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/...

We still have funding available for travel and accom for PG students attending this conference. Includes those just finished (2024/5) or are about to start (2025/6) a course of study, and Bar course as well as uni. Get in touch ASAP via email if you would like to apply.

Charles Claire LLP v Woolgar [2025] EWHC 1802 (Ch): commercial rep found liable for damages re deceit and for breach of Quistclose trust. Note judge labels Quistclose trust 'Express Purpose Trust' but also agrees with/applies Lord Millett's resulting trust analysis.. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...

📖OUP ( @oxfordunipress.bsky.social) has published 'Copyright as Personal Property' by Dr Poorna Mysoor (@lucycavcoll.bsky.social) offering a more sophisticated classification of property rights than that based simply on tangibility: 📷https://bit.ly/4omFVmU #Copyright #IP #IntellectualProperty

Isaacs v Green (www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...): Successful claim by an adult child under the I(PFD)A 1975. Unusual in that all three 'children' were in their 70s and no longer capable of work. Potential for more cases like this with an ageing population?

Very much looking forward to contributing to this lecture in Hong Kong in a few weeks: www.linkedin.com/posts/privla... Registration: www.eventbrite.com/e/two-perspe...

Soon heading off to this with @sionhudson.bsky.social!

I was delighted to be involved in the private law volume, on Jones v Kernott.

Heading to the West Road Concert Hall this afternoon for the start of @worldcongressflcr.bsky.social 2025, co-hosted by @cambridgelaw.bsky.social and #CamFamilyLaw. openingdoors.eventsair.com/wcflcr2025/

"By law, they can get married and serve our country in the armed forces." This is incorrect: the Marriage and Civil Partnership (Minimum Age) Act 2022 made the minimum age of marriage 18 in England and Wales... www.thetimes.com/uk/politics/...

May I extend the most hearty congratulations to M&S for managing to generate a likely enormous financial boost to learned tax counsel across the jurisdiction. This one will run & run.

Judgment: www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...

Appeal re Rahman v Hassan set to be heard on 23rd October 2025. Watch this space!

It was a privilege to contribute to this.

Applications are now open for the Downing Professorship of the Laws of England (@cambridgelaw.bsky.social‬), with a focus on private law. Candidates will be internationally recognised as a leader in the field. Closing 14/8/25. Start date: 1/10/26.

Funeral and wake details for my dear friend, Jim Trevithick. All his friends are very welcome to come to the wake on 19th June, and the evening Eucharist on the same day. In accordance with his wishes, there will be no (later) memorial service for Jim: www.kings.cam.ac.uk/news/2025/ja...

Recovering in the Dragon Gate....

That was a lot of fun @sionhudson.bsky.social @briandsloan.bsky.social @thecurrentmrmagill.bsky.social

📢 Faculty & Cambridge Family Law (CFL) member @briandsloan.bsky.social ‪(@robinsoncollege.bsky.social) has been serving on the advisory group for the Law Commission project to modernise wills, and was extensively cited in the 'Modernising Wills Law' report issued on Friday: 🔗https://bit.ly/3ShkqFn

Brian Sloan (@briandsloan.bsky.social‬) cited at length in Law Commission Wills Report bit.ly/43kd09h

A profoundly sad day. Requiescat in Pace, Holy Father.

Simon Goldhill’s book contains some fascinating, both heartening and tragic, details about the lives of some of those who lived in a College I once knew well.

A very interesting interview with the outgoing chairman of the #Charity Commission. www.thetimes.com/article/10ee...

Why have The Times made their app worse (in my view anyway)?

Isaac Newton Trust Academic Career Development Fellowship (Fixed Term) at ⁦‪‬⁩ @cambridgelaw.bsky.social and @newnhamcollege.bsky.social An excellent opportunity for an early career legal scholar! www.law.cam.ac.uk/press/jobs/2...

Quite an arresting opening line: 'This is an unusual probate claim in that the deceased says she is very much alive.' www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...

My work on chimeras continues to mean that I'm cited in fields far from my own. I hope I haven't misunderstood the underlying science! link.springer.com/article/10.1...

The World Congress exists to enhance, promote and protect the human rights of children and young people. It meets every four years to assess, discuss and exchange ideas on the law, public policy and affiliated professional areas that impact upon the rights of children. www.worldcongress.co

read today's top BBC Wales story here - BBC News - Judge's sperm donor warning over man who 'fathered 180 children' www.bbc.com/news/article... - our post is on the importance of publishing judgments like this one

Judgment: caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewfc/2023/33...

📢 Interested in joining our academic team? Applications are open for our Assistant Professorship in EU Law to teach at UG and PG level, conduct & supervise research, and participate in the Faculty. Apply now: 🔗https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/press/jobs/2025/02/university-assistant-professor-eu-law

📢This evening Professor Campbell McLachlan (Trinity Hall) delivers his 1973 Professor Inaugural Lecture at the Faculty on the topic: 'On the Interface between Public and Private International Law'. A recording will be available shortly.