About

Experience

Kingsley is a qualified legal practitioner and experienced law lecturer, with extensive experiences practicing and teaching public and private law. Kingsley is currently a Senior Lecturer-in-Law and the LLB Course Leader at the School of Law (Department of Law and Criminology), Sheffield Hallam University. Previously, Kingsley worked as an External PhD supervisor and a Graduate Teaching Assistant at the School of Law, University of Sheffield.

Educational Background

Kingsley received his Bachelor of Laws degree from the University of Jos in Nigeria. He then completed the Bar qualification training at the Nigerian Law School before embarking on a career as a barrister and solicitor. After gaining experience in both public and private practice, Kingsley obtained a Master of Laws degree and a PhD in Law from the University of Sheffield.

Before joining Sheffield Hallam University, Kingsley served as a legal officer in Nigeria’s Justice Ministry’s Directorate of Public Prosecutions. His academic career began with a lecturing role at the University of Sheffield, where he taught technology law and various private and public law modules to undergraduate students. He also was a visiting lecturer at the University of Law (Leeds campus), teaching LPC corporate and commercial law modules. 

Kingsley has contributed to the legal education community as a Guest Judge for the National Student Negotiation Competition organised by the Centre for Effective Dispute Resolution (CEDR), helping UK law students hone their commercial negotiation skills. He provides educational consulting services to organisations in the UK and internationally, delivering training programs to executives and managers from the legal services industry, including the Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) and Nigeria’s National Judicial Council (NJC).

As a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy, Kingsley is deeply committed to helping deliver legal education. Currently, he has several leadership roles, including serving as the Course Leader for the LL.B Law degree, the Deputy Course Leader for the International Sports Law in Practice LL.M, and Module Leader for the undergraduate Tort Law module and the postgraduate Law of Obligations module.

In addition to his teaching responsibilities, Kingsley is actively engaged in research, focusing on the intersection of law and technology. His current research interests include algorithmic harms and civil liability, cryptocurrency regulation, and digital rights—all of which are increasingly relevant in today’s digital age.

Research

Kingsley has extensive research experience on the intersection of law and technology. In fulfilment of the requirements of his LLB in 2011, Kingsley critically examined the ‘Regulation of ICT in Nigeria.’ For his LLM, he critically appraised the legal framework for electronic money (e-money) in the UK. He previously examined the ‘Regulation of ICT in Nigeria’. His PhD evaluated the viability of cryptocurrencies within the legal regime for electronic payments in English law. He continues to explore themes around law and technology – especially in relation to artificial intelligence (AI), cryptocurrencies, big-data and digital rights.