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Understanding the causes of disputes in paediatrics to develop pathways to dispute resolution in North East Scotland. (2023)
Report
SIVERS, S. 2023. Understanding the causes of disputes in paediatrics to develop pathways to dispute resolution in North East Scotland. Aberdeen: Robert Gordon University. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2113793

This briefing note provides a summary of the findings from a project looking at dispute resolution in paediatrics, funded by NHS Grampian Charity.

Rethinking gender parity in FDI. (2023)
Digital Artefact
ODUSANYA, T.O. 2023. Rethinking gender parity and FDI. [Blog post]. Posted on Commonwealth Chamber of Commerce blog [online], 2 October 2023. Available from: https://commonwealthchamber.com/rethinking-gender-parity-and-fdi/

Gender disparity is arguably one of the greatest impediments to global development. The FDI's landscape is often an overlooked avenue in gender equality discourse. Yet, it propels tapping equally into the reservoir of capabilities. Although it is som... Read More about Rethinking gender parity in FDI..

Women in African leadership: democracy and gender equality. (2023)
Working Paper
ODUSANYA, T.O. 2023. Women in African leadership: democracy and gender equality. Hosted on SSRN [online], article number 4582403. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4582403

Democracy and gender inequalities are elusive and contested concepts as evidenced by the struggles of the suffragettes. This important recognition of women’s resistance towards the implementation of gender parity through various movements, and advoca... Read More about Women in African leadership: democracy and gender equality..

Trusts across borders: steering through the EU's insolvency directive and its implications for trustees. (2023)
Journal Article
MAK, C.H.W. 2023. Trusts across borders: steering through the EU's Insolvency Directive and its implications for trustees. Journal of international banking law and regulation [online], 38(10), pages 387-391. Hosted on Westlaw. Available from: https://uk.westlaw.com

This article delves into the multifaceted roles and responsibilities of trustees in cross-border insolvencies, with a spotlight on the EU’s proposed directive aiming to harmonise insolvency law. It acknowledges the unique position of trustees who, wh... Read More about Trusts across borders: steering through the EU's insolvency directive and its implications for trustees..

Extradition/surrender under the TCA. (2023)
Book Chapter
ARNELL, P. [2023]. Extradition/surrender under the TCA. In Davies, G. and Farrand-Carrapico, H. (eds.) UK-EU police and judicial cooperation post-Brexit. Oxford: Hart Publishing, (accepted).

Blockchain and smart contracts: a game changer in mediation? (2023)
Journal Article
MAK, C.H.W. and MANTE, J. [2023]. Blockchain and smart contracts: a game changer in mediation? Asian journal on mediation [online], (accepted).

In light of accelerating technological innovation and shifts in dispute resolution paradigms, this article elucidates the transformative potential of blockchain technology and smart contracts in mediation. The paper posits that these advancements off... Read More about Blockchain and smart contracts: a game changer in mediation?.

The virtual happy hour for contract law students: reflecting on an unplanned transition. (2023)
Book Chapter
LAUTERBACH, T., FULFORD, H. and AGNEW, M. 2023. The virtual happy hour for contract law students: reflecting on an unplanned transition. In Jones, E. and Strevens, C. (eds.) Wellbeing and transitions in law: legal education and the legal profession. Cham: Palgrave Macmillan [online], chapter 5, pages 87-106. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-27654-5_5

The restrictions imposed by the COVID-19 pandemic forced university teachers to switch to an online delivery mode. Students signed up for in-person delivery became distance learners overnight. Whilst both teachers and students quickly became familiar... Read More about The virtual happy hour for contract law students: reflecting on an unplanned transition..

The UK's Illegal Migration Bill: human rights violated. (2023)
Journal Article
ARNELL, P., LEWIS, O., KALOCSÁNYIOVÁ, E. and FORRESTER, A. 2023. The UK's Illegal Migration Bill: human rights violated. Medicine, science and law [online], OnlineFirst. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1177/00258024231186736

Stopping asylum seekers from arriving in the UK on small boats was one of the five key pledges made by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in January 2023.1 An important facet of the attempt to meet that promise is the Illegal Migration Bill. Introduced in Ma... Read More about The UK's Illegal Migration Bill: human rights violated..

Australia: financial sector - new reforms to strengthen accountability and transparency within the industry. (2023)
Journal Article
MAK, C.H.W. 2023. Australia: financial sector - new reforms to strengthen accountability and transparency within the industry. Journal of international banking law and regulation [online], 38(8), pages N55-N56. Available from: https://uk.westlaw.com

Reviews the aims of Australia's Financial Accountability Regime Bill 2023, the background to its creation, its failure to include individual civil penalties for infringing accountability duties, its approach to transparency, its likely implications,... Read More about Australia: financial sector - new reforms to strengthen accountability and transparency within the industry..

Rising from the ashes: strategies and policies for developments in Nigeria. (2023)
Working Paper
ODUSANYA, T.O. 2023. Rising from the ashes: strategies and policies for developments in Nigeria. Hosted on SSRN [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.4497896

This is a compendium of concepts in alignment with strategies and policies for developments in Nigeria. This collection is divided into two parts, the first explored political challenges and solutions around governance structure; true federalism; ret... Read More about Rising from the ashes: strategies and policies for developments in Nigeria..

