Education CV
Education
B.A (hons) (Lancaster) (First Class); Dip. Law; LL.M by Research (Edin.) (Distinction); Barrister (Middle Temple).
Prizes & Scholarships
2017-20: The Milsom Studentship in English Legal History (Selden Society, Ph.D);
2014-16: 3-4 South Square Chambers Scholarship (Middle Temple, BPTC);
2014-16: The Dean's Award (Northumbria Law School, BPTC);
2013-14: Tercentenary Award for Excellence (Edinburgh Law School, LL.M).
Academic & Teaching
2018- : Co-Convenor Centre for English Legal History;
2018- : Supervisor in Land Law and Legal History;
2018- : Teaching Associate in Land Law and Equity & Trusts, Queen Mary University of London.
Fields of research
English Legal History;
Equity and Trusts;
Land Law.
Uses in the Later Fifteenth and Early Sixteenth Centuries: Doctrine and Practice.
Summary
Ashley is a private lawyer whose research focuses on the historical development of trust law. He is particularly interested in the historical development of uses, a medieval precusor to the modern day trust, in the period from c. 1483-1529. Ashley's doctoral thesis touches on legislation and practice relating to uses in this period, with particular focus on the statute 1 Ric. III, c. 1 (1484) and the doctrinal development of express and implied uses up to the Statute of Uses (1536).
Supervisors
Dr Neil Jones
Prof. David Ibbetson
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