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Centre for Private International Law awarded two RSE Research Grants
The University of Aberdeen’s Centre for Private International Law was awarded two prestigious research grants by the Royal Society of Edinburgh. The grants will support essential research which will help to shape the development of Scots Private International Law at a crucial moment in the history of its development. Through...
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Dr Katarina Trimmings appointed as a Legal Expert to the Council of Europe
Dr Katarina Trimmings has been appointed as a Legal Expert to the Council of Europe to assist with a review of the European Convention on the Legal Status of Children born out of Wedlock. The Council of Europe’s Committee on Legal Co-operation (CDCJ) is currently implementing an activity on the review...
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Law Academics Will Take Part in a Funded Erasmus and Strategic Partnership on Digitalization in Law
Digitalization has transformed almost all aspects of our society, including the legal profession. Legal education, however, is still trying to bridge the gap between emerging technologies and their implications for legal practice, on the one hand, and the knowledge and skills that our graduates need for the digital age, on...
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European Parliament Publishes Study on SLAPPs by Aberdeen Research Team
The European Parliament’s Policy Department for Citizens’ Rights and Constitutional Affairs has published a study concerning ‘The Use of SLAPPs to Silence Journalists, NGOs and Civil Society’. The study was authored by Dr Justin Borg-Barthet with two postgraduate researchers, Benedetta Lobina and Magdalena Zabrocka. Dr Borg-Barthet presented the research findings...
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Dr Borg-Barthet appointed to European Commission Expert Group Against SLAPP
Dr Justin Borg-Barthet has been appointed to the European Commission's Expert Group Against SLAPP (Strategic Lawsuits Against Public Participation).
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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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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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The Law School mourns the loss of Professor Jonathan Fitchen
Professor Jonathan Fitchen passed away on Friday 22nd January following a brief period of illness. Jon joined the School of Law in 2008. Over the years, he contributed to teaching across an exceptionally wide range of subjects, and he did so exceptionally well. But he was happiest when teaching private international...
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UK POAM Best Practice Guide Training Workshops delivered by Dr Trimmings and Dr Momoh
On 15 and 17 December 2020, Dr Katarina Trimmings and Dr Onyoja Momoh organised and delivered training at the UK Training workshop based on the POAM Best Practice Guide (“Protection of Abducting Mothers in Return Proceedings: Domestic Violence and Parental Child Abduction”) on the protection of abducting mothers in return...