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by Brian Sloan

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Judgment: www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/form... (@bailii.bsky.social).
Brothers lose £2.65m inheritance battle for family farm
Pair fail to prove grandmother was manipulated into changing her will, despite recording her private conversations
www.telegraph.co.uk
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by Brian Sloan

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Isaac Newton/College Junior Research Fellowship 2026,
@robinsoncollege.bsky.social.
The relevant fields include Law.
robinson.cam.ac.uk/about-robins...
robinson.cam.ac.uk
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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
An image of the link in the post
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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.
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by Brian Sloan

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I was preparing teaching and found a judgment for this case, widely reported in the press last year: www.bailii.org/cgi-bin/form...
Man’s will written on back of food boxes is valid, UK high court rules
Malcolm Chenery left estate to Diabetes UK charity when he died in 2021, writing will on fish and mince pie boxes
www.theguardian.com
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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/...
Sion
Help Sion Hudson raise money to support Alzheimer's Society
www.justgiving.com
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Trusts fans: CoA decision on LPA 1925, s53(1)(b) today:

www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...
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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
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by Brian Sloan

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From today's @thetimes.com. News to me and, I suspect, to the Law Commission...
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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
Banner showing the cover image of 'Studies in the History of Tax Law, Volume 12' and the text: The 12th volume in Hart’s leading series of books on the history of tax law, exploring important tax issues from both a UK and international perspective.
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Something new from Sue Bright and me on the role of external aids in statutory construction

blogs.law.ox.ac.uk/housing-afte...
The role of external aids in statutory construction
blogs.law.ox.ac.uk
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Reposted by Brian Sloan, Richard Moorhead

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Sidney Ross, the oldest barrister still practising in England and Wales, talks to The Brief from @thetimes.com. www.thetimes.com/uk/law/artic...
Sidney Ross: ‘You could say my legal career is an accident’
At 93, the oldest practising barrister in England and Wales tells Catherine Baksi how he launched a law career in his fifties after two decades as a lecturer
www.thetimes.com
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by Brian Sloan

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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
Borkowski's Law of Succession 4e Resources - Oxford Learning Link
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by Brian Sloan

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New by me in FamRZ: "Legislation on Surrogacy and Family Courts in Ireland": bit.ly/464f1ZZ
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Reposted by Brian Sloan, Markus W. Gehring

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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
Professor Conor Gearty KC (Hon) FBA
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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)

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HUDOC - European Court of Human Rights
The HUDOC database provides access to the case-law of the Court (Grand Chamber, Chamber and Committee judgments and decisions, communicated cases, advisory opinions and legal summaries from the Case-L...
hudoc.echr.coe.int
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📖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
Equity & Trusts: Text, Cases, and Materials 4th edition
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by Brian Sloan

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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.
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by Brian Sloan — Reposted by Derek Whayman

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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.
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by Brian Sloan

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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...
Two Perspectives on Guest v Guest
Join us for a lecture by Dr Brian Sloan and Dr Jordan English on the decision in Guest v Guest and its potential implications for HK Law.
www.eventbrite.com
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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-...
Public Law and the UK Supreme Court: Key Cases and Decisions
This volume brings together expert commentators across different fields of public law to comment on key decisions by the UK Supreme Court (UKSC). Each author explores their case’s content, as well as ...
www.routledge.com
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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/...
Hopcraft v Close Brothers Ltd – Limited Redress for Car Buyers | Law at Reading
blogs.reading.ac.uk
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Registration is now open to attend the conference Celebrating 100 Years of the 1925 Property Legislation at Selwyn College, Cambridge on 8-9 September 2025.

The draft programme and booking link may be found on the conference webpage: www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/news/2025-co...
2025 Conference: Celebrating 100 Years of the 1925 Property Legislation
www.landecon.cam.ac.uk
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📖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
Copyright as Personal Property
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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?
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by Brian Sloan — Reposted by Derek Whayman

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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...
Two Perspectives on Guest v Guest
Join us for a lecture by Dr Brian Sloan and Dr Jordan English on the decision in Guest v Guest and its potential implications for HK Law.
www.eventbrite.com
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by Brian Sloan

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Soon heading off to this with @sionhudson.bsky.social!
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Stereoboard @stereoboard.com · Feb 21
NEW // With a huge UK tour just around the corner, multi-platinum-selling rock band Manic Street Preachers are set to headline a show in Essex this August, as part of the @heritagelive.bsky.social concert series!

Tickets go on sale at 9am on Feb 28 👉 tinyurl.com/4cza3ydb
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by Brian Sloan

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I was delighted to be involved in the private law volume, on Jones v Kernott.
lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social
Lewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · Jul 17
Happy to see that our twin Routledge volumes on landmark UKSC cases are due to be released NEXT MONTH - 15 August 2025.

Public Law: www.routledge.com/Public-Law-a...

Private Law: www.routledge.com/Private-Law-...
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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...
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by Brian Sloan

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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/
Home - WCFLCR2025 - Faculty of Law
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