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The Faculty is shocked and saddened at the news that Professor Conor Gearty KC (Hon) FBA (LSE) died suddenly last week. Conor was a masters and doctoral student at Wolfson College from 1980. Following that he took up a postion as a fellow of Emmanuel College and lecturer in Law at the Faculty, until 1990 when he left for King's College London. He w…

Oxford University Press has published the fourth edition of Equity & Trusts: Text, Cases, and Materials by Professor Paul S. Davies and Professor Graham Virgo. Paul Davies and Graham Virgo provide a comprehensive guide to trusts and equity in a single volume. Drawing on a judiciously balanced selection of case extracts, journal articles, and academ…

Professor Catherine Barnard, Dr Fiona Costello and Sarah Fraser Butlin's book Low-Paid EU Migrant Workers: The House, The Street, The Town has been awarded the Best Book Prize 2025 by the University Association for Contemporary European Studies (UACES). Low-Paid EU Migrant Workers: The House, The Street, The Town offers an in-depth exploration of t…

Professor Surabhi Ranganathan (King's College) has been awarded the prestigious Max Planck-Humboldt Research Award 2025, a prize of 1.5 million euros. The award recognizes her groundbreaking work on ocean governance and the law of the sea, particularly its political challenges. The award ceremony will take place in Berlin on December 2. The Max Pla…

It is with great sadness that the Faculty announces the death of Professor Tony Smith (A.T.H. Smith) on 19 August. Professor Smith was lecturer and fellow of Gonville and Caius College, Cambridge from 1972-1981 and 1990-1996 and remained a Life Fellow there until his death. He became Professor of Criminal and Public Laws in the Faculty in 1996, a p…

On 17 July 2025, Nabil H. Khabirpour (Affiliated Lecturer; Fellow and Director of Studies (Lucy Cavendish College)) was invited to meet with the Prime Minister, Sir Keir Starmer, to share insights from his work at the Law Corner and to discuss the state of access to justice across communities in the country. During the meeting, Nabil presented exam…

Oxford University Press has published Copyright as Personal Property by Dr Poorna Mysoor. Copyright statutes in many jurisdictions clearly state that copyright is a property right. However, it's not always clear exactly how. Some see it as no more than a statutory right, while others think of it as a chose in action, like debts or shares. Copyright…

The Faculty of Law and the Cambridge Private Law Centre was well represented at the Obligations XI at Harvard Law School, which took place from 8 to 11 July 2025 on the theme 'Private Law Inside and Out'. The Obligations Conference is a biennial event which brings together scholars and practitioners from across the common law world to discuss curr…

Please accept marketing cookies to show embedded content (open cookie preferences) View content (opens www.youtube.com in a new tab) On 9 July Part 1 of the report was published, dealing with reform measures. Here, Sir Leveson proposed a number of changes to reduce the pressure on the criminal justice system. What attracted the most media attentio…

The Faculty has distributed Volume 16 Number 3 of the University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Legal Studies Research Paper Series on SSRN. This issue includes the following articles: David Erdos: Ireland and the Commonwealth, 1960s-1970s: The Ends of (Informal) External Association (9/2025) Although Ireland enjoyed a strong - albeit ultimately infor…

On 1st July the Faculty's Assistant Professor in International Law Dr Rumiana Yotova was was invited to deliver the 6th Annual Heilbron Lecture for the Next 100 Years Project in the Old Bailey in London on the topic 'Creation: The Human and Humanity in the Age of New Technologies'. The lecture delved into the legal and ethical dilemmas posed by gen…

Oxford University Press has published the eighth edition of The Substantive Law of the EU: The Four Freedoms by Professor Catherine Barnard. Widely acclaimed and respected, 'The Substantive Law of the EU: The Four Freedoms' offers unparalleled coverage of the subject area paired with expert author insight and presented in a concise and user-friend…

Dr Narine Lalafaryan (Assistant Professor of Corporate Law; Fellow, Pembroke College; CERF Fellow) gave evidence on 9 July 2025 to the House of Lords Financial Services Regulation Committee. The Financial Services Regulation Committee invited Dr Lalafaryan to provide evidence on the growth of private markets in the UK following reforms introduced a…

On Thursday 3rd July CPL co-hosted an event on National Security and Human Rights at the Centro de Estudios Políticos y Constitucionales in Madrid. The event 'In the Name of National Security: The Fragility of Human Rights' was co-hosted by the Centre for Public Law (Dr Kirsty Hughes and Dr Stephanie Palmer) at the University of Cambridge and Unive…

The Faculty is hugely proud of the wide ranging pro bono activities run by our students under the umbrella of the Cambridge University Law Society (CULS), led to huge success this year by fourth year undergraduate student Hannah Zia. Hannah studied at Clare College, including a year abroad last year at the University of Auckland. In addition to her…