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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Selden’s Sister presents: the book launch of Celebrating Women in Legal History 4 March 2026 5pm Old Hall Queens’ College Cambridge

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Join the editors, contributors, and guests to celebrate the launch of this book. Children and families are welcome. Drinks will be provided. Please RSVP here if you plan to attend: forms.gle/zUA4ypZBf82M... Any questions should be directed to Lorren Eldridge (le377@cam.ac.uk).

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Celebrating Women in Legal History Book Launch

4 March 2026, 5pm Event Address: Old Hall, Queens' College, Cambridge CB3 9ET (entrance via Silver St Porters Lodge) Contact le377@cam.ac.uk with queries.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Whilst some women were pioneers and worked to change gendered aspects of the law, others led more ordinary lives, disappearing from the gaze of legal history even as they contributed to it. This book tells some of their stories.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Celebrating Women in Legal History champions the work of women in legal history, and their contributions to both the discipline and feminist activism over nearly two centuries.

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Celebrating Women in Legal History

This book champions the work of women in legal history, and their contributions to both the discipline and feminist activism over nearly two centuries. It consi…

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 20/01/2026

Selden’s Sister presents: the book launch of Celebrating Women in Legal History 4 March 2026 5pm Old Hall Queens’ College Cambridge

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

Did you know that women were involved in the peace process at Versailles? Or that you can co-author a book with someone who you've never met, long after their death? Or that one of England's first woman barristers wrote a feminist legal history book? All this and much more in this collection.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 16/01/2026

This book is really exciting and I'm so glad to also have received my hard copies today from Hart Publishing. There will be a launch event on 4 March 2026, 5pm, at Queens' College Cambridge. I'll be sharing details soon!

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

This is now out as Lorren Eldridge, 'Section 53(1)(b) and the Rest is History' [2025] Conv 363 - full text on Westlaw.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 09/12/2025

This is now out as Lorren Eldridge, 'Section 53(1)(b) and the Rest is History' [2025] Conv 363 - full text on Westlaw.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

📚 It's that regular call for persons interested in writing for the Conveyancer Book Reviews section 📚 This time, particularly reviewers interested in construction; and trusts. Reviews for Conv are short, and we publish 4 times a with fairly flexible deadlines (within reason).

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

Book Reviews can be a good way for PhD students or ECRs to get publication experience and raise their profiles, or for practitioners to engage with academia. If that sounds fun, please drop me an email (le377@cam.ac.uk) letting me know what your areas of interest are.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

I take a few shots at Grey v IRC, and the idea a trust can exist without being enforceable, rounding off by agreeing with the CoA maj that this is essentially about sham (transaction at an undervalue under the IA 1986) bearing on constitution of the trust, rather than really being about formalities.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

I argue based on the archival materials relating to 1925 that the drafting intention was not to break with the Statute of Frauds, but also that the drafters’ understanding of agency - which bears on this case - was a bit different to what has been thought so far.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 22/11/2025

Proofs proofs proofs proofs! Produced at high speed to get in there between the Court of Appeal judgment and the UKSC hearing in NIOC v Crescent Gas, my article on the drafting history of s53(1)(b) of the LPA 1925 will be out in the Conveyancer shortly.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 22/10/2025

Pleased to have the hard copy of 'Epidemics and the Law from Plague to Present' - I'm "plague"! My first publication on contract law, and involves some old school doctrinal #legalhistory, statutory interpretation (what can I say: I like what I like), and a little modern law twist in the middle.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 20/10/2025

Deadline extended to 1 Nov. Please share with UGs interested in #legalhistory or #womeninlaw. Don't have to be studying legal history, topic is open. Chance to connect with Selden's Sister, who also run PG mentoring scheme. £100 in Hart Publishing vouches up for grabs!

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

I got into the just sum in BP v Hunt and we agreed that they would keep an admin fee not the whole deposit, as they initially tried to. Their manager seemed a bit shell shocked by the end of the conversation. Good teaching material ever since, though.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Did the policy pay out? Ours didn’t cover infectious disease outbreaks and I ended up giving the venue a lesson on frustration in contract law to get our deposit back.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

It’s a bit of a strange scenario in that our wedding was originally planned for 2020. I picked up my wedding dress 3 days before the first lockdown. And then we moved to Scotland, so I was less bothered (no CICT in Scotland!). And now we’re back down, so… 😁

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 04/09/2025

Final preparations for the 1925 conference underway, and getting excited to welcome fantastic speakers and attendees to Cambridge on Monday. I also intend to spend the weekend sleeping: what idiot* decided to move house, host conference, and get married in the same month? *It's me, I'm the idiot.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

Selden's Sister has launched an essay competition for undergraduates interested in legal history. £100 @hartpublishing.bsky.social vouchers up for grabs, as well as an invitation to receive your prize at our annual lecture - this year at the University of Nottingham. #legalhistory

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 10/08/2025

We still have funding available for travel and accom for PG students attending this conference. Includes those just finished (2024/5) or are about to start (2025/6) a course of study, and Bar course as well as uni. Get in touch ASAP via email if you would like to apply.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 02/08/2025

If they are pursuing further study involving any kind of legal history, they can check out our postgraduate mentoring scheme!

