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Ms Hikari Saito to present at the ABA 2021 Dispute Resolution Spring Conference
Ms Hikari Saito’s presentation proposal on ‘Challenges against the Myth of the Singapore Convention on Mediation’ based on her PhD research was accepted for Speed Share, a 10 min presentation at the ABA Dispute Resolution annual spring conference (virtual conference held between 14 and 17 April 2021). Additionally, Ms Saito was...
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Dr MacPherson and Mrs McKenzie-Skene in a consultation discussion with HM Treasury
Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Mrs Donna McKenzie-Skene participated in an online meeting with HM Treasury representatives to discuss proposed insolvency changes for payment and electronic money institutions. The meeting followed on from a consultation response submitted by them and Dr Burcu Yüksel Ripley, on behalf of the Centre for Commercial...
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DPLP students to represent Scotland in International Negotiation competition
Congratulations to our DPLP students Katrina Hall and Alexander Owen, who on 01 April 2021, won the Scottish National DPLP Negotiation Competition. The University of Aberdeen team competed against representative teams from Glasgow, Edinburgh, and Strathclyde universities, conducting mock negotiation exercises relating to partnership and lease disputes. Each team was...
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POAM 2021 International Conference a success
On 26 March 2021, the POAM project held its final conference, an international event with over 140 registered academics, legal experts, judges and other professional stakeholders from around the world.
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Launch of Verona principles for the protection of the rights of the child born through surrogacy
Following a comprehensive consultation process as well as substantive contributions from over 100 different experts covering multiple disciplines and perspectives, regions, national and international contexts, the Verona Principles for the Protection of the Rights of the Child Born through Surrogacy have been published this week. Dr Katarina Trimmings (Centre for...
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Dr Thomas L Muinzer gave a talk at University of the West Indies
A talk with the “Climate Justice” was delivered AUCEL’s Dr Thomas L Muinzer (Co-Director) to staff and colleagues at the University of the West Indies. He then participated in a round table discussion with Prof John Agard, Co-Char of the UN’s 2023 Global Sustainable Development Report team, Dr Hugh Sealy,...
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Judith Pearson - A Tribute
The Law School is sorry to report the death of Judith Pearson, who was employed as Lecturer and Senior Lecturer in Commercial Law at the Law School between 1975 and 2004.
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POAM Project Parent Survey Launched
On behalf of the POAM project Team, Dr Katarina Trimmings and Dr Onyója Momoh are carrying out a survey to engage mothers who have been involved in 1980 Hague Convention return proceedings where domestic abuse has been raised as a basis for invoking the Article 13(1) b) grave risk of...
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Dr Thomas L Muinzer from the School of Law has published a new book
We are happy to announce that a new book has been published by Dr Thomas L Muinzer of the University of Aberdeen, School of Law. National Climate Change Acts: The Emergence, Form and Nature of National Framework Climate Legislation, published by Hart This work provides the first available major study of national...
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New webinar series on 'Law and Ethics in the Digital Environment'
New webinar series on 'Law and Ethics in the Digital Environment' of the NERC Constructing a Digital Environment Programme