Eva Lomnicka studied at Girton College, Cambridge where she obtained a ‘starred’ first class BA (later MA) degree and a ‘starred’ first and Chancellor’s medal in her LLB (later LLM). She then read for the Bar (as a Harmsworth Scholar) and joined King’s College Law School as a lecturer in 1975. She became a professor in 1993 and, having spent her entire academic career at King’s, was awarded a King’s Lifetime Achievement award in 2018. She took 50% retirement in 2016. Her research interests have centred on financial services regulation, in particular consumer credit law. She was on the DTI’s Consumer Credit Steering Group, which led to the Consumer Credit Act 2006 and is presently on HMT’s Consumer Credit Expert Working Group on the reform of the consumer credit regulatory regime. She was also an expert on the UK’s delegation to UNCITRAL’s Convention on Receivables Financing (Vienna and New York: 1997-2001).

With John Powell KC she established and until recently, edited Thomson Reuter’s Encyclopedia of Financial Services Law and she contributes to a number of leading practitioner texts (Palmer’sCompany law, Chitty on Contracts, Benjamin on Sale of Goods). She is on the Advisory Board of a number of academic journals and was a founder member (and is on the Advisory Board) of the Financial Services Lawyers Association. Until recently, she maintained an advisory practice at the Bar, was appointed a Bencher of the Middle Temple in 2014 and K.C. (Honoris causa) in 2020.

Partnerships/ professional collaborations

• HMT’s Consumer Credit Expert Working Group (2025 – ongoing)
• DTI’s Consumer Credit Steering Group (which led to the Consumer Credit Act 2006)
• UNCITRAL’s Convention on Receivables Financing (Vienna and New York: 1997-2001), legal expert on the UK’s delegation
• Sometime practising barrister at 4 New Square Chambers

Membership of professional bodies

• Middle Temple:

          1972: Barrister (Harmsworth Scholar)

          2014 – present: Bencher

• Financial Services Lawyers Association (FLSA): Advisory Board, Chair of Judges of FSLA Essay Competition (& sometime Treasurer)
• Royal Society of Arts (RSA): Fellow

Research Interests

Her research interests have centred on financial regulation, in particular, consumer credit law. More generally, she has published on commercial law topics (in particular security interests).

See Professor Lomnicka's Research Portal profile for full details of her research.

Teaching

• Company Law LLB
• Capital Markets (online LLM)

Selected Publications

• Encyclopedia of Consumer Credit Law (General Editor);
• Chitty on Contract (36th Edition): Chapter 42;
• Co-author: The Law of Security and Title-based Financing (4th Ed);
• Co-author: Modern Banking Law (5th Ed);
• Palmer’s Company Law: Part 11