Dr Alisdair MacPherson

Specialisms

• Business Law
• Law
• Private Law
• Property Law
• Scots Law

Our research specialisms are based on the Higher Education Classification of Subjects (HECoS) which is HESA open data, published under the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International

Research Overview

Rights in security, insolvency law, company law, commercial law, property law, law of trusts, comparative law, modern legal history.

Alisdair would be interested in supervising research students working in any of these areas. He is currently supervising PhD research on the following topics:

• The law of securitisation in England, France and Scotland
• The balancing of interests in corporate insolvency
• Financial security instruments for decommissioning liabilities

Knowledge Exchange and Public Engagement

Papers and Presentations

“The 'Pre-History' of Floating Charges in Scots Law”, Scottish Property Law Discussion Group (28 October 2020)

“Consumer Sales Contracts: Transfer of Ownership”, Scottish Law Commission Workshop on Consumer Contracts in Scotland: Reforming the Law of Transfer of Ownership (8 October 2020)

“The 'Pre-History' of Floating Charges in Scots Law”, Scottish Legal History Group Conference (3 October 2020)

“Floating Charges in Comparative Perspective”, Young Property Lawyers’ Forum Experts' Meeting, University of Glasgow (5 June 2019)

“The Reform of Security over Moveable Property in Scots Law”, Young Property Lawyers’ Forum, University of Maastricht (28 May 2018)

“A Real Right Sui Generis? The Floating Charge in Scots Law”, Young Property Lawyers' Forum, Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg (23 September 2016) 

“Floating Charges and Trust Property in Scots Law”, Scots Law Discussion Group, University of Edinburgh (24 June 2016)

“The Floating Charge in Scots Law and its Attachment to Property”, Modern Studies in Property Law Postgraduate Conference, Queen’s University, Belfast (7 April 2016)

“A Tale of Two Mixed Systems: Assignation/Cession in Security in Scotland and South Africa”, Young Property Lawyers’ Forum, University of Groningen (23 November 2015)

“The Floating Charge Attachment and Ranking Paradox in Scots Law”, Aktuelle Stunde, Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht, Hamburg (21 October 2014)

Blog Posts 

A MacPherson, "Property and Insolvency Law: The Need for Multiple Perspectives", University of Aberdeen Law School Blog (29 October 2020)

A MacPherson and D McKenzie Skene, "Legislating for the Insolvency Impact of the Coronavirus Crisis", University of Aberdeen School of Law Blog (16 April 2020) 

A MacPherson and D McKenzie Skene, "Debt and Insolvency Law in the Age of Coronavirus", University of Aberdeen School of Law Blog (23 March 2020) 

A MacPherson and CS Rupp, "A Child of the YPLF: Floating Charges in Comparative Perspective", Young Property Lawyers Forum (10 July 2019)

A MacPherson and CS Rupp, "Floating Charges in Comparative Perspective", University of Aberdeen School of Law Blog (5 July 2019)

A MacPherson and D McKenzie Skene, "Back to the Future? The Partial Reinstatement of the Crown Preference in Insolvency", University of Aberdeen School of Law Blog (12 December 2018)

Supervision