David Foster

Banner showing the cover image of 'Essays on the History of Equity' and the text: Investigates the history of equity in England between the 14th and 20th centuries.

Now available: 'Essays on the History of Equity' edited by @david-foster.bsky.social and Charles Mitchell

Charts the evolution of equity in English legal history from the medieval period to the present day ➡️ https://bit.ly/46a4BYr

#LegalHistory #EquityLaw

Essays on the History of Equity – published today with Hart 🎉

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/essays-on...

Frightening face carved into a turnip to place a candle in "In 1943 the National Museum of Ireland received a turnip lantern from a schoolteacher, Rois Ní Braonáin who was teaching near Fintown, Co. Donegal. She stated that it was the type that was always made in that locality around 1900. This plaster-cast model was created and painted by the museum artist, Eileen Barnes. Candles were placed inside the turnips and they were used to frighten people on the night of 31 October. The pumpkin that is prevalent today is an American development of this Irish tradition." https://www.museum.ie/en-IE/Collections-Research/Collection/Top-things-to-see-in-the-Irish-Folklife-Collection/Artefact/Ghost-turnip/b202e8ea-0728-4b3d-b0f1-82660fe45ce9

Ghost turnip, Fintown, County Donegal, Ireland, c. 1900 (replica), National Museum of Ireland

HE research ‘rarely informs administrators’ decisions’ Knowledge transfer should include the university itself, says thinktank after identifying disconnect between managers and those who study them

'While researchers typically publish in academic journals and books, the authors found, higher education managers are more likely to consult practice-oriented journals, newsletters, conference inputs and social media platforms such as LinkedIn.'

Physician, heal thyself.

Rochefoucauld v Boustead creates an exception to s 53(1)(b). But held this does not apply in self-declaration cases; Rochefoucauld is limited in its application to trusts by transfer (i.e. cases where property is transferred to a trustee on the basis it should be held for the beneficiary).

Falk LJ and Flaux C, however, dismissed the appeal. In the absence of signed writing, the courts are prevented by s 53(1)(b) from treating the trust as having existed from the date of declaration.

Zacaroli LJ sticks to orthodox view that failure to comply with s53(1)(b) creates a valid, but unenforceable trust (and, as such, RSW is entitled to the land free of the trustee’s creditor’s claim).

In the case, NIOC declares a trust in favour of RSW, but fails to comply with s 53(1)(b).
NIOC’s creditors get judgment against it and, a week after the judgment, NIOC transfers land to RSW absolutely.
The validity of transfer to RSW depends on whether the parol trust was itself valid.

Trusts fans: CoA decision on LPA 1925, s53(1)(b) today:

www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC...

TIL that people actually did call each other 'varlet' in the past and also that 'loggerhead' was once an insult

👇🎯 These people will never stop trying to get rich by telling everyone they can learn & teach w/o doing the actual hard work of learning & teaching. They peddle fake alternatives to the hard daily grind of education because they're greedy & lazy. They're charlatans, & we should treat them as such.

It is vital that #historyteacher s continue to make the case that history is an evolving discipline - as we apply new lenses, reconsider (or even discover) source material to derive new interpretations.

👏Quotes from William Doyle and David Andreas in recent @histassoc.bsky.social HA news.

Interested in London trades in the 16th Century? Court of Requests proceedings in REQ 2 have you covered. One way to find a bunch of cases (over 500) is to search REQ 2 for "citizen and". discovery.nationalarchives.gov.uk/results/r?_a...

Shakespeare family will found by historian - The National Archives Red sealing wax seal and string on 1642 parchment will of Thomas Nash

I found a cool Shakespeare document, but why was it missing in the first place? www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/about/news/s... [1/4]

UKRI award rate halves in seven years as grant applications double - Research Professional News Trends across research councils prompt warning that system is “overstretched or broken”

Universtities forcing more and more dogs to dig up bones while the number of bones in the ground gets smaller each year.

www.researchprofessionalnews.com/rr-news-uk-r...

AHRC project sheds light on the life of 17th century memoirist Research into a manuscript discovered at Durham Cathedral has provided fresh insights on the life of writer and memoirist Alice Thornton thanks to AHRC funding.

ICYMI: AHRC project sheds light on the life of 17th century memoirist #AHRC #AcademicSky

Woman’s memoirs give fascinating insight into life in 17th-century northern England Newly reunited manuscripts by Alice Thornton show how she navigated personal crises during tumultuous events such as the civil war

'Two of four autobiographical volumes were discovered by Cordelia Beattie, a history professor at the University of Edinburgh. One was handed by a descendant of Thornton to Beattie’s father in a pub in Ludlow, Shropshire, and the second was unearthed in the library of Durham Cathedral.'

Appointment of Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary Find out who the new appointees are and read their biographies

The King has approved the appointment of six Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal. He has been pleased to approve the appointments of Mrs Justice Cockerill, Mr Justice Dove, Mr Justice Foxton, Mrs Justice May, Mr Justice Miles and Mrs Justice Yip. www.judiciary.uk/appointments...

We went through all of this during Brexit

European Union law is a species of international law agreed between member states. It can't conflict with German law, or Hungarian law. Anymore than they can conflict with one another. They're separate systems.

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That MIT study should be the death knell of every "pivot to AI" strategy in education.

That MIT study should land immediately on the desk of every administrator that imposed AI upon their institution.

Yes, I am talking about my employer, the California State University system.

As a case in point, a certain crowd-funding publisher that went bust recently owed nearly £360k to HMRC in PAYE it had withheld from peoples' payslips but hadn't actually, you know, paid across to HMRC - there are a *lot* of SMEs and this adds up, even disregarding the umbrella scams going round.

ChatGPT's Impact On Our Brains According to an MIT Study The study, from MIT Lab scholars, measured the brain activity of subjects writing SAT essays with and without ChatGPT.

Preliminary study on use of AI & its effects on critical thinking.

‘The group that wrote essays using ChatGPT all delivered extremely similar essays that lacked original thought, relying on the same expressions and ideas. Two English teachers who assessed the essays called them largely “soulless.”’

Revealed: Thousands of UK university students caught cheating using AI Guardian investigation finds almost 7,000 proven cases of cheating – and experts says these are tip of the iceberg

With the rise of Generative AI, a return to in-person assessment is the only way to protect the integrity of our degrees. Coursework still has a place, but only in conjunction with vivas/in person exams. Gen AI is a useful tool, but it's no substitute for learning how to think in the first place.

Lord Reed's recent speech on judges in an age of populism includes this passage on the high quality of MPs and an accurate summary of Judge John Deed

IHR Tudor & Stuart seminar news: it's time for our annual call for papers! If you'd like to speak to us in the coming academic year, full details below. Get in touch with any questions or if you would like to be on our mailing list. Please RT.

Two woodcuts showing the trial of Charles I and a portrait of John Bradshaw. The text reads "New podcast – The judge who sentenced a King to death. John Bradshawe (1602-1659)"

Great new episode of The World Turned Upside Down on John Bradshaw, the judge who sentenced King Charles to death www.worldturnedupsidedown.co.uk/podcast/sent...

10 Apr 1594: Sir Edward Coke appointed Attorney-General for #England & #Wales #otd

At the Walter Ralegh prosecution in 1618, he said: "Thou viper, thou hast an #English face but a #Spanish heart"

I saw someone criticizing a very funny poster for making jokes instead of posting about politics, and I am reminded of a favorite line from E. B. White: We should strive not for balanced books but balanced libraries