Had a great time this week at the @obsconf.bsky.social at Harvard. I know that many Canadian academics are avoiding the USA (I struggled with it, too), but I thought it was important to stand in solidarity with Harvard, and it was great to connect with some of the world’s best private law scholars.

HLS looking splendid in the afternoon sunshine, 48 hours out from the start of #obsxi

The website for Obligations XI (July 8–11, 2025) is now accepting registrations: obligationsxi.wpengine.com

The collection from Obligations X is available at: www.bloomsbury.com/ca/private-l...

Delighted to have my paper, "Diceyan Equality and Public Authority Liability: Floor or Ceiling?" included in this new collection, Private Law and the State. Thanks to editors Andrew Robertson and @jasonneyers.bsky.social. www.bloomsbury.com/ca/private-l...

Private Law and the State

This collection explores the relationship between the state and private law. It does this by addressing four overlapping questions, beginning by asking why stat…

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