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JUSTICE Scotland have now submitted their response to the Scottish Government on the recent Mock Jury Research findings. Whilst noting that the Research is an interesting piece of work, providing insight into the relationship between three unique elements of the Scottish jury system and the effect that these may have on jury decision making…

By Ulku Halatci Ulusoy (Assoc. Prof. Dr. Ankara University, Law School and Honorary Lecturer, University of Aberdeen)

The United Nations (UN), which was given the primary responsibility for protecting and ensuring international peace and security, is incapable of responding to COVID-19, as with many other issues.…

After weathering the storm that was the price collapse of 2014, the oil industry has again been hit in recent months by two new blows almost simultaneously: oversupply (caused by the failure of negotiations between Saudi Arabia and Russia to agree on production cuts and the aggressive response of the…

“the risk problems confronting contemporary society are trans-scientific in character – that is, …while they can be posed by science, they cannot be solved by science alone”-John Paterson.[1]

Early this year when the Global Risk Report was released, climate change topped the list of the most severe global risks. Little…

Scotland’s Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline (24 hours): 0800 027 1234 or helpline@sdafmh.org.uk

This is Part 2 of a two-part blog post which makes a number of preliminary observations about the potential impact of the Covid-19 pandemic and social distancing policy on Scottish criminal justice…

Scotland’s Domestic Abuse and Forced Marriage Helpline (24 hours): 0800 027 1234 or helpline@sdafmh.org.uk

Introduction

Largely due to the efforts of feminist campaigners, over the last few decades the scale of domestic abuse has become increasingly visible, and there have been major strides in terms of legal recognition…

This is the fourth in a blog post series being produced under the auspices of the Centre for Commercial Law in response to the coronavirus crisis. 

International trade is one of the areas that has been severely disrupted by the global COVID-19 pandemic caused by a new type of coronavirus.…

This is the third in a blog post series being produced under the auspices of the Centre for Commercial Law in response to the coronavirus crisis.

Introduction

The economic fallout of the coronavirus crisis is becoming more apparent with each passing day. The forecasts and analyses range from gloomy to apocalyptic: research indicates that…

[This blog is an extract of a much fuller article on Frustration available online from the University of Aberdeen  Centre for Scots Law]

Contract Law and Frustration

Certainty of performance is at the heart of contract law, as Lord Hope remarked

 “…the maxim pacta sunt servanda [‘agreements must be…

This is the second in a series of posts being produced under the auspices of the Centre for Commercial Law in response to the coronavirus crisis. The first blog post is available here.

In the grip of a world pandemic of COVID-19 when scientists are racing to develop a cure,…