Dr David Sawtell
@drfsawtell
Construction, property and commercial litigation barrister at 39 Essex Chambers. Bye-fellow in land law & equity at Peterhouse, Cambridge.
The @Peterhouse_Cam Paetbooks revealed: watch the trailer for our first disc for @naxosrecords here. Released August 22nd youtu.be/oduIl9eRA0Y?si…
The 3rd edition of A Practical Guide to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954 is out now! Available from the publishers (lawbriefpublishing.com/product/lta195… ) and Amazon.
Held up at Stansted Security for FIFTEEN MINUTES by this suspicious object in my underseat bag. They swabbed nearly every page, especially where I had underlined that snakes are immoderate wine drinkers!
Just a head’s up that I will be appearing on Sky History’s Killer Kings on Monday 16 June at 9pm UK time where I will be speaking about (you guessed it!) Henry VIII @HISTORYUK #killerkings #skyhistody #henryviii
My podcast episode on the relationship between art and land law has been released! I find the nexus of property and art to be one of the most fascinating parts of private law, and one that does not receive the appreciation that it deserves.
Delighted to chat to David Sawtell @drfsawtell with Clarissa Levi about when art is part of land or buildings. Expect a Henry Moore sculpture, Greek athletes, dog-grates and heirs behaving badly 39essex.com/information-hu…
I was lucky enough to receive a proof copy of Economica by Victoria Bateman (which is out in August) and published by @headlinepg Here are my comments: Taking readers on an enthralling journey from prehistory to the modern world, Victoria Bateman rightly emphasises the…
Registration is now open to attend the conference Celebrating 100 Years of the 1925 Property Legislation at Selwyn College, Cambridge on 8-9 September 2025. The draft programme and booking link may be found on the conference webpage: landecon.cam.ac.uk/news/2025-conf…
CFP: Are you working on any aspect of folklore and want to publish your research as a short book of 20-30k words? @CUP_Elements' new series Elements in Folklore is now seeking proposals - please email me [email protected] if you'd like a proposal form #cfp #folklore
'Here we go!' The new (third) edition of A Practical Guide to the Landlord and Tenant Act 1954: Commercial Tenancies is arriving in June. Fully updated with the most important cases that affect this area - more details to follow! lawbriefpublishing.com/product/lta195…
A beautiful May afternoon in Peterhouse; like a postcard or a print.
The White Sox identify Leo as the 268th pope, while Rome counts 267. Clearly the Chicago White Sox believe that Emperor Constantius’s removal of Pope Liberius was lawful, thus making Felix II a legitimate pope.
Straight to the top from here. #WhiteSox
Happy St George’s Day! 🐉 An inspiration to all those who remember the death of the Lambton Worm 🪱
A prayer for the feast day of St George. 🙏
Happy Easter to everyone celebrating in the Cambridge community 🙏🐇🌸 We hope you enjoy the eggs-tended weekend! 🥚 📍 @GreatStMarys 📷 Lloyd Mann
At work, I was happy to find an original copy of Mugby Junction, a Christmas magazine of short stories about trains, organised and mostly written by Charles Dickens. The most famous story is The Signalman. Here’s a post on the inspiration for the story. wp.me/pagtWm-xy
Oxford University has over 100 libraries 📚 That's approximately 1 library for every 260 students. #WorldBookDay
This fascinating exhibit is coming soon (and features exhibits from Peterhouse)
Fascinated by health and wellbeing? So were our medieval ancestors. Our new exhibition, Curious Cures, takes us back hundreds of years to a world of ritual healing and herbal recipes, stargazing, and surgery. 🔗Book your FREE ticket loom.ly/kVqsPRY #CuriousCures