Russell Hewitson, Associate
Professor of Law at Northumbria University, Newcastle, has been appointed as
Consultant Editor for the new Conveyancing edition of Halsbury’s Laws of
England, due in 2023.
The appointment is
recognition of his experience of teaching,
researching and writing about the law and practice of conveyancing over the
past 30 years. Russell is the immediate past chair of the Law
Society's Conveyancing and Land Law Committee. He is author of several books
including Conveyancing Searches and Enquiries, and consultant editor of
the Law Society’s Conveyancing Handbook. He is also the general editor
of Precedents for the Conveyancer, Practical Lease Precedents and Practical Conveyancing Precedents and is the Practice and Precedents
Editor of The Conveyancer and Property Lawyer. Russell is the Law
Society Council Member for Commercial Property.
Commenting on his appointment, Russell said: “Halsbury's
Laws of England covers the whole spectrum of English law and is designed to
enable practitioners to answer the full range of questions likely to arise in
the course of their work. As the only comprehensive narrative statement of the
law of England and Wales, containing law derived from every source, it is regarded
as an authoritative encyclopaedia, and I am honoured by this appointment.”
Halsbury’s Laws of England is written by or in conjunction
with leading lawyers, both practitioners and academics. It covers every
proposition of English law (whether statutory or common law), and is divided
into alphabetically arranged titles, making it convenient to use and offering
users a wealth of knowledge and experience, and quick and easy research into
any area of law . The text of those titles is supplemented by regularly updated
annotations: all primary and secondary legislation, all leading law reports,
and many specialist series of case reports are monitored for developments which
affect the law set out in Halsbury's Laws.
