Ms. Ann Apps

Lecturer, Newcastle Law School, University of Newcastle, Australia

Ms. Ann Apps is a Lecturer at the Newcastle Law School, University of Newcastle, Australia. A former solicitor in regional New South Wales, she has experience in property, commercial law, and civil litigation. Her teaching covers Contracts, Corporate Power and Social Responsibility, and Co-operative Law and Governance. Her research focuses on co-operative law, mutuals, corporate governance, and social enterprise, with a doctoral study on the impact of regulation on co-operatives in Australia. She has collaborated with the Business Council of Co-operatives and Mutuals (BCCM) on legal tools and research to support the co-operative sector, including the development of the Co-op Builder.