Cambridge Private Law Centre (CPLC) Podcast

Mar 04 2025 20 ep. 53 mins 12
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The Cambridge Private Law Centre facilitates research and informed debate across all branches of private law including obligations, property, family and private international law. The Centre supports the wide dissemination of rigorous and useful research, broadly informed by a variety of doctrinal, theoretical, empirical, historical and comparative perspectives. For more information see the Cambridge Private Law Centre website at: http://www.privatelaw.law.cam.ac.uk/

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Equitable Ownership: XXIV Old Buildings Lecture 2025

Mar 04 2025 58 mins  
On 28 February 2025 The Rt. Hon. Lord Briggs of Westbourne delivered the 2025 XXIV Old Buildings Lecture entitled "Equitable Ownership".Michael Townley Featherstone Briggs, Lord Briggs of Westbourne became a Justice of the Supreme Court in October 2017.Lord Briggs grew up around Portsmouth and Plymouth, following his naval officer father between ships, before spending his later chi

Re-imagining the Express Trust: The 2024 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture

Feb 26 2024 52 mins  
On 23 February 2024 Professor Lusina Ho (University of Hong Kong) delivered the 2024 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture entitled "Re-imagining the Express Trust". Lusina Ho is Harold Hsiao-Wo Lee Professor in Trust and Equity at the Faculty of Law, the University of Hong Kong. While pursuing her teaching and research in Trust, Restitution, and Comparative Trust Law (in particular Chine

Constitutional values in the common law of obligations: The 2023 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture

Mar 14 2023 60 mins  
On 10 March 2023 Lord Philip Sales delivered the 2023 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture entitled "Constitutional values in the common law of obligations". Philip James Sales, Lord Sales became a Justice of the Supreme Court in January 2019. Lord Sales was educated at the Royal Grammar School in Guildford, before reading law at both Churchill College, Cambridge, and Worcester College,

Penalty Clauses from a Comparative Perspective: Different Legal Approaches, Same Functions?: 3CL Travers Smith Seminar/CPLC Event

Feb 28 2023 43 mins  
Speaker: Professor Jorge Feliu Rey (University Carlos III of Madrid) Commentator: Professor Hugh Beale (University of Warwick) Held in collaboration with CPLC. 3CL runs the 3CL Travers Smith Lunchtime Seminar Series, featuring leading academics from the Faculty, and high-profile practitioners. The Cambridge Private Law Centre acknowledges with gratitude the generous financial su

Modern Judging: The 2021 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture

Nov 17 2021 52 mins  
On 16 November 2021 Lady Dame Sarah Falk delivered the 2021 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture entitled "Modern Judging". The Honourable Mrs Justice Falk DBE spoke about modern judging, her experience as a High Court judge having followed an unconventional path to the High Court bench, the selection of judges, and some lessons learned from the pandemic for the conduct of proceedings.

Government by decree - Covid-19 and the Constitution: The 2020 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture

Oct 28 2020 76 mins  
On 27 October 2020 Lord Sumption delivered the 2020 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture entitled "Government by decree - Covid-19 and the Constitution". The disputes over Brexit last year saw an attempt to make the executive, not Parliament, the prime source of authority in the Constitution. The coronavirus crisis has provoked another attempt to marginalise Parliament, this time with th

Principle and Pragmatism in developing Private Law: 2019 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture

Mar 11 2019 48 mins  
On 7 March 2019 Lady Brenda Hale delivered the 2019 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture entitled "Principle and Pragmatism in developing Private Law". Lady Hale is the current President of the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom, and non-permanent judge of the Court of Final Appeal of Hong Kong. In the lecture, Lady Hale gave her perspective on whether the development of the law shoul

'Rights, Wrongs, and Injustices: Taking Remedies Seriously': 2018 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture

May 09 2018 56 mins  
On 8 May 2018 Professor Stephen Smith of McGill University delivered the 2018 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture entitled "Rights, Wrongs, and Injustices: Taking Remedies Seriously". The Cambridge Freshfields Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest of the Cambridge Private Law Centre, and the event is sponsored by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. Stephen Smith is internatio

'The evolution of vicarious liability': Cambridge Private Law Centre Allen & Overy Lecture 2017

Nov 08 2017 49 mins  
On Wednesday 8 November 2017, Professor Simon Deakin of the University of Cambridge delivered the 2017 Cambridge Private Law Centre Allen & Overy Annual Law Lecture entitled "The evolution of vicarious liability". The event was kindly sponsored by Allen & Overy. More information about this lecture is available from the Private Law Centre website at www.privatelaw.law.cam.ac.uk/

'Under threat? Safeguarding the future of English law and the English Courts after Brexit': 2017 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture

Mar 02 2017 45 mins  
On 28 February 2017 Mr Anthony Parry delivered the 2017 Cambridge Freshfields Lecture entitled "Under threat? Safeguarding the future of English law and the English Courts after Brexit". The Cambridge Freshfields Lecture is an annual address delivered by a guest of the Cambridge Private Law Centre, and the event is sponsored by Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer. A qualified barris