Foreign parties and the tort jurisdiction gateway under the English CPR. (2023)
Presentation / Conference
MANTE, J. 2023. Foreign parties and the tort jurisdiction gateway under the English CPR. Presented at the 114th Society of Legal Scholars' annual conference 2023 (SLS 2023), Oxford, UK. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2086161

The Supreme Court of the United Kingdom took an expansive view of the word ‘damage’ under paragraph 3.1(9)(a) of the CPR Part 6, PD 6B on the tort jurisdictional gateway in the recent case of FS Cairo (Nile Plaza) LLC v Lady Brownlie. To the court, t... Read More about Foreign parties and the tort jurisdiction gateway under the English CPR..

The English CPR's gate-keeping rules, foreign claimants and access to justice. (2023)
Presentation / Conference
MANTE, J. 2023. The English CPR's gate-keeping rules, foreign claimants and access to justice. Presented at the 114th Society of Legal Scholars' annual conference 2023 (SLS 2023), Oxford, UK. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://rgu-repository.worktribe.com/output/2086179

Foreign victims of wrongful acts ostensibly committed by companies domiciled in the United Kingdom and or their subsidiaries are increasingly turning to UK courts for redress. Many of these actions encounter jurisdictional challenges right at the sta... Read More about The English CPR's gate-keeping rules, foreign claimants and access to justice..

The legal status of church pews in certain civil law jurisdictions. (2023)
Journal Article
LYTVYNENKO, A.A. and MACHOVENKO, J.G. 2023. The legal status of church pews in certain civil law jurisdictions. International comparative jurisprudence [online], 9(1), pages 1-23. Available from: https://doi.org/10.13165/j.icj.2023.06.001

Objects of common use in various houses of worship, one of which is a place in a church (church pew), suggest that parishioners have the right to use them, often for quite a long period of time. However, do parishioners have property rights to a plac... Read More about The legal status of church pews in certain civil law jurisdictions..

Group proceedings in Scotland. (2023)
Journal Article
MANTE, J. and ARNELL, P. 2023. Group proceedings in Scotland. Scots law times [online], 2023 (19), pages 93-96. Available from: https://uk.westlaw.com

From 31 July 2020 a new form of proceedings, group proceedings, have been available in the Court of Session. A group for this purpose comprises two or more individuals who each have a separate claim in the subject matter. Litigation has begun. Consid... Read More about Group proceedings in Scotland..

From Canada to Scotland: the incorporation of ethical wildlife control principles: a review. (2023)
Journal Article
MONEAGLE, H.L. 2023. From Canada to Scotland: the incorporation of ethical wildlife control principles: a review. Laws [online], 12(3), article number 52. Available from: https://doi.org/10.3390/laws12030052

In 2015, 20 experts from academia, industry, and non-governmental organisations on 5 continents agreed to a set of seven international principles for ethical decision making ("the principles") in managing human–wildlife conflict. The principles have... Read More about From Canada to Scotland: the incorporation of ethical wildlife control principles: a review..

China: the establishment of the State Administration of Financial Supervision and Administration. (2023)
Journal Article
MAK, C.H.W. 2023. China: the establishment of the State Administration of Financial Supervision and Administration. Butterworths journal of international banking and financial law [online], 38(6), pages 438-440. Available from: https://plus.lexis.com/

China is currently undergoing significant financial reform, intending to establish a centralised national financial regulatory body. This change represents a stark departure from the nation's prior fragmented regulatory strategies. The primary object... Read More about China: the establishment of the State Administration of Financial Supervision and Administration..

Decolonising the Reasonable Person Test: a transformative constitutional imperative. (2023)
Presentation / Conference
EZEANI, E., IYER, D. and BÓDIG, M. 2023. Decolonising the Reasonable Person Test: a transformative constitutional imperative. Presented at the 2nd Cross-cultural conversation of the Interdisciplinary Forum for the Study of Jurisprudence and Value Inquiry in the Non-Western World (JVI), 31 May 2023, Aberdeen, UK.

This seminar was the second 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, mo... Read More about Decolonising the Reasonable Person Test: a transformative constitutional imperative..

Debts unravelled: trust law's unbiased approach to resolving sovereign defaults. (2023)
Journal Article
MAK, C.H.W. [2023]. Debts unravelled: trust law's unbiased approach to resolving sovereign defaults. Trusts and trustees [online], Advanced Articles. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1093/tandt/ttad023

Sovereign debt defaults have long ignited debate in international finance as debtors, creditors and global entities wrestle with clashing interests. Trust law emerges as a fair and objective method, with trusts formed to manage and disburse funds for... Read More about Debts unravelled: trust law's unbiased approach to resolving sovereign defaults..

Deciphering gender disparities in socioeconomic cum cultural and religious practices in Africa. (2023)
Journal Article
ODUSANYA, T.O., FAYOMI, O.O. and OGUNSANWO, A. 2023. Deciphering gender disparities in socioeconomic cum cultural and religious practices in Africa. Innovare journal of social sciences [online], 11(3), pages 9-14. Available from: https://doi.org/10.22159/ijss.2023.v11i3.47686

Demographically, more than half of the African population are women. Nevertheless, disparities in allusion to gender linger at the apex of contemporary issues, especially in Africa. For several decades, women have been continuously sidelined from soc... Read More about Deciphering gender disparities in socioeconomic cum cultural and religious practices in Africa..