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Brian Sloan

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Assistant Professor in Property Law, @cambridgelaw.bsky.social; Fellow, @robinsoncollege.bsky.social; Vice Chair, @camsociolegal.bsky.social; Co-Deputy Director, Cambridge Family Law. Posts personal.

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Brian Sloan @briandsloan.bsky.social · 8h

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

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Cambridge Socio-Legal Group @camsociolegal.bsky.social · 1d

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

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Cambridge Socio-Legal Group @camsociolegal.bsky.social · 1d

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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Brian Sloan @briandsloan.bsky.social · 3d

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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Siôn Hudson @sionhudson.bsky.social · 9d

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/...

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Help Sion Hudson raise money to support Alzheimer's Society

www.justgiving.com

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David Foster @david-foster.bsky.social · 11d

Trusts fans: CoA decision on LPA 1925, s53(1)(b) today:

www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...

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Cambridge University Press - Law @cambup-law.cambridge.org · 12d

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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Brian Sloan @briandsloan.bsky.social · 13d

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

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Hart Publishing @hartpublishing.bsky.social · 13d

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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Lewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · 22d

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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Catherine Baksi @legalhackette.bsky.social · 23d

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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Brian Sloan @briandsloan.bsky.social · 25d

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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Brian Sloan @briandsloan.bsky.social · 26d

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

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Faculty of Law @cambridgelaw.bsky.social · 26d

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

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Lewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · 26d

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

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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Faculty of Law @cambridgelaw.bsky.social · Sep 11

📖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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Brian Sloan @briandsloan.bsky.social · Sep 8

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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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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Brian Sloan @briandsloan.bsky.social · Aug 17

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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Lewis Graham @lewisgrahamlaw.bsky.social · Aug 15

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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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

blogs.reading.ac.uk

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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

www.landecon.cam.ac.uk

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Faculty of Law @cambridgelaw.bsky.social · Aug 6

📖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

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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.

www.eventbrite.com

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Brian Sloan @briandsloan.bsky.social · Aug 2

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

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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Brian Sloan @briandsloan.bsky.social · Aug 2

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

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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Alec Morris @alecmorris1.bsky.social · Aug 1

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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Brian Sloan @briandsloan.bsky.social · Jul 27

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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Faculty of Law @cambridgelaw.bsky.social · Jan 27

📢We're seeking applicants for a University Assistant Professorship in Private Law from Oct. We're looking for an outstanding scholar and teacher for teaching both UGs and grads, and research:

🔗https://www.law.cam.ac.uk/press/jobs/2025/01/university-assistant-professor-private-law

Closing: 2 Mar!

University Assistant Professorship in Private Law open for applications

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