Timothy Liau

Bram Stoker 1847-1912 A PENGUIN SINCE 1979

This frontispiece in my book just made me laugh a lot. Is this Buddhist reincarnation, or some other form of afterlife?

Gave me a real scare

the child, or the hospital staff caring for it? How might this be justified? Does the court have jurisdiction to order an injunction imposing duties on the world at large? Who has standing to seek it? The Supreme Court answered these and other questions in Abbasi v Newcastle upon Tyne NHS Trust...

A gravely ill child is in hospital. A medical view might be taken that, though tragic, it may be in the child’s best interests to die with dignity. The courts are asked to declare authoritatively the permissibility of withdrawing life-support. Should the courts also grant an injunction anonymising/1

www.bailii.org/uk/cases/UKS...

I have posted on SSRN a note forthcoming in the LQR, entitled 'Injunctions Contra Mundum, Jurisdiction, and Standing'.

papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

Abstract and link to judgment below.

Well…. reimbursing expenses to get there (train fare) a quite different thing to payment for services ….. should at least have gotten the former I would think

Lol. Was in shirt and shorts and barely survived.

Would read.

The issue at stake in 1686 was whether the king was bound by the law.
How are we back here again?

Also they like diagrams.

US law academics tend to view judges differently. Especially at top law schools. They generally don’t think judges worth engaging. That is their starting premise and it is how their students are taught. They also think differently about the role of judges. It’s quite a different system and context.

Reed is brilliant at this role. What was needed after the froth of the Brexit litigation was a grey man, of impeccable judgement. (He is much less grey than the impression he creates).

He is also, imo, the best judge on the court, and has been from the day of his appointment.

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Two years after the publication of Standing in Private Law, OUP has kindly made available for download chapter 1, free of charge.

academic.oup.com/book/46686/c...

I am a consequentialist by which I mean that a lot of people should have to face consequences for the shit they have gotten up to

Publish or perish: the untold story of Socrates

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"To support researchers, we are offering a 20% concession on the processing fee of 198 USD for manuscripts submitted by March 31, 2025. Submissions can be made via our online portal or by replying to this email."

F*&k off.

Found this old York sign again which apparently bans cycling while allowing you to injure young and old alike by way of recompense. The good management of municipal facilities is all about give and take.

Alexander Georgiou and I have co-authored a paper-- 'Are Equitable Remedies Discretionary?'-- published in the latest issue of the Journal of Equity.

The issue includes a lecture by Justice Leeming, Supreme Court of NSW.

Pre-prints: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

cite as (2025) 18 J Eq 246.

Strange. Thanks for letting me know. Works for me though. I’ll fiddle

This is the third year we will be running first blind peer review, with a subsequent non-blind review once initial decisions have been made to consider profile diversity before final decisions are made and communicated. Decisions will be communicated by Friday 2 May 2025.

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If you are interested in delivering a paper or organising a panel, please submit your paper abstract or panel details by 11:59pm UK time on Friday 4 April 2025. All abstracts and panel details must be submitted through the Oxford Abstracts conference system: Link: lnkd.in/dVaEHzFA

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The Remedies and Restitution section will meet in the second half of the conference on 3 September and will have 2 sessions, each lasting 90 minutes. Doctoral students are very welcome and are encouraged to submit papers for consideration in the Subject Sections Programme.

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<CfP for SLS 'Remedies and Restitution'>:

A gentle reminder of the call for papers and panels for the "Remedies and Restitution" section of the 2025 Society of Legal Scholars’ Annual Conference to be held at Leeds University, from 2nd-4th September. Link: lnkd.in/dRJh7rHS

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Punitive Disentitlement Within Private Law? Abstract. Does private law punish? Should it? I question whether private law punishes in a form other than through a court order of punitive damages, by ex

I’ve written something on punishment and its scope within private law. It’s open access.

Link: academic.oup.com/ojls/advance...

“Life would be so infinitely trivial if I thought I could understand it.” Niels Bohr.

Write every day for 1 hour. If you miss a writing day add 1 hour to the next. It’s incredible! Tomorrow I’m writing for 7 years.

Lol

We enjoyed anatomy of a fall