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Dr Derek Whayman

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Charlotte John @lottiejohn1.bsky.social · 2d

This looks to be an important and very interesting event - a conference on 13 April 2026 at Selwyn College Cambridge organised by @julietbrook.bsky.social and Dr Derek Whayman to discuss the Wills Bill 2025 and the Law Commission's proposals for will reform.
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The Law of Succession and the Wills Bill - The Law of Succession and the Wills Bill

A one day conference to discuss the Wills Bill 2025 and related matters. At Selwyn College, Cambridge, 13 April 2026

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Brian Sloan @briandsloan.bsky.social · Sep 4

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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Adam Hofri @adamhofri.bsky.social · Aug 27

The Estates, Trusts and Pensions Journal is holding a two-day conference at the Peter A. Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia, to be held on February 19-20, 2026.
For full details and registration, please see: lnkd.in/gxDYaUvE

This link will take you to a page that’s not on LinkedIn

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Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Aug 21

Hurrah! Hard copy of Private Law Remedies received!

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Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Aug 12

Sirko Harder and I have a new book, “Private Law Remedies” (published today by Edward Elgar Publishing) this time focusing on English law.

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Private Law Remedies

‘This book is one of the few to consider the important area of private law remedies as a coherent whole. Within its covers, the details of the law are expounded and there is a wealth of useful insight...

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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · Aug 11

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

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Dr Derek Whayman @whaymandr.bsky.social · Aug 11

Early thoughts about the motor finance litigation: blogs.reading.ac.uk/law/2025/08/...

Hopcraft v Close Brothers Ltd – Limited Redress for Car Buyers | Law at Reading

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · May 29

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

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Dr Derek Whayman @whaymandr.bsky.social · Aug 6

Early thoughts about the motor finance judgment: whaymand.wordpress.com/2025/08/06/j...

JUDGMENT: The Motor Finance Litigation

On Friday August 1st 2025, the UK Supreme Court handed down judgment in Hopcraft v Close Brothers Ltd [2025] UKSC 33 (and conjoined cases). To some surprise, it overturned the Court of Appeal’s dec…

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Juliet Brook @julietbrook.bsky.social · Aug 6

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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Brian Sloan @briandsloan.bsky.social · Aug 6

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.

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Reading Law School @unirdg-law.bsky.social · Aug 5

In last week's motor finance judgment (www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKS...), the Supreme Court has cited the Dr Derek Whayman's (@whaymandr.bsky.social) work on the development of common law liability for bribes and secret commissions. Congratulations!

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Dr Derek Whayman @whaymandr.bsky.social · Aug 2

Me too... At least there's plenty to talk about!

Dr Derek Whayman @whaymandr.bsky.social · Aug 1

I'm inclined to agree but I would expect at least a little tightening of the requirements for disclosure. The three test cases had particularly abominable levels of disclosure and not all cases will be so bad.

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Emily Kadens @ek27.bsky.social · Jul 30

The @transkribus.bsky.social "Egerton: English Secretary Hand" model is now public! app.transkribus.org/models/publi.... We have a website with sample transcriptions for different hands, information about our training conventions, and more: sites.northwestern.edu/egerton/

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Paul Lewis @paullewismoney.bsky.social · Jul 28

The Supreme Court will hand down its decision at 1635 on Friday after the stockmarket in London has closed. Rare if not unique timing instead of normal 0945. Whichever way it goes it will be huge for the banks involved bit.ly/4kXZVsY

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Dr David Sawtell @drfsawtell.bsky.social · Jul 17

The 3rd edition of my book, 'A Practical Guide to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954' is out now! www.lawbriefpublishing.com/product/lta1...

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Katy Barnett @drkatybarnett.bsky.social · Jul 14

Really happy to get my copy of this excellent collection of essays, to which I contributed a chapter called ‘The Policy Behind Contract Damages: Beyond Voluntary Assumption of a Risk or Gap Filling’. Thanks to the excellent editors. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/politics-...

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Brian Sloan @briandsloan.bsky.social · Jan 7

My @cambridgelaw.bsky.social Journal note on Rahman v Hassan has been published (open access, @cambup-law.bsky.social). I hope everyone appreciates the title! #DonatioMortisCausa #Wills #Inheritance #SuccessionLaw #PropertyLaw #DMC
bit.ly/4j8EzcL

DMC OF REGISTERED LAND? THAT’S THE WAY IT IS | The Cambridge Law Journal | Cambridge Core

DMC OF REGISTERED LAND? THAT’S THE WAY IT IS - Volume 83 Issue 3

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Dr Derek Whayman @whaymandr.bsky.social · Jun 25

Close held company dissolved through neglect... Freehold land disclaimed by TSol... Escheated to Crown... Judge considers statutory powers to revest in the two shareholders inapplicable...! www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...

