Outputs (406)

Retaining trust: the Hip Hing Construction case and the future of cash retentions in the construction industry. (2024)
Journal Article
CHRISTIE, D.S. and MAK, C.H.W. [2024]. Retaining trust: the Hip Hing Construction case and the future of cash retentions in the construction industry. Edinburgh law review [online], (Accepted). To be made available from: https://www.euppublishing.com/loi/ELR

Cash retentions are commonly provided for in construction contracts. These provisions allow the employer under a contract to hold back a portion of an instalment payment. These retained portions are then paid to the contractor at specific points: us... Read More about Retaining trust: the Hip Hing Construction case and the future of cash retentions in the construction industry..

FIDIC, NEC and the dispute board concept: extent and style of adoption. (2024)
Journal Article
MANTE, J. 2024. FIDIC, NEC and the dispute board concept: extent and style of adoption. International construction law review [online], 2024, pages 301-329. Available from: https://www.i-law.com/ilaw/doc/view.htm?id=439968

The Fédération Internationale des Ingénieurs-Conseils (FIDIC) 2017-2022 and NEC4 Engineering and Construction Conditions introduced some significant amendments to the dispute resolution provisions in both Conditions of Contract. Both contract suites... Read More about FIDIC, NEC and the dispute board concept: extent and style of adoption..

(Re)examining the intersection between energy justice and energy transition in Africa. (2024)
Journal Article
ABE, O. and AZUBIKE, V. 2024. (Re)examining the intersection between energy justice and energy transition in Africa. Journal of energy and natural resources law [online], Latest Articles. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/02646811.2024.2356988

Today, energy justice and energy transition are converging, particularly in Africa. This intersection is crucial for achieving sustainable development and addressing the challenges of climate change. The context of energy transitions in Africa necess... Read More about (Re)examining the intersection between energy justice and energy transition in Africa..

A comparative analysis of blockchain and competition law in the European Union and the United States: decentralization, data accumulation and collusion. (2024)
Journal Article
MAK, C.H.W. 2024. A comparative analysis of blockchain and competition law in the European Union and the United States: decentralization, data accumulation and collusion. European competition law review [online], 45(7), pages 323-329. Available from: https://uk.westlaw.com/

This article compares how competition authorities in the EU and US approach the challenges of blockchain technology, including its potential to foster collusion and cartels. The author suggests regulatory reforms such as a multi-stakeholder approach,... Read More about A comparative analysis of blockchain and competition law in the European Union and the United States: decentralization, data accumulation and collusion..

Assessing the impact: a 2024 perspective on Scotland's Hate Crime and Public Order Act of 2021. (2024)
Journal Article
MAK, C.H.W. 2024. Assessing the impact: a 2024 perspective on Scotland's Hate Crime and Public Order Act of 2021. Scots law times [online], 2024(19), pages 83-85. Available from: https://uk.westlaw.com

The author reviews the background of the the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021 and it's impact and complexity of implementation. The primary objective of the law was to offer enhanced protection for victims and communities by consolidat... Read More about Assessing the impact: a 2024 perspective on Scotland's Hate Crime and Public Order Act of 2021..

Localizing human rights in a globalizing world: the challenge for Africa. (2024)
Presentation / Conference
MARTZOUKOU, K.D., OKOGBULE, N.S. and RODRIGUEZ-BLANCO, V. 2024. Localizing human rights in a globalizing world: the challenge for Africa. Presented at the 5th Cross-cultural conversation of the Interdisciplinary Forum for the Study of Jurisprudence and Value Inquiry in the Non-Western World (JVI), 8 May 2024, Aberdeen, UK.

This seminar was the fifth meeting or cross-cultural conversation (CCC) organised by the Interdisciplinary Forum for the Study of Jurisprudence and Value Inquiry in the Non-Western World (JVI), convened by Olufemi Ilesanmi. This particular event, mod... Read More about Localizing human rights in a globalizing world: the challenge for Africa..

Enhancing the construction of attacker personas in cybersecurity software designs using case law-based facts. [Preprint] (2024)
Working Paper
ILESANMI, O., FAILY, S., NICHO, M. and MCDERMOTT, C. 2024. Enhancing the construction of attacker personas in cybersecurity software designs using case law-based facts. [Preprint]. Hosted on SSRN [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4812698

Thwarting potential attackers is always at the heart of cybersecurity software designs. This interdisciplinary paper in computing science and law investigates the possibility of building attacker personas through reliance on case law facts. To combat... Read More about Enhancing the construction of attacker personas in cybersecurity software designs using case law-based facts. [Preprint].

Of race, racism and racially motivated offences: a review of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021. (2024)
Journal Article
ILESANMI, O. and MCKANDIE, D. 2024. Of race, racism and racially motivated offences: a review of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021. Class, race and corporate power [online], 12(1), article number 2. Available from: https://digitalcommons.fiu.edu/classracecorporatepower/vol12/iss1/2/

It is assumed in this study that a relationship of social and legal significance does exist between the prohibition of expressions or manifestations of racism in a society and its preservation of racial diversity. "Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotla... Read More about Of race, racism and racially motivated offences: a review of the Hate Crime and Public Order (Scotland) Act 2021..

Julian Assange: how British extradition law works. [Newspaper article] (2024)
Other
DAVIES, G. and ARNELL, P. 2024. Julian Assange: how British extradition law works. The Conversation [online], 27 March 2024. Available from: https://theconversation.com/julian-assange-how-british-extradition-law-works-224703

In this article, the authors assess the current situation regarding the extradition of Julian Assange from the UK and what the case demonstrates about UK extradition law.

Lads! Lads! Lads!: examining the interaction between the construction law "prevention principle" and liquidated damages. (2024)
Journal Article
CHRISTIE, D. 2024. Lads! Lads! Lads!: examining the interaction between the construction law "prevention principle" and liquidated damages. Juridical review [online] 2024(1), pages 27-37. Available from: https://uk.westlaw.com

There is a legal principle used by those dealing in practice with construction contracts, that where a construction project is not completed by the agreed completion date, but as a result of something happening which was within the responsibility of... Read More about Lads! Lads! Lads!: examining the interaction between the construction law "prevention principle" and liquidated damages..