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 17/07/2025

Have you registered, yet? A reminder to register for the 1925 centenary conference in Cambridge in September before you go on your summer holidays!

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Please also help share the conference with any interested postgraduates: we have made provision for postgraduate bursaries to help with travel and accommodation. Further information about that, including the application form, can also be found on the webpage.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

We suggest registering promptly, as we are expecting a lot of demand for this event. There is a modest fee. Accommodation may also be booked at the conference venue, Selwyn College, via the link on the webpage.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 29/05/2025

Registration is now open to attend the conference Celebrating 100 Years of the 1925 Property Legislation at Selwyn College, Cambridge on 8-9 September 2025. The draft programme and booking link may be found on the conference webpage: www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/news/2025-co...

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 23/05/2025

Wrapping up UG teaching for my 1st Cambridge year today, and what an insanely busy one. Teaching across 3 UG papers, LLM students, and PhD projects. Queens' has felt like home fast, and next year looks great: September kicks off with the 1925 Property Conference (and our wedding at Queens'!).

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 21/05/2025

Tomorrow 7pm UK time, Matthew Dyson, Ashley Hannay and I are speaking about teaching legal history in England and Wales. The chapter we've written for an upcoming comparative volume involved empirical research across English/Welsh law schools, and reflects on future directions for the discipline.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 19/05/2025

First one of these is tomorrow evening. There will be some juicy content in letters from the 1920s. There will be profound insults. There will be political backstabbing. All good fun.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 01/05/2025

Enjoy land law? Want to hear me wax lyrical about how great Benjamin Cherry was, and how he drafted the LPA 1925 and its sibling statutes? There will be archives, intense political bargaining, and hot takes from Edwardian lawyers. Cambridge 20 May (hybrid) Oxford 27 May (in person)

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

And I’m “plague” as far as the volume is concerned 😁

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 22/04/2025

Another week, another proof. My piece on The Statute of Labourers and Contract Law, in 'Epidemics and the Law from Plague to Present' is a bit of old-school doctrinal medieval legal history. But, of course, it's me, so it has a cheeky twist... Out Sept 2025. www.bloomsbury.com/uk/epidemics...

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 14/04/2025

My chapter reflects on the Global Legal Histories course I developed at @uoelawschool.bsky.social from '22-4. The GLH course was fun and interesting - from @sententiaepauli.bsky.social initial idea, great students who put in a lot of effort. Now ably taken over by @cowan-lisacowan.bsky.social .

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 11/04/2025

We're almost finished putting together the first Selden's Sister book - and Celebrating Women in Legal History (Hart) is looking gorgeous. We can't wait to share the range of creative, fascinating, and unexpected chapters in the volume with the #legalhistory community.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 09/04/2025

🎉 100 years ago today, the 1925 property legislation completed its Parliamentary journey (in force 1 January 1926). CFP for our Cambridge centenary event open until 1 May. Proposals welcome from all career stages, including PhD/ECRs, and practitioners. www.landecon.cam.ac.uk/cambridge-ce...

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 24/03/2025

I've got a pile of books awaiting review for the Conveyancer and Property Lawyer, on Equity; private law theory; and public/private law intersection. If you'd be interested, drop me a DM/email whether PhD/ECR, practitioner, or experienced academic. Usually comes with a free hardback copy!

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

Westlaw users can find it here: uk.westlaw.com/Document/I45...

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 17/03/2025

#Landlaw nerds may enjoy my guest Editorial in the latest Conveyancer and Property Lawyer (now available online), where I - of course - talk about the centenary of the 1925 legislation.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

I’ll have a Denning special, but make it kind of Hale-flavoured.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Actually did that irl once, got some very pissed bad solicitors (who had given wrong advice to family member). “Resulting trust, do your jobs” 🎤 Glamorous life, this. Currently (really) contemplating marrying my partner of 13 yrs purely because we may sell our Scottish house and buy in England.

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Dr Lorren Eldridge @loreldridge.bsky.social · 10/03/2025

Can’t imagine would be extended to unmarried couples or wife->husband, given the distaste, also would really mess up CICT case law and that’s dirty enough already. Generally if exam, I’d think consider it if it falls under a traditional category, dismiss as weak, get on with real analysis.

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