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A number of our students have been involved in the annual Staff v Student Moot over successive years. Hear their perspective on the event and how this has developed during their involvement in the moot.
Neil
This year’s highly anticipated Staff v Student moot has been described as “the best…
University of Aberdeen PhD candidate David Lorimer applies a quantitatively analytical approach to criminal law. He has written previously on jury analysis and the admissibility of prejudicial evidence (with a journal paper currently under peer review). The attached poster indicates some of the areas to which his quantitative methodology has…
The Scottish Government guidance note Private Residential Tenancies: Information for Tenants (published 26 April 2017 ) correctly summarises the state of the law in relation to Private Residential Tenancies (PRTs) under the Private Housing (Tenancies) (Scotland) Act 2016 when it states
“To end a joint tenancy, all the joint tenants…
Loch Lomond. Loch Ness. Scone (and the Palace of Scone). These are real places, all within a few hours’ drive of Aberdeen, Scotland, which in turn is the location of the annual (since 1987) law school summer abroad program. In summer 2018 I visited all those locations and more, including…
There has been much speculation in recent months as to whether Article 50 TEU, the treaty provision that regulates the exit of a Member State from the European Union, would allow the UK to revoke its notification of withdrawal from the EU. However, the decision as to how to interpret…
In January, I was invited to the Court of Session by solicitors from the NHS Central Legal Office to watch three different legal cases. One of these cases involved two patients in psychiatric hospitals challenging smoking bans as breaches of their human rights. Afterwards, I wrote an article on this…
“If we want things to stay as they are, things will have to change.”
― Giuseppe Tomasi di Lampedusa, The Leopard
I had been very eagerly anticipating the 7th Conference on the Regulation of Infrastructures at the Florence School of Regulation (FSR #CRI18) for weeks. On the day of departure, that…
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…
