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Dr Juliet Brook<\/h1>\n

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Areas of interest<\/h2>\n

Juliet\u2019s research focuses on the law of succession. She has written extensively on issues relating to testamentary autonomy and testamentary capacity, and has carried out comparative work on the operation of dispensing powers in various common law jurisdictions. Her work feeds into the Law Commission\u2019s Making a Will reform project, which is due to report in 2025. Her most recent work examines the historical basis for the rule that marriage automatically revokes a will, and the consequences of this for those with declining capacity.<\/p>\n

j.brook@reading.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Associate Professor in Property Law<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n

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Dr Derek Whayman<\/h1>\n
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Areas of interest<\/h2>\n

Derek is interested in trust and fiduciary law with a particular interest in how a huge corpus of law developed from a very basic idea – holding property on behalf of another.<\/p>\n

The trust forms an important part of our law of property and therefore the law of succession. His succession research includes investigations into the rectification and construction of wills containing errors and the historic trust power-based will.<\/p>\n

d.r.whayman@reading.ac.uk<\/a><\/p>\n

Lecturer in Law<\/td>\n<\/tr>\n<\/tbody>\n<\/table>\n

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