Lovely morning at Selwyn College; time to celebrate 100 Years of the 1925 Property Legislation!
Isaacs v Green (www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...): Successful claim by an adult child under the I(PFD)A 1975. Unusual in that all three 'children' were in their 70s and no longer capable of work. Potential for more cases like this with an ageing population?
For any private client practitioners with too little time to read the Law Commission's report on Modernising Wills Law, here is my quick explainer on how the proposed dispensing power would work: todayswillsandprobate.co.uk/dispensing-p...
Over 400 pages to read, but it is here! The Law Commission's Report and Draft Wills Bill have been published. lawcom.gov.uk/project/wills/
Two weeks to go until the planned publication date of the Law Commission's report on Reform of the Law of Wills: lawcom.gov.uk/project/wills/
University of Reading PhD Studentship available: www.jobs.ac.uk/job/DLY548/p... Details of how to apply are in the advert, but the application for PhD study must be made by 17th March.
Publication Day! It has been fantastic working with Emily Walsh on this new book, that focuses on how the principles of land law apply in practice.
The Call for Papers for this event is now on the website, and open until 1 May 2025.
Revocation of wills: Crew v Oakley (www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWH...). Confirms that the test for capacity to revoke a will is the Banks v Goodfellow test. Testator's partial destruction of the will was duly completed by her solicitor, in the Testator's presence and at her direction.
The Law Commission's report on reform of the law of wills is now due to be published in April 2025: lawcom.gov.uk/project/wills/
📢 Legal educators assemble!
I feel that there must be more of us here now - please spread the word & I'll add people if they comment below 👇
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📢 Calling all private lawyers!
I’ve had a go at creating a private law starter pack, since public law and international law already got a head start on us (and we are nothing if not competitive).
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