Doctors’ Commons: the Civilians’ Influence on Equity and Trusts

Brown, Lloyd

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Doctors’ Commons: the Civilians’ Influence on Equity and Trusts

Lloyd Brown

Trusts & Trustees, Volume: 29, Issue: 9, Pages: 769 - 777

Swansea University Author: Lloyd Brown

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The core of this article lies in its broad examination of the influence that civil law and the now defunct Doctors’ Commons may have had on equity and trusts. Doctors’ Commons was like an Inn of Court for civil lawyers based in England. Historically, these civilian practitioners had a monopoly over...

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ISSN:	1363-1780 1752-2110
Published:	Oxford University Press (OUP) 2023
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