Monthly Archives: May 2018
Winds of change? Crofting, community and renewable energy development in the Hebrides
This is a blog (sign)post, directing to another blog post that has just been published over at the School of Law at the University of Aberdeen’s blog. Needless to say, I wrote yonder blog post. The legalities of it made … Continue reading
Abandonment of land in Scots law, with reference to the Scottish Coal case
This is a blog (sign)post, directing to a note that has just been published in the Edinburgh Law Review on the abandonment of land in Scots law. This is a topic I was studying last year (see this blog post … Continue reading
Scottish University Law Clinic Network Conference 2018 – 6 June at the University of Dundee
The seventh annual conference of the Scottish University Law Clinic Network (SULCN) will take place in Dundee on the afternoon of Wednesday 6 June 2018. The keynote will be given by Mike Dailly of the Govan Law Centre. I am … Continue reading
Access All Areas? May Festival event at the University of Aberdeen
The University of Aberdeen’s May Festival runs from Friday 25 to Sunday 27 May. As part of it, I am speaking at a free event on Saturday 26 May at 11:00. This is a panel event, on the topic of … Continue reading
Posted in Aberdeen, Land Reform, Property
Tagged Aberdeen, Land Reform, May Festival, responsible access, Scots law, ScotWays, Sport Aberdeen, trespass, University of Aberdeen
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Residents of Connecticut town offered square foot of Scotland and title of laird – a reply
On 3 April 2018, this article appeared on the website of the Guardian: Residents of Connecticut town offered square foot of Scotland and title of laird. I imagine it was aimed at its US readership, penned as it was by … Continue reading
Posted in Property
Tagged Highland Titles, land law, Land Reform, Scots law, souvenir plot
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Levelling the land: pro bono expenses orders
This is a blog (sign)post, highlighting something I have written for the Journal of the Law Society of Scotland about pro bono expenses orders. Pro bono expenses orders, which may come to be known as legal volunteering expenses orders, are new devices that … Continue reading
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