In this special anniversary episode of CULSCAST: Beyond Doctrine, we explore how a century-old statute continues to shape the legal landscape of property in profound and surprising ways.

An all‑stars of land law, joined by Lorna Fox‑O’Mahony, Lorren Eldridge, Martin Dixon, and David Sawtell, this episode explores 100 years of the Law of Property Act and its enduring impact.

Since its passage in 1925, the Law of Property Act (LPA) has been one of the cornerstones of English land law — simplifying centuries-old rules, reorganising property interests, and laying the groundwork for modern conveyancing and ownership frameworks. In our discussion, we delve into the Act’s foundational simplification of land ownership, the balance between legal and equitable rights, the evolution of statutory mortgages and formalities, and contemporary debates around leasehold, digital formality, and whether the LPA’s structure remains fit for the 21st century.

Hoping you all had a very merry Christmas and wishing you all a Happy New Year — see you in 2026!

In Beyond Doctrine, Janice speaks to interesting lawyers doing interesting things. Each episode steps outside black-letter law to uncover the ideas, careers, and curiosities shaping the legal world today. From emerging scholarship to unexpected professional paths, Beyond Doctrine explores how law lives, evolves, and influences the world far beyond the page.

In this episode, Janice speaks to Dr Poorna Mysoor on her book Copyright as Personal Property (Oxford University Press, 2025). The book challenges the traditional view of copyright as merely a statutory right and argues instead that it should be understood more like personal property — drawing analogies with land and tangible property to explore how copyright operates, how its boundaries can be better justified, and how its expansion might be meaningfully contained.

Dr Poorna Mysoor is a Fellow in Law at Lucy Cavendish College and an affiliated lecturer at the Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge. Her research lies at the intersection of private law and intellectual property, and she was previously a Leverhulme Trust Early Career Fellow at the University of Oxford.

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In the new series, Beyond Doctrine, Janice speaks to interesting lawyers doing interesting things. Each episode steps outside black-letter law to uncover the ideas, careers, and curiosities shaping the legal world today. From emerging scholarship to unexpected professional paths, Beyond Doctrine explores how law lives, evolves, and influences the world far beyond the page. In this episode, Janice speaks to Alistair Mills on the book he recently co-edited (with David Blundell KC and Miranda Butler) ‘The Law and Practice of Human Rights’.

This book is a comprehensive yet practical guide to human rights law in the UK. Rooted in the European Convention on Human Rights but also grounded in the enduring relevance of common law traditions, it brings together a team of 32 practitioners experts (many from Landmark Chambers) to deliver both legal analysis and actionable insight.

Alistair Mills is the Dias College Assistant Professor in Law at Magdalene College, Cambridge. Before joining academia full time, he practised as a barrister at Landmark Chambers. He is a Co-Editor of the journal Judicial Review and an Assistant Editor of the Encyclopedia of Planning Law and Practice.

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🎙️ Welcome to CULSCAST, the podcast from the Cambridge University Law Society — one of the world’s oldest and largest student-run societies, founded in 1901.

This is the first episode of our new season of CULSCAST Conversations, where we bring the Cambridge law community closer together through insightful and engaging discussions.

In this episode, we’re introducing the 2024–2025 CULS Committee! Join our new host, Janice, as she speaks with members of the Main Committee, including the heads of Pro Bono, Law Ball, Socials, and Careers, as well as our President, Jiwon. Together, they share their experiences, what inspired them to join CULS, and their vision for the year ahead — from academic opportunities to exciting social events.

This episode offers a behind-the-scenes look at the people who make CULS what it is: a dynamic, collaborative, and welcoming community for Cambridge law students. Whether you’re a fresher, a returning member, or simply curious about life at the Cambridge University Law Society, this conversation is the perfect place to start.

The host for today’s episode is Janice, a second-year undergraduate reading Law at Cambridge, and one of CULS’s newest podcast hosts for 2024–2025.

📍The contents of this episode were recorded at the Cambridge Law Faculty in October 2025.

A huge thank you to everyone who contributed to this episode.

Special thanks to: Shakti Jacota, Jign Hao Liang, Sophie Farr, Rishik Vishwanathan, Chloe Levieux, Cheyanne Owee, Alldon Tan, and Jiwon Heo for appearing in this episode and sharing their insights, experiences, and enthusiasm for the year ahead.

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Lady Rose visited Cambridge on 3rd February 2025 at Newnham College, as a guest on the Cambridge University Law Society (CULS) Speaker programme. She spoke to CULS about her career, the landmark decisions she has contributed to since her appointment to the Supreme Court in 2021, and the functioning and evolving role of the Supreme Court.

