Monthly Archives: January 2013
The gift of time? My first Prezi.
I have a presentation to undertake for my PG Certificate in Higher Education this week. I decided to try to put together a Prezi presentation for this. It took far longer than I hoped to do so, perhaps because I … Continue reading
Posted in Academia, Education, Law Clinics
Tagged education, Law Clinics, pedagogy, PowerPoint, Prezi
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Resorting to Crime
On Thursday 17 January I attended a lecture of the new Regius Professor at the University of Glasgow, James Chalmers. His inaugural* lecture, the beginning of a programme of events for the Tercentenary of the Regius Chair, was entitled Resorting To Crime (PDF). Do have a … Continue reading
Salvesen v Riddell appealed to the Supreme Court
Remember that case I wrote and blogged about (on one or two occasions) where legislation of the Scottish Parliament was held to be non-compliant with Article 1, Protocol 1 of the ECHR? Well, news outlets are now reporting that Salvesen … Continue reading
Posted in Land Reform, Property
Tagged Agricultural Holdings, ECHR, Human Rights, Land Reform, public interest
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Good Morning Scottish Land Question: Again!
Here follows my last Land Reform Review Group post for a while, I promise. This morning I reprised my role as land reform radio commentator, with the material available via “listen again” at about the 44 minute mark (until it … Continue reading
Rocking, rolling and Twitter squatting
I have a post over at Storify, that I am sure is a lesson for an intellectual property law class somewhere. It is about Ginger Wildheart trying to get his name, or at least his alias, as his Twitter Username.
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Revisiting the Scottish Land Question: Again
Tomorrow morning (assuming I set my various alarms effectively) I will be playing land law reform commentator again on Radio Scotland’s “Good Morning Scotland” programme. The blog of my previous “face for the radio” show being available here. Anyone who … Continue reading
SPL reform: a thought on the Middle 8
A mini-blog, on a thought that occurred to me in relation to all of this football reform chat that is still doing the rounds in football. Here I draw on some BBC resources. First, the story detailing the proposed 12-12-18 … Continue reading
Board games? I am a fan
This blog could have been entitled “Community ownership in football – a reply to the Billy Dodds”, but I opted for a play on an headline appearing in the Sport section of the Sunday Herald. Now why would I be … Continue reading
Posted in Company Law, Fitba, Property
Tagged Community, company law, directors' duties, fitba, Land Reform
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A response to the LRRG
On 11 January 2013 the Call for Evidence of the Land Reform Review Group closes. With “open access” to the fruits of academic labour in mind, here is my draft response. If you see anything in it that you think … Continue reading
Posted in Land Reform, Property
Tagged Access, Community, Land Reform, Scots law, sustainable development
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