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Professor Peter Matthews @urbaneprofessor.bsky.social · Sep 7

This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?

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Timothy Liau @timliau.bsky.social · Sep 7

Gave me a real scare

Timothy Liau @timliau.bsky.social · Aug 28

the child, or the hospital staff caring for it? How might this be justified? Does the court have jurisdiction to order an injunction imposing duties on the world at large? Who has standing to seek it? The Supreme Court answered these and other questions in Abbasi v Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Trust...

Timothy Liau @timliau.bsky.social · Aug 28

A gravely ill child is in hospital. A medical view might be taken that, though tragic, it may be in the child’s best interests to die with dignity. The courts are asked to declare authoritatively the permissibility of withdrawing life-support. Should the courts also grant an injunction anonymising/1

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Timothy Liau @timliau.bsky.social · Aug 28

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Timothy Liau @timliau.bsky.social · Aug 28

I have posted on SSRN a note forthcoming in the LQR, entitled 'Injunctions Contra Mundum, Jurisdiction, and Standing'.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Abstract and link to judgment below.

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Timothy Liau @timliau.bsky.social · Jul 7

Well…. reimbursing expenses to get there (train fare) a quite different thing to payment for services ….. should at least have gotten the former I would think

Timothy Liau @timliau.bsky.social · Jun 30

Lol. Was in shirt and shorts and barely survived.

Timothy Liau @timliau.bsky.social · Jun 29

Would read.

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Holly Brewer @earlymodjustice.bsky.social · Mar 20

The issue at stake in 1686 was whether the king was bound by the law.
How are we back here again?

Peter Sterne @petersterne.com · Jul 2

In The New Republic, historian Holly Brewer compares the Court's decision to Godden v. Hales, a 1686 case affirming that James II was above the law – which was only repudiated when James II was overthrown in the Glorious Revolution. newrepublic.com/article/1833...

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Timothy Liau @timliau.bsky.social · Jun 24

Also they like diagrams.

Timothy Liau @timliau.bsky.social · Jun 24

US law academics tend to view judges differently. Especially at top law schools. They generally don’t think judges worth engaging. That is their starting premise and it is how their students are taught. They also think differently about the role of judges. It’s quite a different system and context.

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SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · Jun 16

Reed is brilliant at this role. What was needed after the froth of the Brexit litigation was a grey man, of impeccable judgement. (He is much less grey than the impression he creates).

He is also, imo, the best judge on the court, and has been from the day of his appointment.

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Joshua Rozenberg @joshuarozenberg.bsky.social · Jun 16

The United Kingdom’s most senior judge has rejected claims that judges “interfere unwarrantably in the democratic process” and that their decisions are based on applying “values which are not shared by parliament or the general public”.

rozenberg.substack.com/p/trust-in-t...

Trust in the courts

Top judge explains how judiciary should act in an age of populism

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Timothy Liau @timliau.bsky.social · May 15

Two years after the publication of Standing in Private Law, OUP has kindly made available for download chapter 1, free of charge.

academic.oup.com/book/46686/c...

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Large Language Super Model @jsthrill.modphi.com · Apr 22

I am a consequentialist by which I mean that a lot of people should have to face consequences for the shit they have gotten up to

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Harvey Lederman @harveylederman.bsky.social · May 5

Publish or perish: the untold story of Socrates

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Mark Hamill @markhamillofficial.bsky.social · Mar 30

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SpinningHugo @spinninghugo.bsky.social · Mar 21

"To support researchers, we are offering a 20% concession on the processing fee of 198 USD for manuscripts submitted by March 31, 2025. Submissions can be made via our online portal or by replying to this email."

F*&k off.

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Ian Duhig @ianduhig.bsky.social · Mar 19

Found this old York sign again which apparently bans cycling while allowing you to injure young and old alike by way of recompense. The good management of municipal facilities is all about give and take.

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Timothy Liau @timliau.bsky.social · Mar 17

Alexander Georgiou and I have co-authored a paper-- 'Are Equitable Remedies Discretionary?'-- published in the latest issue of the Journal of Equity.

The issue includes a lecture by Justice Leeming, Supreme Court of NSW.

Pre-prints: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

cite as (2025) 18 J Eq 246.

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Timothy Liau @timliau.bsky.social · Mar 17

Strange. Thanks for letting me know. Works for me though. I’ll fiddle

Timothy Liau @timliau.bsky.social · Mar 12

This is the third year we will be running first blind peer review, with a subsequent non-blind review once initial decisions have been made to consider profile diversity before final decisions are made and communicated. Decisions will be communicated by Friday 2 May 2025.

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Timothy Liau @timliau.bsky.social · Mar 12

If you are interested in delivering a paper or organising a panel, please submit your paper abstract or panel details by 11:59pm UK time on Friday 4 April 2025. All abstracts and panel details must be submitted through the Oxford Abstracts conference system: Link: lnkd.in/dVaEHzFA

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Timothy Liau @timliau.bsky.social · Mar 12

The Remedies and Restitution section will meet in the second half of the conference on 3 September and will have 2 sessions, each lasting 90 minutes. Doctoral students are very welcome and are encouraged to submit papers for consideration in the Subject Sections Programme.

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Timothy Liau @timliau.bsky.social · Mar 12

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A gentle reminder of the call for papers and panels for the "Remedies and Restitution" section of the 2025 Society of Legal Scholars’ Annual Conference to be held at Leeds University, from 2nd-4th September. Link: lnkd.in/dRJh7rHS

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