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This new book edited by Dr Brian Sloan, Assistant Professor in Property Law and Fellow of Robinson College, has been published by Edward Elgar. A Research Agenda for Succession Law brings together an international group of leading scholars to map out the future of legal research in the field of inheritance and estates. The book arises from papers f…

Oxford University Press has published the fourth edition of Equity & Trusts: Text, Cases, and Materials by Professor Paul S. Davies and Professor Graham Virgo. Paul Davies and Graham Virgo provide a comprehensive guide to trusts and equity in a single volume. Drawing on a judiciously balanced selection of case extracts, journal articles, and academ…

The Faculty of Law and the Cambridge Private Law Centre was well represented at the Obligations XI at Harvard Law School, which took place from 8 to 11 July 2025 on the theme 'Private Law Inside and Out'.The Obligations Conference is a biennial event which brings together scholars and practitioners from across the common law world to discuss curren…

Pearson Education published in July the seventh edition of Tort Law by Nicholas McBride and Roderick Bradshaw. Written by two leading scholars Tort Law, 7th edition provides a comprehensive and easily accessible account of all areas of tort law, as well as discussion of the key academic debates and literature in this subject. It is ideal for use by…

Oxford University Press has published the fourth edition of The Principles of the Law of Restitution by Graham Virgo. The fourth edition of The Principles of the Law of Restitution brings this widely cited and influential volume fully up to date. Substantially rewritten to reflect significant changes in the law of restitution and the expansion in t…

Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, has published Law at the Cutting Edge: Essays in Honour of Sarah Worthington edited by Dr Sinéad Agnew and Sir Marcus Smith (Justice of the High Court and President of the Competition Appeals Tribunal). This collection celebrates the immense contribution of Sarah Worthington to the field of priv…

Please accept marketing cookies to show embedded content (open cookie preferences) View content (opens www.youtube.com in a new tab) In recent years, there has been growing concern about the use of express trusts to perpetuate wealth inequality and the need to transform trust law to accommodate ESG. To address these challenges, this lecture presen…

Sweet & Maxwell has published the 35th edition of Chitty on Contracts volumes 1 & 2 edited by Professor Hugh Beale with chapters by Richard Hooley (on Bills of Exchange and Banking), Louise Merrett (on the Conflict of Laws and Sale of Goods) and Graham Virgo (on Restitution). Chitty on Contracts is the pre-eminent reference work on contract law in …

We are delighted to announce a major conference, generously sponsored by Slaughter and May, and in conjunction with the Cambridge Private Law Centre, to mark the 25th anniversary of the Contracts (Rights of Third Parties) Act 1999. The event will take place on 19th and 20th September 2024 at Selwyn College, Cambridge. The conference will explore th…

Oxford University Press has published The Law of Loyalty by Lionel Smith, which is currently available in the US and will follow elsewhere shortly. The Law of Loyalty is a study of the principles governing the use of legal powers that are held for other-regarding ends. It addresses both public law and private law, and examines both the common law a…

Sweet & Maxwell has published the fourth edition of Contractual Duties: Performance, Breach, Termination and Remedies by Neil Andrews, Andrew Tettenborn, and Graham Virgo. Contractual Duties: Performance, Breach, Termination and Remedies provides guidance from three leading contract academics on the duties at play in a contract that is in dispute: …

Hart Publishing, an imprint of Bloomsbury Publishing, has published Key Ideas in Trusts Law written by Nicholas J McBride and Key Ideas in Commercial Law written by William Day. Key Ideas in Trusts Law provides an in-depth and easy to understand account of a subject that students often find dauntingly difficult to master. The opening chapter sets o…

Please accept marketing cookies to show embedded content (open cookie preferences) View content (opens www.youtube.com in a new tab) A large body of private law can rightly be understood as a system of rules that regulates the interactions between atomistic subjects who are free to pursue their own interests so long as they do not infringe upon th…

Oxford University Press has published the fifth edition of The Principles of Equity & Trusts by Graham Virgo. The Principles of Equity & Trusts brings an engaging, contextual approach to the subject in this best-selling textbook. Graham Virgo explains the complex issues of trusts and equity with unparalleled clarity, offering a rigorous and insight…

Please accept marketing cookies to show embedded content (open cookie preferences) View content (opens www.youtube.com in a new tab) In his lecture, Lord Sales explored how the common law of obligations has always encoded constitutional values for the protection of the rights and freedoms of subjects. An illustration is that many important constit…