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With Scotland’s new tribunals structure now progressively coming into operation, lawyers and other interested parties might do well to start updating their internet browser favourites so as to keep up to date with the latest news.

The First-tier Tribunal for Scotland, the Upper Tribunal for Scotland and the First-tier Tribunal…

This blog post is written by representatives of the Aberdeen branch of the European Law Students' Association (ELSA)

As we reflected on our time at the University of Aberdeen, we came to a conclusion that participation in an international moot court competition would be one of the most memorable experiences…

Crofting is a quirky type of landholding that exists in the Highlands and Islands of Scotland. Born out of 19th century land politics and indeed land agitation, the crofting system is now regulated by statute, namely the Crofters (Scotland) Act 1993 and some later amending legislation. The system is regulated…

This blog was first published by Scottish Legal News, and the original can be viewed here

Dr Robert Brett Taylor and Dr Adelyn L M Wilson summarise a judicial review case, currently at avizandum, challenging the lawfulness of a decision to allow administration of abortion medication in the pregnant woman’s home.

The abandonment of landownership is a subject that has been of little legal and academic concern in most jurisdictions. Besides the seminal articles of Eduardo Peñalver and Lior Strahilevitz there has been relatively little written on the subject. This appears to stem largely from the confusion that arises regarding the…

My name is Atemiesima Festus Jumbo. I am a legal practitioner in active legal practice in D. D. Dodo & Co, a leading law firm in Nigeria, with over 10 years of practice experience. I live and work in Abuja, the Federal Capital Territory of Nigeria. I am from the…

Albert Einstein once stated that 'imagination is more important than knowledge'. I would agree with this, but with the addendum that structured imagination is more relevant than an 'abandoned display' of imagination. Studies which are arranged in a definite pattern might contain the premise(s) from which a conclusion may logically…

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I am very honoured to be here today. I am also deeply touched that so many of you have come here on a Friday night, have made the journey north, or are listening to the live stream.

My academic career stems from…

On a wild, wet and windy Wednesday afternoon last month members of the Law School’s Honours charity law class forsook the snug Taylor Law Library to visit the offices of the Community Food Initiative North East (CFINE) project in Aberdeen’s Poynernook Road, where they received a warm welcome.  This is…

Introduction

The United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) and its annual Conference of Parties meetings have been important for scholars and for society at large. Climate change issues gained a remarkable degree of coverage in the news and in social media. Thus, the UNFCCC’s Kyoto Protocol and…