Enjoy land law? Want to hear me wax lyrical about how great Benjamin Cherry was, and how he drafted the LPA 1925 and sibling statutes? There will be archives, intense political bargaining, and hot takes from Edwardian lawyers. Cambridge 20 May (hybrid) Oxford 27 May (in person)

Are you a researcher interested in the history of law and labour in Scotland? Would you like to attend a workshop on this topic? See below for details of a workshop to be held at the University of Strathclyde on 19 June 2025

First one of these is tomorrow evening. There will be some juicy content in letters from the 1920s. There will be profound insults. There will be political backstabbing. All good fun.

Tomorrow 7pm UK time, Matthew Dyson , Ashley Hannay and I are speaking about teaching legal history in England and Wales. The chapter we've written for an upcoming comparative book involved empirical research on English/Welsh unis, and reflects on future directions for the discipline.

Wrapping up UG teaching for my 1st Cambridge year today, and what an insanely busy one. Teaching across 3 UG papers, LLM, and PhD projects. Queens' has felt like home fast, and next year looks great: Sept kicks off with the 1925 Property Conference (and our wedding at Queens'!).

I enjoyed giving a paper on the LPA 1925 in Oxford last night, with great discussion after, but the Oxford-London train, standing only and THREE ticket inspections - god forbid you endure this without £££ - is an utterly miserable way to start a day.

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…

Please also help share the conference with any interested postgraduates: we have made provision for postgraduate bursaries to help with travel and accommodation. Further information about that, including the application form, can also be found on the webpage.

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Out in September. Available to pre-order now from any good online bookstore. edinburghuniversitypress.com/book-henry-mai…

Have you registered, yet? A reminder to register for the 1925 centenary conference in Cambridge in September before you go on your summer holidays!

Selden's Sister has launched an essay competition for undergraduates interested in legal history. £100 Hart Publishing vouchers up for grabs, as well as an invitation to receive your prize at our annual lecture - this year at the University of Nottingham. #legalhistory

We still have funding available for travel and accom for PG students attending this conference. Includes those just finished (2024/5) or are about to start (2025/6) a course of study, and Bar course as well as uni. Get in touch ASAP via email if you would like to apply.

My monograph was published last week with Routledge Books I celebrated this weekend the best way I knew how: surrounded by friends and family while eating a cake version of the book! Book available here: routledge.com/The-Protection…