David McClean CBE, QC, is Professor of Law and Dean of the Faculty of Law at the University of Sheffield. He joined the University of Sheffield after studying at Oxford and was a Pro-Vice-Chancellor of the University from 1991 to 1996. He is the country's leading expert in civil aviation law and general editor of the standard text (Shawcross and Beaumont on Air Law); he is also one of the leading private international lawyers and an editor of the standard text (Dicey and Morris on the Conflict of Laws). He regularly works as an adviser to the Commonwealth Secretariat, work which relates to international co-operation both in civil justice and in the fight against international organised crime. He is also an expert on the law relating to the Church of England.