Professor Gregory Tolhurst serves as Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Sydney Law School. His academic qualifications include a Diploma in Law from the South Australian Bar (DipLaw SAB), Master of Laws from the University of Sydney (LLM Syd), Doctor of Philosophy from the University of New South Wales (PhD UNSW), Fellow of the Australian Academy of Law (FAAL), and Graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors (GAICD). Tolhurst has had a distinguished career at the University of Sydney, where he acted as Dean of the Sydney Law School from 2012 to 2013 and served as Associate Dean (Indigenous) in 2016. He is a key member of the Law School's research group focused on Commercial, Corporate, and Tax law.

Tolhurst's research interests center on advanced topics in commercial and contract law, including the assignment of contractual rights, privity of contract, contractual prohibitions on assignment, discharge for breach of contract including by repudiation and delay, and related doctrines. He has made significant contributions through authorship of major texts and scholarly articles. Key publications include his monograph The Assignment of Contractual Rights (Hart Publishing, 2006), which provides a comprehensive analysis of assignment rules; Furmston and Tolhurst on Privity of Contract (Oxford University Press, 2015; 2nd ed. 2025); and Contract Formation: Law and Practice (with Michael Furmston, Oxford University Press, 2nd ed. 2016; 3rd ed. forthcoming). Additionally, Tolhurst has co-authored numerous works with Professor Emeritus J.W. Carter, such as contributions to Carter's guides on Australian contract law. His peer-reviewed articles appear in leading journals, notably "Two Models for Discharge of a Contract by Repudiation" in the Cambridge Law Journal (2018) and "An Assimilated Approach to Discharge for Breach of Contract by Delay" (2017). With over 20 publications documented on ResearchGate, Tolhurst has influenced the field of contract law scholarship. In teaching, he delivers courses in commercial law and contracts, contributing to the education of future lawyers.

Professional Email: greg.tolhurst@sydney.edu.au