Lady Rose was called to the Bar by Gray's Inn in 1984. She practised as a barrister for ten years before joining the Government Legal Service. She served in HM Treasury, the Ministry of Defence and the Office of Counsel to the Speaker of the House of Commons. In 2006 she was appointed to her first judicial role as a fee-paid Chairman of the Competition Appeal Tribunal. She was appointed to further tribunal posts and became a Recorder in the Crown Court, Criminal jurisdiction in 2010. In May 2013 Dame Vivien was sworn in as a High Court Judge in the Chancery Division where she sat for over five years. She was appointed to the Court of Appeal in January 2019 and to the Supreme Court in April 2021.

In her role as a Justice of the Supreme Court, Lady Rose has been involved in a number of important cases across the range of the Court’s work from public law challenges concerning human rights and Scottish devolution issues, to tax cases and common law contract and tort cases.

Our introductory speakers in this episode are Joyce Mau (CULS President 2024-2025) and Kai Zhen Tek (CULS Speakers Secretary 2024-2025), who also organised the event.

The following cases are mentioned in this talk:

• Hassam and Another v Rabot and Another [2024] UKSC 11
• Independent Workers Union of Great Britain v Central Arbitration Committee and Another [2023] UKSC 43
• R (on the application of O v Secretary of State for the Home Department [2022] UKSC 3
• In the matter of an application by Rosaleen Dalton for Judicial Review (Northern Ireland) [2023] UKSC 36
• McCulloch v Forth Valley Health Board [2023] UKSC 26
• R (on the application of Elan-Cane) (Art 8 male/female passports) [2021] UKSC 56
• Reference by the Lord Advocate of devolution issues under paragraph 34 of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998 (the “indyref2” case) [2022] UKSC 31
• Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland -Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Northern Ireland) Bill [2022] UKSC 32

This episode was edited by Jiwon Heo (CULS Publicity Secretary 2024-2025).

Welcome to CULSCAST 🎙️, the new Podcast from the Cambridge University Law Society, one of the world’s oldest and largest student-run societies, founded in 1901.

This is Episode 3 of our ‘CULSCAST Conversations’ series, which aims to bring the Cambridge law community closer together through conversation. This episode covers studying, revision, and exam tips from top-performing Cambridge law students. Give our socials a follow to get regular updates on the wonderful CULS events happening throughout term!

• Instagram: ⁠⁠@Cambridgelawsociety⁠⁠
• Facebook: ⁠⁠Cambridge University Law Society ⁠⁠

To find out more about CULS or become a CULS member, visit our ⁠⁠website ⁠⁠📝.

About this episode:

• For Cambridge law students, Easter term is exam season. We know that this can be a tough period for many, especially those doing their Tripos exams for the first time. Therefore, we have prepared an episode on study, revision, and exam tips to guide current and future students, in collaboration with our 2024-2025 Per Inc team.
• Per Inc is CULS’s termly magazine publishing both student articles and first-class law essays and PQs. You can read the latest issues here. Our panellists for this episode included the Per Incuriam Editor-in-Chief 2024-2025 and contributors from our Michaelmas 2024 edition.
• The host for today's episode is Jiwon Heo, a second-year student reading law at Cambridge, and one of CULS’s Publicity Officers 2024-2025.
• The contents of this episode were recorded at the Cambridge Law Faculty on 28th February 2025.

The following is a list of our guests on this episode:

·      Ewan O’Mahony, a final-year undergraduate reading law at Queen’s College and Per Incuriam Editor-in-Chief 2024-2025;

·      Ben Mays, a final-year undergraduate reading law at Trinity College;

·      Qinglan Du, a final-year undergraduate reading law at Christ’s College; and

·      Brendan Mark, a second-year undergraduate reading law at Magdalene College.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this episode. Special thanks to Daniel Bates, Legal Research Training and Communications Specialist at the Cambridge Law Faculty, for his technical support and assistance in audio editing and production. Also special thanks to Per Incuriam deputy editor, Chloe Levieux, and Jessica Wong, CULS’s Publicity Freshers’ Representative for 2024-2025, who helped us analyse what questions our members had around the topics in this episode.

Welcome to CULSCAST 🎙️ the new Podcast from the Cambridge University Law Society, one of the world’s oldest and largest student-run societies, founded in 1901.

Our Publicity team 📢 is very pleased to be debuting this new initiative, our ‘CULSCAST Conversations’ series, which aims to bring the Cambridge law community closer together through conversation. In addition to posting new content through our ‘CULSCAST Conversations’ and ‘Speakers Select’ series, we have made a collection of 2012-2023 CULS lectures and debates from our archives easily accessible. This collection covers a myriad of highly relevant discussion by leading academics and practitioners. For example: Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Rwanda policy; Information Law in the Digital Revolution; Life at the Bar; and Litigating International Law.

