Dr Lorren Eldridge

Pleased to have the hard copy of 'Epidemics and the Law from Plague to Present' - I'm "plague"! My first publication on contract law, and involves some old school doctrinal #legalhistory, statutory interpretation (what can I say: I like what I like), and a little modern law twist in the middle.

Deadline extended to 1 Nov.

Please share with UGs interested in #legalhistory or #womeninlaw. Don't have to be studying legal history, topic is open.

Chance to connect with Selden's Sister, who also run PG mentoring scheme.

£100 in Hart Publishing vouches up for grabs!

I got into the just sum in BP v Hunt and we agreed that they would keep an admin fee not the whole deposit, as they initially tried to. Their manager seemed a bit shell shocked by the end of the conversation. Good teaching material ever since, though.

Did the policy pay out? Ours didn’t cover infectious disease outbreaks and I ended up giving the venue a lesson on frustration in contract law to get our deposit back.

Close one!

It’s a bit of a strange scenario in that our wedding was originally planned for 2020. I picked up my wedding dress 3 days before the first lockdown. And then we moved to Scotland, so I was less bothered (no CICT in Scotland!). And now we’re back down, so… 😁

Final preparations for the 1925 conference underway, and getting excited to welcome fantastic speakers and attendees to Cambridge on Monday.

I also intend to spend the weekend sleeping: what idiot* decided to move house, host conference, and get married in the same month?

*It's me, I'm the idiot.

Selden's Sister has launched an essay competition for undergraduates interested in legal history.

£100 @hartpublishing.bsky.social 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.

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.

If they are pursuing further study involving any kind of legal history, they can check out our postgraduate mentoring scheme!

Selden's Sister has launched an essay competition for undergraduates interested in legal history.

£100 @hartpublishing.bsky.social 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

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

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.

We suggest registering promptly, as we are expecting a lot of demand for this event. There is a modest fee. Accommodation may also be booked at the conference venue, Selwyn College, via the link on the webpage.

2025 Conference: Celebrating 100 Years of the 1925 Property Legislation

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: www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/news/2025-co...

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

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 volume involved empirical research across English/Welsh law schools, and reflects on future directions for the discipline.

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.

Enjoy land law? Want to hear me wax lyrical about how great Benjamin Cherry was, and how he drafted the LPA 1925 and its sibling statutes? There will be archives, intense political bargaining, and hot takes from Edwardian lawyers.

Cambridge 20 May (hybrid)

Oxford 27 May (in person)

And I’m “plague” as far as the volume is concerned 😁

Another week, another proof. My piece on The Statute of Labourers and Contract Law, in 'Epidemics and the Law from Plague to Present' is a bit of old-school doctrinal medieval legal history.

But, of course, it's me, so it has a cheeky twist... Out Sept 2025.

www.bloomsbury.com/uk/epidemics...

My chapter reflects on the Global Legal Histories course I developed at @uoelawschool.bsky.social from '22-4. The GLH course was fun and interesting - from @sententiaepauli.bsky.social initial idea, great students who put in a lot of effort. Now ably taken over by @cowan-lisacowan.bsky.social .

Legal History in the Curriculum: Comparative Perspectives, Critical Approaches and Future Directions As legal education faces fresh challenges and opportunities, and a growing literature calls for subversive new approaches, this book engages with vital questions about the place of history in the law ...

Truly, 'tis publication season, and I'm excited to see that you can now pre-order Caroline Derry and Carol Howells' edited volume on 'Legal History in the Curriculum' - out this July.

www.routledge.com/Legal-Histor...

We're almost finished putting together the first Selden's Sister book - and Celebrating Women in Legal History (Hart) is looking gorgeous. We can't wait to share the range of creative, fascinating, and unexpected chapters in the volume with the #legalhistory community.

2025 Conference: Celebrating 100 Years of the 1925 Property Legislation

🎉 100 years ago today, the 1925 property legislation completed its Parliamentary journey (in force 1 January 1926).

CFP for our Cambridge centenary event open until 1 May. Proposals welcome from all career stages, including PhD/ECRs, and practitioners.

www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-ce...

I've got a pile of books awaiting review for the Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, on Equity; private law theory; and public/private law intersection. If you'd be interested, drop me a DM/email whether PhD/ECR, practitioner, or experienced academic. Usually comes with a free hardback copy!

Westlaw users can find it here: uk.westlaw.com/Document/I45...

#Landlaw nerds may enjoy my guest Editorial in the latest Conveyancer and Property Lawyer (now available online), where I - of course - talk about the centenary of the 1925 legislation.

I’ll have a Denning special, but make it kind of Hale-flavoured.