Seminar Archive

Property Theory Perspectives on the Community Right to Buy

Speaker: Professor John Lovett Admission FREE, no booking required. Abstract: The community rights to buy that now exist in Scottish land reform legislation can result—at least in some cases—in what international property theorists call a “private taking” or what might be characterized as a private-to-private compulsory purchase order in the UK. This paper...

Guest Lecture - Changing lives and (occasionally) changing the law: An illustration of the work of University Law Clinics

Admission FREE, no booking required. Abstract: In performing their roles as centres for Clinical Legal Education, many University Law Clinics employ real-life or live-client models to facilitate student training. While working under the supervision of professionals, students offer legal assistance to qualifying clients. This promotes access to justice and positions university clinics...

Fact-Finding in International Law: The Role of Commissions of Inquiry

Admission FREE, no booking required. Abstract: The Hague Peace conferences of 1899 and 1907 can be regarded as the first steps in setting up institutions that dominated international life in the 20th century. During one of these conferences Russian diplomat Fyodor Martens first elaborated the Concept of Inquiry. The idea behind this...

A Law & Economics Analysis in Support of Corporate Social Responsibility: Prevention of 'Accidental' Stock Market Over-Valuations for Innovative Corporations

Admission FREE, no booking required. This presentation is topical because the US and other nations have loosened their guidelines on forward looking revenue statements for publicly traded corporations, particularly with regards to innovative technologies. This policy was originally intended to facilitate information to the market for industries from Silicon Valley and...

Late in Life: MER, decommissioning and late life operations on the UK Continental Shelf

Admission FREE, no booking required. Speaker: Graham Dallas Bio:  Graham is a Business Development Manager with Aker Solutions since 2015, focusing on brownfield maintenance, modifications, operations and decommissioning. Graham has worked in engineering for over 25 years, with the last 20 in oil and gas. He started his career as a Mechanical Technician Apprentice...

Investment Arbitration in the EU? A song from the past or a new beat?

Admission FREE, no booking required. Abstract: Investment arbitration in the European Union is currently experiencing one of its most crucial challenges. At EU level, there are different opinions claiming that the applicability of investment treaties to resolve intra-EU disputes is no longer valid. The main argument flagged is the existence of a...

Can innovation deliver energy justice? Why regulations and new technologies foster equitable energy systems

Speaker: Dr. Michael LaBelle Admission FREE, no booking required. Abstract: This presentation is topical because the US and other nations have loosened their guidelines on forward looking revenue statements for publicly traded corporations, particularly with regards to innovative technologies. This policy was originally intended to facilitate information to the market for industries from Silicon...

Cross-border portability of refugees' personal status - Bridging private international law and migration law

This seminar was cancelled

Admission FREE, no booking required. Abstract: The EU member States seem to have prioritised the reception of asylum seekers and the development of short-term assistance programmes. Yet strategies to tackle the long-term legal consequences of the refugee flows into Europe are less clear. While those short-term interventions are of course important, European...

Abandoning Principles: The Right (and Wrong) of Abandonment of Land in Scots Law

Admission FREE, no booking required. Abstract: If and when landowners wish to rearrange their affairs and no longer own a particular piece of land, the normal course of action would be to transfer that land to an aspiring owner (for a suitable price). In a buoyant market, this will often be an...

Critical issues in investment arbitration. Some considerations from recent cases under the ECT

Admission FREE, no booking required. Abstract: A number of cases are currently open under the Energy Charter Treaty (ECT) against some European Member States, addressing a number of common issues on both jurisdiction and the merits. However, the few awards rendered until now are not fully consistent, so making the outcome of...