Our Publicity team also runs CULS's socials. Give us a follow to get regular updates on the wonderful CULS events happening throughout term!

• Instagram: ⁠⁠@Cambridgelawsociety⁠⁠
• Facebook: ⁠⁠Cambridge University Law Society⁠

To find out more about CULS or become a CULS member, visit our ⁠⁠website ⁠⁠📝

About this episode:

• The host for today's episode is Jiwon Heo, a second-year student reading law at Cambridge, and one of CULS’s Publicity Officers.
• Beyond getting into the Christmas spirit (and perhaps some further reading) and gathering the energy to tackle Lent Term, we know that applications will be a big concern for many students this winter. Therefore, today we are bringing you an episode on Vacation Schemes with a panel of three final-year law students at Cambridge who have all secured TCs at firms which are household names in the city (see further information on our guests below).
• The contents of this episode were recorded at the Cambridge Law Faculty on the 29th November 2024.

The following is a list of our guests on this episode:

• Conor Hall, future trainee at Kirkland & Ellis (who also secured interviews with Slaughter and May, Skadden and Sidley Austin) and final-year undergraduate reading law at Selwyn College;
• Samuel Soh, future trainee at Latham & Watkins (who also did two successful Assessment Centres at other firms) and final-year undergraduate reading law at St Catharine's College; and
• Mila Lo, future trainee at Davis Polk (who also did a Vacation Scheme at another firm) and final-year undergraduate reading law at Pembroke College.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this episode. Special thanks to Daniel Bates, Legal Research Training and Communications Specialist at the Cambridge Law Faculty, for his technical support and assistance in audio editing and production.

 Disclaimer: The insights provided by our guests in this episode were drawn from their experiences of Assessment Centres/Vacation schemes at various firms, and are not specific to any particular firm.

Welcome to CULSCAST 🎙️ the new Podcast from the Cambridge University Law Society, one of the world’s oldest and largest student-run societies, founded in 1901.

Our Publicity team 📢 is very pleased to be debuting this new initiative, our ‘CULSCAST Conversations’ series, which aims to bring the Cambridge law community closer together through conversation. In addition to posting new content through our ‘CULSCAST Conversations’ and ‘Speakers Select’ series, we have made a collection of 2012-2023 CULS lectures and debates from our archives easily accessible. This collection covers a myriad of highly relevant discussion by leading academics and practitioners. For example: Parliamentary Sovereignty and the Rwanda policy; Information Law in the Digital Revolution; Life at the Bar; and Litigating International Law.

Our Publicity team also runs CULS's socials. Give us a follow to get regular updates on the wonderful CULS events happening throughout term!

• Instagram: ⁠⁠@Cambridgelawsociety⁠⁠
• Facebook: ⁠⁠Cambridge University Law Society⁠

To find out more about CULS or become a CULS member, visit our ⁠⁠website⁠⁠ 📝

About this episode:

• The host for today's episode is Jiwon Heo, a second-year student reading law at Cambridge, and one of CULS’s Publicity Officers.
• To introduce you to our CULS team working together to bring the world of law alive for our community, in this episode we present a series of interviews from across our almost 20 specialised departments. Each interview shines a light on the particular experiences, skills and perspectives which drive the work our team does.
• The contents of this episode were recorded at our ‘MEET the Committee’ event on the 12th October 2024.

Thank you to everyone who contributed to this episode. The following is a list of our interviewees from our 2024-2025 CULS Committee:

Executive Team:

• President – Joyce Mau
• Vice-President – Qinglan Du
• Treasurer – Li Ren Liew
• Secretary – Alldon Garren Tan
• Moots: Matthew Lee, Thomas Loke, Ben Mays
• Socials: Isabella McNicholas
• Non-Law: Rachel Ng, Yasmine Kemp, Aila Ahmed
• Careers: Natalie Tong, Joel Chan, Caitlin Ng
• D&I: Dineshtga Frandsen
• Pro Bono: Joy Magomba
• Alumni Relations: Zamry Rizwan
• Law Ball: Seetal Kaur

Dr Tom Hickman KC, who represented Gina Miller in both Miller cases and the Lord Advocate in the recent Scottish Independence Referendum reference, was joined by Dr Stefan Theil (professor in Public Law) to delve deeply into the current constitutional status of Parliamentary Sovereignty.

- Dr Tom Hickman KC: Overruling the Supreme Court’s Rwanda Judgment – what role now for Parliament?

- Dr Stefan Theil: Preventing judicial review of the Rwanda policy: practical and legal difficulties

For more information see the CULS website at: https://culs.org.uk