Neil Gareth Jones is a

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the University of Cambridge , mottoeng = Literal: From here, light and sacred draughts. Non literal: From this place, we gain enlightenment and precious knowledge. , established = , other_name = The Chancellor, Masters and Schola ...

, the current Director of Studies in Law of

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, and literary director of The Selden Society. He supervises undergraduates in

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and in

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. Dr Jones runs the legal history course at the University. He was also the Academic Secretary to the

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from 2001 to 2003. Dr Jones has also been the Secretary of the ''

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'' and assistant literary director of the

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, from which he won a prize for his seminal work ''The Use upon a Use in Equity Revisited''. He won the Chancellor's Medal in 1996 for the English law section of his LLM. He was also awarded a

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for his doctoral thesis on the history of trusts between 1536 and 1660.

Bibliography

* "Aspects of Privity in England: Equity to 1680", in E.J. Schrage, ed., ''Ius Quaesitum Tertio'' (Berlin, 2008) * "The Trust Beneficiary's Interest before R. v. Holland (1648)", in Andrew Lewis, Paul Brand, and Paul Mitchell, eds., ''Law in the City: proceedings of the seventeenth British Legal History Conference'' (London, 2007) * "The Bill of Middlesex and the Chancery, 1556–1608" (2001), 22 ''Journal of Legal History'' 3 * "Trusts in England after the Statute of Uses: a View from the Sixteenth Century", in R. H. Helmholz and R. Zimmermann, eds, ''Itinera Fiduciae'' (Berlin, 1998) * "Long Leases and the Feudal Revenue in the Court of Wards, 1540–1645" (1998), 19 ''Journal of Legal History'' 1 * "Uses, Trusts, and a Path to Privity"

997 Year 997 (Roman numerals, CMXCVII) was a common year starting on Friday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Japan * 1 February: Empress Teishi gives birth to Princess Shushi - she is the first ...

''Cambridge Law Journal'' 175 * "The Influence of Revenue Considerations upon the Remedial Practice of Chancery in Trust Cases, 1536–1660", in C. W. Brooks and M. Lobban, eds, ''Communities and Courts in Britain 1150–1900'' (1997) * "Trusts for Secrecy: the Case of John Dudley, Duke of Northumberland"

995 Year 995 (Roman numerals, CMXCV) was a common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar) of the Julian calendar. Events By place Japan * 17 May - Fujiwara no Michitaka (imperial regent) dies. * 3 June: Fujiwara no ...

''Cambridge Law Journal'' 545 * "Tyrrel's Case (1557) and the Use upon a Use"' (1993), 14 ''Journal of Legal History'' 75 * "Estate Planning in Early-Modern England: 'Having' in the Statute of Wills 1540", in J. Tiley, ed., ''Studies in the History of Tax Law'' (2004) * "The Use upon a Use in Equity Revisited" (2002), 33 '' Cambrian Law Review'' 67

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Jones, Neil Year of birth missing (living people) Living people Alumni of Peterhouse, Cambridge Fellows of Magdalene College, Cambridge