In this interview with the SCOTUS Blog, which launches its series on global apex courts, I reflect on the role of the UK Supreme Court and consider whether adjudication at this level in the UK is really as apolitical as we often assume it to be. www.scotusblog.com/2026/03/the-...
Proofs (@elgarpublishing.bsky.social) #ARAFSL
new Courts Bill includes the repeal of the statutory presumption that it's in children's welfare to maintain relationships with both parents when courts consider post-separation disputes
Celebrating Women in Legal History: Making and Shaping a Discipline
📖 @hartpublishing.bsky.social has published 'Celebrating Women in Legal History: Making and Shaping a Discipline' edited by @loreldridge.bsky.social, @dremilyireland.bsky.social and @carolinederry.bsky.social, championing the work of women in legal history:
Read more: 🔗 bit.ly/4tTmo0a
More so to you, for putting the whole collection together!
Dr Angela Merkel, Baroness Carr and Professor Philippe Sands nominated for honorary degrees in law
📢We're delighted to welcome the nomination of three honorary degrees in law, recognising the outstanding achievements of Dr Angela Merkel, and Cambridge alumni Lady Chief Justice Baroness Carr and @philippesands.bsky.social
Read more:🔗 bit.ly/3MviIku
Attention to every detail? Nuggets of rare and accurate information? Please check out @sionhudson.bsky.social 's really excellent back-to-back-to-back between the three generations of 5
#WeirdCarBS
Sir Guenter Treitel came to the UK on the Kindertransport. He became the foremost authority on English contract law.
Famously, he held the Rolling Stones to their contract to play the Magdalen Ball in 1964 for £100 - they had suddenly become superstars after being booked as unknowns in 1963.
new Court of Appeal judgment on adoption vs long term fostering caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/202...
Assistant Professor in Tort Law (Fixed Term)
Assistant Professor in Tort Law (Fixed Term)
📢 Come and join our team! The Faculty is looking for an Assistant Professor in #Tort Law (fixed term for 3 years) to teach at UG and PG level, conduct and supervise research, and participate in the general work of the Faculty.
🔗https://bit.ly/4qhv91c
#TortLaw #Excellence
We at @cambridgelaw.bsky.social are looking for an Assistant Professor in Tort Law (fixed term for 3 years). Do please spread the word about this opportunity to join our fantastic team of tort lawyers!
Race and Transitional Justice
📖 Oxford University Press has published 'Race and Transitional Justice' edited by Sarah Nouwen (@pembroke1347.bsky.social) and Neha Jain (@northwesternlaw.bsky.social) which examines how race and racism interact with transitional justice mechanisms and institutions:
🔗https://bit.ly/4q8ViPH
www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2... This week the Supreme Court will hear the appeal against the judgments that the High Court can't use its inherent jurisdiction to set aside a validly made adoption order, when the children are older and want the adoption to be 'undone'
The cover design for "A Research Agenda for Succession Law" (@elgarpublishing.bsky.social) has been unveiled. Forthcoming in April 2026. #ARAFSL
See https://bit.ly/2zTVwWB
We've just launched an Open Call for Student-Led Events and Workshop Funding Applications (bit.ly/2zTVwWB), for events broadly within the field of socio-legal studies. 1 applicant must be a current member of @cam.ac.uk. £300/£1,000 available. Deadline 20/3/26. Please share #sociolegal #camsociolegal
King's Counsel 2026 Announcements
🤩We're always so pleased at this time of the year to welcome the new King's Counsel appointments, especially those who are alumni of University of Cambridge and the Faculty.
Read about the KC appointments:🔗 bit.ly/3NIf5YF
#KC #KingsCounsel #Excellence #Congratulations #Silk
Sovereignty Intact: The UK Parliament, Foreign Courts and Immigration
📖@hartpublishing.bsky.social has published 'Sovereignty Intact: The UK Parliament, Foreign Courts and Immigration' by @mgillis.bsky.social (@corpuscambridge.bsky.social) - examining the relationship between the UK Parliament and the ECtHR, and previously with the CJEU:
More: 🔗 bit.ly/49PBpbz
I'm delighted to see the announcement of this richly deserved honour for @rosieharding.bsky.social. It's a privilege to have her as a contributor to "A Research Agenda for Succession Law" (bit.ly/4pYk9Ge, @elgarpublishing.bsky.social). #ARAFSL
James Fisher defends his doctoral thesis on Japanese trust as legal transplant on 11 February at Utrecht University (livestream). I had the pleasure to supervise James with Professor J.W.A. Biemans. www.uu.nl/en/events/ph...
Happy to see that a chapter from our edited collection, Private Law and the UK Supreme Court, has been cited judicially.
Sandy Steel's chapter on Fearn v Tate Gallery has been cited by the High Court of Australia in the case of Hunt Leather Pty Ltd v Transport for New South Wales [2025] HCA 53.
Banner showing the cover image of 'Sovereignty Intact' and the text: Provides a fascinating, evidence-driven challenge to the political charge that foreign courts impede UK parliamentary sovereignty.
New release: 'Sovereignty Intact' by Matilda Gillis
Shows that the adjudication of rights by 'foreign' courts in cases involving immigration has not impeded the UK Parliament's work or sovereignty ➡️ https://bit.ly/4qAfACp
#InternationalLaw #ImmigrationLaw #ConstitutionalLaw
Tomorrow, the Court of Appeal will hear an appeal against the High Court's rejection of the challenge to removing the VAT exemption from private schools
FWIW we discussed the human rights aspect of the case before the High Court here: administrativecourtblog.wordpress.com/2025/06/23/a...
This looks like an error by @telegraph.co.uk, there being no presumption of undue influence in relation to wills. It could apply to inter vivos transactions.
I enjoyed this biography of an interesting and important figure, though I did find it quite stressful to read about such a ridiculously overcommitted academic...
Very pleased to have a chapter on "Legal Parenthood and Same-Sex Couples" in "Diverse Voices in Family Law" (@brisunipress.bsky.social), edited by @rajnaara.bsky.social.
Really fantastic news! An excellent scholar and a genuinely nice person to boot.
