Robinson College
Recent Submissions
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Finality vs Fathers: Undoing Adoption to Recognise Biological Ties
RE J (Adoption: Appeal) [2018] EWFC 8, [2018] 4 W.L.R 38 is a striking judgment in which Cobb J. was willing to set aside an adoption order made without the involvement of the relevant child’s biological father. J was born ... -
‘The Observations We Made in the Indies and in China’: The Shaping of the Jesuits’ Knowledge of China by Other Parts of the Non-Western World
Abstract. The Jesuits’ experience in China is usually analysed within the framework of Sino-Western relations. However, Jesuits’ writings often evoked their experience in and knowledge about China in association with other ... -
Evicting the disabled spouse of a bankrupt person
When a person is declared bankrupt and the trustees in bankruptcy (‘TiBs’) apply for an order for sale of the bankrupt’s home under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996, the matter is governed by s 335A ... -
Burdens, presumptions and confusion in the law on want of knowledge and approval
In the context of an ageing population and numerous challenges to wills in England and Wales, this article considers the doctrine that a testator must know and approve of the contents of his will to ensure its validity. ...
