Starting to clear out my office and I have discovered the Land Registry training materials I have from 2003 as the LRA 2002 was about to come into force. Keep, or ditch???

Very much Looking forward to hosting "A Research Agenda for Succession Law" (leading to an Elgar Law volume) at Robinson College next week, with support from The SLS, Faculty of Law, Cambridge Family Law Centre, Private Law Centre & Robinson College. #ARAFSL

A reminder of my open offer of advice for any legal academic who’s currently applying for jobs, or indeed considering promotion next year. Having an extra pairs of eyes on a form, or just a general chat about plans, can often help. So do please just get in touch!

Sign up here for our next Liverpool Business and Property Court Forum event: eventbrite.co.uk/e/liverpool-bu… #LBPCF

In September 1996, I started my training contract at Biddle & Co, working under David Hooper. He acted for Vanity Fair, which was being sued for libel by Fayed. This explains what I have known about since then, and why the case never went to court. theguardian.com/global/2024/se…

The latest updates to #Borkowski's Law of #Succession have just been published by OUP Law. They include discussion of Kettridge v Adam on the definition of #cohabitant in #FamilyProvision (thanks to Juliet Brook), & Rahman v Hassan on #DonatioMortisCausa. bit.ly/2YEOfU7

My Faculty of Law journal note on Rahman v Hassan has been published (open access, Cambridge University Press - Law). I hope everyone appreciates the title! #DonatioMortisCausa #Wills #Inheritance #SuccessionLaw #PropertyLaw #DMC bit.ly/4j8EzcL

SLS-SUPPORTED EVENT Symposium: From Binary to Bench - Empowering Equal Opportunities and AI Literacy in Global Legal Education legalscholars.ac.uk/event/sls-supp…

Adverse possession of registered land - boundary disputes - the 10 year period of reasonable belief can be during any 10 years of possession, not necessarily the last 10 years - Zarb v Parry incorrect on this point.

Publication Day! It has been fantastic working with @EmilyWalsh3 on this new book for OUP Law, that focuses on how the principles of land law apply in practice.

Seemingly pushed back to May: lawcom.gov.uk/project/wills/

Two weeks to go until the planned publication date for the Law Commission's Report on Reform of the Law of Wills: lawcom.gov.uk/project/wills/

Publication Day for the Law Commission's Report on Reform of the Law of Wills! Happy speed reading! lawcom.gov.uk/project/wills/

For any private client practitioners with too little time to read the Law Commission's report on Modernising Wills Law, here is my quick explainer on how the proposed dispensing power would work: todayswillsandprobate.co.uk/dispensing-pow…

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: landecon.cam.ac.uk/news/2025-conf…

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

New updates to Borkowski's Law of Succession (OUP Law) just published, the main additions being on the Law Commission's much-anticipated Report on "Modernising Wills Law" bit.ly/2YEOfU7

Judgment: bailii.org/cgi-bin/format…)

Fully funded PhD scholarships at Cambridge. From Oct 2026. Environment, Law, Real Estate student-funding.cam.ac.uk/fund/cambridge…

Now there are two more, making 4 fully funded PhD studentships at the Dept of Land Economy, Cambridge in any aspect of the Depts work