Supermarket bosses who list their rock hard fruit as “perfectly ripe” should be forced to eat it in front of us all. The liars!

The King has approved the appointment of six Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal. He has been pleased to approve the appointments of Mrs Justice Cockerill, Mr Justice Dove, Mr Justice Foxton, Mrs Justice May, Mr Justice Miles and Mrs Justice Yip. www.judiciary.uk/appointments...

Wisteria Wednesday ✨ 1. @magdalenoxford.bsky.social | estherjohnsonphotography 2. @queenscollegeox.bsky.social | mjs110 3. @greentempleton.bsky.social | os_phot_os 4. @stedmundhall.bsky.social | spiralling_oxford #Spring2025

Johnston v Financial Ombudsman Service [2025] EWCA Civ 551: www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC.... Discusses mental incapacity to commence proceedings - if found, the potential consequence are that all steps taken in relation to the litigation and the orders granted by courts in that litigation (cont'd)

My article on the role of mutual consent justifications in agency law now out in the OJLS, available open access! academic.oup.com/ojls/article...

Alexander Georgiou and I have co-authored a paper-- 'Are Equitable Remedies Discretionary?'-- published in the latest issue of the Journal of Equity. The issue includes a lecture by Justice Leeming, Supreme Court of NSW. Pre-prints: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.... cite as (2025) 18 J Eq 246.

<CfP for SLS 'Remedies and Restitution'>: A gentle reminder of the call for papers and panels for the "Remedies and Restitution" section of the 2025 Society of Legal Scholars’ Annual Conference to be held at Leeds University, from 2nd-4th September. Link: lnkd.in/dRJh7rHS 1/n

I’ve written something on punishment and its scope within private law. It’s open access. Link: academic.oup.com/ojls/advance...

My review of Lionel Smith's The Law of Loyalty (OUP 2023) has now come out in the MLR! Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...

www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywll... Great documentary. The POB style in full display. Particularly great in Raymonda, not even a ballet I like much.

An old favourite. "At times it felt as if [counsel's] approach to the authorities was akin to poking a long dead fire with a stick in the hope that it would re-light" Deane v Coutts [2018] EWHC 1657 (Ch)

Finally some updates on leasehold reform from the new government. questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...

Off to Cambridge next week to talk about whether parents can (ie have the legal power to) sell their children's property! Come by if you are around. www.law.cam.ac.uk/press/events...

Hello to all, I’ve come from the dark side!