📖 @bloomsburybooksuk.bsky.social has published 'Markets in Crypto-Assets Regulation: Law and Technology' edited by Louise Gullifer (@caiuscollege.bsky.social) Matthias Haentjens and Ilya Kokorin - a commentary on EU regulation for crypto-assets and crypto-asset services: 🔗https://bit.ly/4oEqxBs

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. bit.ly/3XBt0kW

Dame Professor Sarah Worthington, The Paradoxes of Property Lecture no 2 youtube.com/watch?v=OMAn...

Includes "Spaces of Care" (bit.ly/3JE83PN) & several of our other books. Royalties support our research activities.

🎁 There's still time to save in our Christmas Sale! 🎄 Enjoy 30% off almost all Hart books between now and 7th December. Browse the website to see what’s available: https://bit.ly/3CCj03O T&Cs: https://bit.ly/4p3gzdX #Sale #LawBooks

Now that it's on the @cambup-law.cambridge.org website, maybe now is the time to announce the forthcoming textbook on Family Law that Andy Hayward, Charlotte Bendall and I have co-authored. Expected in June 2026! www.cambridge.org/gb/universit...

New post Prompted by an excellent conference at @biicl.bsky.social marking the ECHR's 75th anniversary, I reflect in this piece on key themes about the likely trajectory of the UK's human rights debate, given the current (and developing) political climate. publiclawforeveryone.com/2025/11/07/t...

Speaking on “Family provision and inter vivos trusts in England and Wales” today.

Video on last weekend’s charity challenge with @thealso.bsky.social has just gone live on YouTube. I’m very proud of how this one turned out, and of what we and the plucky little Fiat managed to achieve. youtu.be/GPL0Aatml_M?si… Would highly appreciate a watch, and a donation if you enjoy ☺️

Video on last week’s charity road trip challenge will be live tonight on the Morsels and Motors YouTube channel youtube.com/@morselsandm...

In Milan for day 1 of “Successione necessaria e negozialità successoria nel panorama giuridico europeo”.

This event is now available to watch at youtu.be/ztqL7ZaTWik and full resources at www.cels.law.cam.ac.uk/mackenzie-st...

Today was amazing.... justgiving.com/page/cannoli...

📖 @universitypress.cambridge.org has published 'Human Rights Law in the UK: Themes and Principles' by Kirsty Hughes, @steviesmartin.bsky.social and Stephanie Palmer - a rich and analytical guide to the complex landscape of human rights law For more info: 🔗 bit.ly/48U1gPj

Here’s a little video introducing the charity ‘Cannoli-Ball Run’ that @thealso.bsky.social and I are going to do, and why we are doing it for Mind. youtu.be/6sv8lZG3k9Q?... Just Giving link is here: www.justgiving.com/page/cannoli...

Shocking news from uOttawa: Greek & Roman Studies closed to new students without consultation. Teaching of ancient languages to end. Open letter coming soon - follow for how you can help. #DefendClassicsUOttawa #Ottawa #AncientHistory #SaveHigherEd #HigherEdCuts #AncientGreek #Latin

Non-story of the day. #LandLaw

Happy Friday! Bluesky can't tell from my face that I am over the age of 18 so I cannot access DMs. New blog post recalling the height of social distancing and back garden will-witnessing, as Covid era wills start to blossom into contentious probate challenges: equitysdarling.co.uk/2025/09/26/n...

TODAY! There's still time to register on Zoom or come along in person.

It was a fantastic gig!

Judgment: www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/form... (@bailii.bsky.social).

Isaac Newton/College Junior Research Fellowship 2026, @robinsoncollege.bsky.social. The relevant fields include Law. robinson.cam.ac.uk/about-robins...

CSLG/CFL Hybrid Seminar: Dot Reid (@dotreid.bsky.social) (@uofglasgow.bsky.social & @robinsoncollege.bsky.social) on 'Inheritance and Complex Families: What Scots Think About Who Should Inherit', 20th October, 1pm BST, @cambridgelaw.bsky.social & Zoom. Registration: bit.ly/4hf1OBt

We have just sent our Members an email about Management Committee elections. If you are a member and did not receive the email, please let us know.

