It is with great trepidation that I publish this joint paper with Philip Smart. The paper was written for a workshop at our faculty in 1998; neither author considered it significant enough to deserve posterity in published form. Sadly, Philip’s sudden and untimely death has provided a reason for...

Dr Robert Chambers has recently argued that a loan on Quistclose terms does not actually create a trust, but rather the borrower receives the entire beneficial ownership of the funds subject only to a contractual right (enforceable by an injunction) on the part of the lender to prevent the loan...

This Article, forthcoming in the American Journal of Comparative Law, assesses how Chinese intestacy laws augment and redress wealth inequality. In 2021, China’s first civil code took effect, reforming among other things the decades-old Succession Law. Focusing on the intestacy rules (the...