Rachel Leow
rachleow.bsky.social
Rachel Leow
@rachleow.bsky.social
Academic private lawyer. Loves cats. Casual gymnastics fan.
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Supermarket bosses who list their rock hard fruit as “perfectly ripe” should be forced to eat it in front of us all. The liars!
August 16, 2025 at 11:26 AM
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The King has approved the appointment of six Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal. He has been pleased to approve the appointments of Mrs Justice Cockerill, Mr Justice Dove, Mr Justice Foxton, Mrs Justice May, Mr Justice Miles and Mrs Justice Yip. www.judiciary.uk/appointments...
Appointment of Lord and Lady Justices of Appeal - Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
Find out who the new appointees are and read their biographies
www.judiciary.uk
June 26, 2025 at 5:23 PM
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Wisteria Wednesday ✨

1. @magdalenoxford.bsky.social | estherjohnsonphotography
2. @queenscollegeox.bsky.social | mjs110
3. @greentempleton.bsky.social | os_phot_os
4. @stedmundhall.bsky.social | spiralling_oxford

#Spring2025
May 14, 2025 at 12:12 PM
Johnston v Financial Ombudsman Service [2025] EWCA Civ 551: www.bailii.org/ew/cases/EWC.... Discusses mental incapacity to commence proceedings - if found, the potential consequence are that all steps taken in relation to the litigation and the orders granted by courts in that litigation (cont'd)
May 13, 2025 at 1:36 PM
My article on the role of mutual consent justifications in agency law now out in the OJLS, available open access!

academic.oup.com/ojls/article...
Clarifying Mutual Consent’s Role in Agency Law
Abstract. Important cases and academic commentators have suggested that the mutual consent of principal and agent is necessary for actual authority to be c
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March 27, 2025 at 11:32 AM
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Alexander Georgiou and I have co-authored a paper-- 'Are Equitable Remedies Discretionary?'-- published in the latest issue of the Journal of Equity.

The issue includes a lecture by Justice Leeming, Supreme Court of NSW.

Pre-prints: papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers....

cite as (2025) 18 J Eq 246.
March 17, 2025 at 12:07 PM
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A gentle reminder of the call for papers and panels for the "Remedies and Restitution" section of the 2025 Society of Legal Scholars’ Annual Conference to be held at Leeds University, from 2nd-4th September. Link: lnkd.in/dRJh7rHS

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LinkedIn
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lnkd.in
March 12, 2025 at 7:12 PM
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I’ve written something on punishment and its scope within private law. It’s open access.

Link: academic.oup.com/ojls/advance...
Punitive Disentitlement Within Private Law?
Abstract. Does private law punish? Should it? I question whether private law punishes in a form other than through a court order of punitive damages, by ex
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March 6, 2025 at 12:39 PM
My review of Lionel Smith's The Law of Loyalty (OUP 2023) has now come out in the MLR! Link: onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1111/...
Lionel Smith, The Law of Loyalty, Oxford: OUP, 2023, 496 pp, hb £97.00
Click on the article title to read more.
onlinelibrary.wiley.com
December 31, 2024 at 2:26 PM
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ywll...

Great documentary. The POB style in full display. Particularly great in Raymonda, not even a ballet I like much.
Paris Opera's Star Ballet Dancer: Aurélie Dupont's Unmatched Grace | SLICE WHO | FULL DOCUMENTARY
YouTube video by SLICE Who?
www.youtube.com
December 5, 2024 at 10:34 AM
An old favourite. "At times it felt as if [counsel's] approach to the authorities was akin to poking a long dead fire with a stick in the hope that it would re-light" Deane v Coutts [2018] EWHC 1657 (Ch)
November 27, 2024 at 11:41 AM
Finally some updates on leasehold reform from the new government.
questions-statements.parliament.uk/written-stat...
Written statements - Written questions, answers and statements - UK Parliament
Information from UK Parliament on written questions & answers, written statements and daily reports.
questions-statements.parliament.uk
November 21, 2024 at 12:39 PM
Off to Cambridge next week to talk about whether parents can (ie have the legal power to) sell their children's property! Come by if you are around. www.law.cam.ac.uk/press/events...
CPLC Lunchtime seminar: 'Can Parents Sell Their Children’s Property'
Speaker: Dr Rachel Leow (LSE) Sandwiches served in the Lower Ground Atrium between 12.30pm and 1pm; seminar to commence in S19 at 1pm. Open to Faculty members, visitors, invitees and LLM/MCL/PhD
www.law.cam.ac.uk
November 20, 2024 at 3:40 PM
Hello to all, I’ve come from the dark side!
November 17, 2024 at 11:17 PM