Being a pragmatic approach, I can see why judges find it very attractive. But that doesn't mean they need to be wedded to it. Australian judges, for example, are not blind to its attractiveness - but they don't forgo careful analysis in their judgments (some of them at least)!
This lecture is now published in the CLJ: www.cambridge.org/core/journal...
Whilst I wasn't expecting forensic analysis, some of the analysis is sloppy. In an article about 'equitable ownership' you would expect some engagement with (or even mention of!) discretionary trusts and charitable trusts..
Together with my good colleague and friend, Prof. Mark Bennett of the Victoria University of Wellington, New Zealand (people.wgtn.ac.nz/mark.bennett), I am today inaugurating a new podcast about trusts law, trusts practice and trusts research, called "Trusts Talk".
We at @cambridgelaw.bsky.social (in conjunction with @newnhamcollege.bsky.social) are recruiting to a 1-year Catherine Seville Assistant Professorship in Equity & Trusts. Closing date 3/5. This is an excellent opportunity to join our team of property lawyers!
This is an excellent opportunity - shame it's only for one year
An historic manor house has been sold by a cryptocurrency-backed charity as part of its plan to “wind down” in the coming years, according to the organisation’s accounts.
Quite apart from Chitty, Morris's contributions were notable: Conflict of Laws, Theobald on Wills, the Rule Against Perpetuities (and probably others too). A very impressive breadth (and depth) of knowledge!
We at @cambridgelaw.bsky.social are looking for an Assistant Professor in Tort Law (fixed term for 3 years). Do please spread the word about this opportunity to join our fantastic team of tort lawyers!
I would say the only bad choice here was your logging into Facebook.
Maybe it won't be too long before he can boast about playing 'a significant role in a successful private prosecution' - glossing over the fact he was on the wrong end of it..
Excellent stuff as always Dan. Does the Act explicitly define 'person' as meaning a human being? On a very quick look I cannot see such a definition - but I suspect I have overlooked it!
A brilliant appointment.
🎙️🏡⚖️Members of our Cambridge Centre for Property Law were recently featured on a special anniversary episode of Cambridge University Law Society's CULSCAST: Beyond Doctrine, discussing how the LPA has become one of the cornerstones of English Land Law. 🔗Listen here: podcasts.apple.com/gb/podcast/1...
Not normal, no. Would be interested to know how many students are also doing that module. Seems like the module leader wanted to do something similar to oral presentations but without the hassle of booking rooms, arranging recording equipment etc!
I haven't been watching it, but I understand in the current series of the Traitors one of the contestants is/was a barrister. Could be related to that?
A photo of frost on a window - the frost creating a beautiful tree-like pattern
Nature is amazing. Found this beautiful, tree-like frost on one of my windows this morning.
Published today: my chapter, co-authored with the incredible Sara Adami-Johnson, about offshore firewalls: academic.oup.com/edited.../61....
The chapter will appear in the Oxford Handbook of Comparative Trust Laws, edited by Mark Bennett, Lusina Ho, Richard Nolan and me.
🚨 Call for Papers 🚨 Delighted to announce the CfP for Vol V of Oxford Studies in Private Law Theory @OUPLaw w/ support fr @notredamelaw.bsky.social and @law.rutgers.edu. Papers to be presented at a workshop at @UctLaw in Cape Town in Jan '27. Pls submit!
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Pleased to see my chapter, the Rights of Objects of Powers, now published online - part of the brilliant Oxford Handbook of Comparative Trust Laws:
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For those without OUP online access, the pre-published version can be accessed here: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....
Very pleased that "A Research Agenda for Succession Law" has made it onto the @elgarpublishing.bsky.social website. Publication expected April 2026! #ARAFSL
This is now out as Lorren Eldridge, 'Section 53(1)(b) and the Rest is History' [2025] Conv 363 - full text on Westlaw.
Photo of Theobald on Wills 20th edition next to Snell's Equity 34th edition
There's something quite pleasing about owning the 150th Anniversary Editions of these texts. Would have been even better had they included the seal on the front of Theobald as well!
The Faculty (@cambridgelaw.bsky.social) is offering a John Hall studentship for a new PhD student commencing either full-time or part-time doctoral research in 2026/27, with a preference for scholars in Family Law and a value of £15,000pa.
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📚 It's that regular call for persons interested in writing for the Conveyancer Book Reviews section 📚
This time, particularly reviewers interested in construction; and trusts.
Reviews for Conv are short, and we publish 4 times a with fairly flexible deadlines (within reason).
It's a magnificent cathedral - even more so when packed full of people for matriculation, graduation, concerts etc. Was very fortunate that my college was directly opposite the building.
Dame Professor Sarah Worthington, The Paradoxes of Property Lecture no 2
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Although certainly not perfect, Millett was an excellent judge too (at least when it came to chancery matters)
Proofs proofs proofs proofs! Produced at high speed to get in there between the Court of Appeal judgment and the UKSC hearing in NIOC v Crescent Gas, my article on the drafting history of s53(1)(b) of the LPA 1925 will be out in the Conveyancer shortly.
This is news to me - and I grew up in Bristol!
Facade of a multi-story apartment building in London, featuring uniform balconies. Each apartment has large windows and personal items, divided by thick concrete walls.
📢 Commonhold: The Future of Flat Ownership
Join our expert panel for an evening event in which landmark developments to flat ownership will be explored.
📅 9 December 2025
⏰ 6pm
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