 
Position
Associate Professor
Qualifications
LLB Hons University of Canterbury (1982)
LLM Cambridge, United Kingdom (1990)
Room
Room: 511, 5th floor, School of Law
Contact Details
Direct Dial: +64 3 364 2693
Phone: +64 3 364 2987
Extension: 6693
ursula.cheer@canterbury.ac.nz
Postal address
School of Law
University of Canterbury
Private Bag 4800
Christchurch
New Zealand
Background
Ursula Cheer joined Canterbury as a Lecturer in Law in 1995. She obtained an LLB (Hons). degree from University of Canterbury in 1982, followed by a Master of Laws by exam and thesis on Civil Liberties and Censorship from Cambridge University, United Kingdom, in 1990.
After working as a Grade 7 Lawyer in the United Kingdom Law Commission for four years, Ursula joined the School of Law at Canterbury in 1995, teaching Torts, Contract, Bill of Rights and Civil Liberties, the latter being eventually replaced with Media Law.
Ursula’s research interests lie in a combination of Torts, such as Defamation, Civil Liberties, in particular, Censorship, and the broad range of topics making up Media Law, such as Privacy, and regulatory systems such as the Broadcasting Standards Authority and the Press Council.
Active Research
- Defamation law
- Privacy
- General media law issues
- Censorship
Recent Publications
- Further publications and CV
- ‘Myths and Realities about the chilling effect: The New Zealand media’s experience of defamation law’ (2005) 13 Torts Law Journal 259-301.
- NZ Media Law Update’ (2005) 10(4) MALR p. 325 -340.
- J Burrows and U Cheer, Media Law in New Zealand (5th ed) (2005).
- Privacy, the Bill of Rights and the BSA’ (2005) NZLJ p. 222-224.
- More privacy – Douglas 1, OK! nil’ (2005) NZLJ p. 278-280, 284.
- Privacy and the public interest’ (2005) 1(10) Privacy Law Bulletin 145.
- Rylands v Fletcher redeemed?’ (2004) NZLJ p. 113-116.
- NZ Media and Arts Law Update’ (2004) 9(3) MALR p. 237-246.
- NZ Media and Arts Law Update’ (2004) 9(4) MALR p. 327-337.
- Censorship Update’, [2003] NZLJ 29-34.
- NZ Media and Arts Law Update’ (2003) 8(3) MALR p. 227-235.
- NZ Media and Arts Law Update’ (2003) 8(4) MALR p. 317-324.