Lulham & Anor v The Crown Estate Commissioners [2025] EWHC 1572 (Ch) (24 June 2025)

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Adam Hofri @adamhofri.bsky.social · May 25

The Estates, Trusts and Pensions Journal (tinyurl.com/2dzptjf6), Canada's premier source of trusts and estates scholarship, is soliciting submissions. Interested authors should contact the editor in chief, Prof. David Freedman, at [email protected].

Estates, Trusts and Pensions Journal | Thomson Reuters

Estates, Trusts and Pensions Journal covers new trends in estates and trusts with special coverage of pensions issues.

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Juliet Brook @julietbrook.bsky.social · May 16

Over 400 pages to read, but it is here! The Law Commission's Report and Draft Wills Bill have been published. lawcom.gov.uk/project/wills/

Wills – Law Commission

Reforming the law

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Dr Derek Whayman @whaymandr.bsky.social · May 8

'Trust' under AEA 1925, s 33 not a true trust: www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC... (see also www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKP...). It therefore does not prevent adverse possession. Comment: The dangers of ambiguous language. It means non-trust fiduciary duties. Much clearer this way.

Nazir & Anor v Begum [2025] EWCA Civ 587 (07 May 2025)

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Dr Derek Whayman @whaymandr.bsky.social · May 7

While we teach the ethical use of AI, we don't say enough about its limitations. It simply does not do many things very well. There is an overemphasis on embracing new technology without fairly criticising it. This bias will lead to more grave errors like these.
www.judiciary.uk/judgments/fr...

Frederick Ayinde -v- The London Borough of Haringey - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Neutral Citation Number: [2025] EWHC 1040 (Admin)Case No: AC-2024-LON-003062 In the High Court of JusticeKing’s Bench DivisionAdministrative Court 3 April 2025 Before: The Honourable Mr Justice Ritchi...

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Adam Hofri @adamhofri.bsky.social · May 4

The Estates, Trusts and Pensions Journal is inviting paper proposals for a conference, to be held February 19-20, 2026 at the Allard School of Law, University of British Columbia. Please send a 500-word abstract to David Freedman, the editor-in-chief, at [email protected], by July 1, 2025.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · May 1

Enjoy land law? Want to hear me wax lyrical about how great Benjamin Cherry was, and how he drafted the LPA 1925 and its sibling statutes? There will be archives, intense political bargaining, and hot takes from Edwardian lawyers.

Cambridge 20 May (hybrid)

Oxford 27 May (in person)

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Nearly Legal @nearlylegal.co.uk · Apr 9

A glimmer of light for (some) victims of 'sale and rent back' distressed property purchases. Where the 'sale and rent back' was in breach of FCA regs, the tenant/seller has continued equitable right to to void the sale against (some) subsequent purchasers of title. www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...

Orchard & Anor v Dhillon [2025] EWHC 834 (Ch) (08 April 2025)

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Alec Morris @alecmorris1.bsky.social · Apr 4

Pleased that 'Bare Trusts and Private Purpose Powers' is forthcoming in the Conveyancer: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

A clearer understanding of bare trusts & overreaching, reveals a problem re UAs & Quistclose trusts viz. how the powers overreach. I argue they do so as s32 powers of advancement

Bare Trusts and Private Purpose Powers

Private purpose powers are crucial to the functioning of non-charitable unincorporated associations and Quistclose trusts—both of which concern bar

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Dr Derek Whayman @whaymandr.bsky.social · Mar 31

www.private-law-theory.org/2025/03/28/e...

More on how the common law courts adopted, unwittingly, equitable doctrine - relevant to Johnson v FirstRand (the motor finance litigation)

‘Equity in the Common Law Courts – and the Motor Finance Litigation’ | Private Law Theory - Obligations, Property, Legal Theory

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Dr Derek Whayman @whaymandr.bsky.social · Mar 28

For comment: A pre-print on how the courts of common law applied the rules of equity, and confused everyone in the process. Relevant to the secret fees litigation: whaymand.wordpress.com/2025/03/28/e...

Equity in the Common Law Courts – and the Motor Finance Litigation

The Supreme Court will hear Johnson v FirstRand Bank Ltd and its conjoined cases on appeal from [2024] EWCA Civ 1282 on April 1–3 2025. The case raises a dizzying number of issues relevant to this …

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