I was preparing teaching and found a judgment for this case, widely reported in the press last year: www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/form...

My dad Alwyn suffered devastatingly from Alzheimer's for 10 years before he died this year. On Saturday, we are doing a Memory Walk in his honour. More challenging given the impending storm and 46mph winds forecast for the day 🤣! Please donate if you can: www.justgiving.com/fundraising/...

Trusts fans: CoA decision on LPA 1925, s53(1)(b) today: www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...

Unlock the complexities of Chinese property law with comprehensive analysis, practical case studies, and global comparative insights. Property Law in China by Lei Chen #PropertyLaw #LawSky #ChineseLaw https://cup.org/4gvxx0R

Now available: 'Studies in the History of Tax Law, Volume 12' edited by Peter Harris and Dominic de Cogan A continuation of the prestigious series investigating current tax policy debates in an historical context ➡️ https://bit.ly/4gN4Nkq #TaxLaw #LegalHistory

From today's @thetimes.com. News to me and, I suspect, to the Law Commission...

Sidney Ross, the oldest barrister still practising in England and Wales, talks to The Brief from @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...

Something new from Sue Bright and me on the role of external aids in statutory construction blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/housing-afte...

New updates to Borkowski's Law of Succession (@oxfordacademic.bsky.social) just published, the main additions being on the Law Commission's much-anticipated Report on "Modernising Wills Law" bit.ly/2YEOfU7

New case against the UK communicated by the ECtHR: does the inability of UK courts to remove married parents' parental responsibility breach the Convention? The court would need to reconsider its 1998 decision in Smallwood v UK (hudoc.echr.coe.int?i=001-4442) hudoc.echr.coe.int?i=001-244954

New by me in FamRZ: "Legislation on Surrogacy and Family Courts in Ireland": bit.ly/464f1ZZ

Those at the Faculty are deeply saddened by the sudden death of Professor Conor Gearty KC (Hon) FBA last week. Conor will be remembered as a charming, funny and brilliant teacher, and a great thinker. For more plus some of his superb lectures see: 🔗http://bit.ly/4mhFOXx

📖OUP (@oxfordunipress.bsky.social) has published the 4th edition of 'Equity & Trusts: Text, Cases, and Materials' by Paul Davies (@ucl.ac.uk) and Graham Virgo (@downingcollege.bsky.social) - the most engaging and student-focused text, cases, and materials on #equity: 🔗http://bit.ly/41LzbWe

Thanks to a typhoon and a 7-hour flight delay, my contribution to tonight’s lecture took the form of a recording from Da Nang airport! I did, however, make a late appearance at the dinner.

I'll be presenting an updated version of "The ‘Social Contract’, Care and Inheritance in England and Hong Kong" (bit.ly/2lIfYDI) at a HKU Private Law workshop this evening, almost six years after I was first scheduled to do so.

Looking forward to starting my Des Voeux Chambers Cambridge-HKU Visiting Fellowship tomorrow! I'll be co-delivering this public lecture in a few weeks. www.eventbrite.com/e/two-perspe...

Happy publication day! Public Law and the UK Supreme Court: www.routledge.com/Public-Law-a... Private Law and the UK Supreme Court: www.routledge.com/Private-Law-...

“A fascinating and thought-provoking study of #COVID19’s impact on an already-stretched #SocialCare system.” Brian Sloan, University of Cambridge Publishing #OpenAccess:

“A fascinating and thought-provoking study of #COVID19’s impact on an already-stretched #SocialCare system.” Brian Sloan, University of Cambridge Publishing #OpenAccess:

A blog post by Dr Derek Whayman (@whaymandr.bsky.social) explaining the Supreme Court's recent motor finance rulings and the role his work and that of other academics played in assisting the court's understanding of the case. blogs.reading.ac.uk/law/2025/08/...