University of Cambridge, Faculty of Law

Dr Brian Sloan

Robinson College

MA LLM PhD (Cantab.)

College Lecturer in Law (Robinson College); Affiliated Lecturer

Interests

Brian's research interests lie mainly in the fields of property law, family law (including succession law), and comparative law.  Currently, his primary topic is the use of private law remedies to support informal carers.  His first monograph, Informal Carers and Private Law, was published by Hart in December 2012.

Brian also publishes on the application of property law in the domestic sphere, the regulation of adult relationships and the law of adoption.  His work on adoption was cited by the Supreme Court in In the matter of B (a child) [2013] UKSC 33.

CV / Biography

Brian read for his BA in Law (scholar) and LLM (Wright Rogers scholar, Faculty of Law) at Robinson College, before taking up a W.M. Tapp doctoral studentship at Gonvile and Caius. After three years as Bob Alexander Fellow at King's College he returned to Robinson.

Lecturing & Supervising
Tripos

Lectures and supervises Family Law.

Supervises Equity and Land Law.

LLM
Other Courses & Subjects

Lectures and supervises English Legal Methods.

Publications
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Case Notes
Conference Papers