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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..

Understanding the causes of local disputes in paediatrics to develop pathways to dispute resolution in North East Scotland. [RCPCH Poster] (2023)
Presentation / Conference
SIVERS, S., DOWNIE, M., TAI, J., MORGAN, H., TURNER, S., HERD, F., WORDIE, A. and DONALD, A. 2023. Understanding the causes of local disputes in paediatrics to develop pathways to dispute resolution in North East Scotland. Presented at the 2023 Royal College of Paediatrics and Child Health conference (RCPCH 2023), 23-25 May 2023, Glasgow, UK.

Conflicts over the care of children with life-limiting conditions can reach the point where courts have to intervene, but giving evidence causes distress, unwanted media attention and costs. The decision in Charlie Gard’s case in England included a... Read More about Understanding the causes of local disputes in paediatrics to develop pathways to dispute resolution in North East Scotland. [RCPCH Poster].

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], 29(5), pages 437-443. 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..

Namibia: energy policy. (2023)
Book Chapter
MOLLER, L. 2023. Namibia: energy policy. In Tiess, G., Majumder, T. and Cameron, P. (eds.) Encyclopedia of mineral and energy policy. Berlin: Springer [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-642-40871-7_159-2

This contribution provides a general overview of Namibia's context and energy policy.

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..

Human rights and the war in Ukraine. [Blog post] (2023)
Digital Artefact
LYONS, C. 2023. Human rights and the war in Ukraine. [Blog post]. Posted on the RGU Law School Blog [online], 19 April 2023. Available from: https://rgulaw.blog/2023/04/19/human-rights-and-the-war-in-ukraine/

The 1940 Katyn massacre, and its unexpected confluence with contemporary European human rights standards, is evoked here so as to give some context to an overview of the human rights consequences of Russia's invasion of Ukraine in February 2022. Whil... Read More about Human rights and the war in Ukraine. [Blog post].

Non-adherence of MNOCs to corporate obligations: a review of litigation from the Niger Delta. (2023)
Thesis
OCHEI, N.V. 2023. Non-adherence of MNOCs to corporate obligations: a review of litigation from the Niger Delta. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2071698

Multinational oil companies (MNOCs) claim that they have several corporate obligations to protect human rights and the environment in which they operate, and to resolve with local communities any disputes arising from their operations in the shortest... Read More about Non-adherence of MNOCs to corporate obligations: a review of litigation from the Niger Delta..

Sovereign debt sustainability: multilateral debt treatment and the credit rating impasse. (2023)
Journal Article
MAK, C.H.W. 2023. Sovereign debt sustainability: multilateral debt treatment and the credit rating impasse. INSOL world [online], 2023(1st Quarter), page 39. Available from: https://publications.insol.org/view/823629741/39/

This is a review of "Sovereign Debt Sustainability: Multilateral Debt Treatment and the Credit Rating Impasse" by Daniel Cash (Routledge, 2022). The 2007-09 global economic crisis resulted in pressing issues for many countries, especially those with... Read More about Sovereign debt sustainability: multilateral debt treatment and the credit rating impasse..

Hong Kong: civil and commercial judgments: reciprocal recognition of Hong Kong and mainland court judgments. (2023)
Journal Article
MAK, C.H.W. 2023. Hong Kong: civil and commercial judgments: reciprocal recognition of Hong Kong and mainland court judgments. Journal of international banking law and regulation [online], 38(4), pages N16-N17. Available from: https://uk.westlaw.com/Document/I1A0AD610C2CF11EDAFD6F430EC801F0E/View/FullText.html

The Hong Kong Legislative Council passed The Mainland Judgments in Civil and Commercial Matters (Reciprocal Enforcement) Ordinance (MJREO) on 26 October 2022. The Arrangement on Reciprocal Recognition and Enforcement of Judgments in Civil and Commerc... Read More about Hong Kong: civil and commercial judgments: reciprocal recognition of Hong Kong and mainland court judgments..

Borders of convenience: European legal measures and the migration crisis. (2023)
Book Chapter
ARNELL, P. and LYONS, C. 2023. Borders of convenience: European legal measures and the migration crisis. In Zaman, Q.M. and Hall, G.G. (eds.) Border urbanism: transdisciplinary perspectives. Cham: Springer [online], chapter 26, pages 421-431. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-06604-7_26

The migration crisis has posed fundamental questions for European institutions. Amongst these are whether EU human rights reality matches its rhetoric. The answer is a resounding no. The reaction of the EU to the crisis has entailed an abdication of... Read More about Borders of convenience: European legal measures and the migration crisis..

Understanding African jurisprudence and philosophy. (2023)
Presentation / Conference
MCKAY, F., WILLIAM, I. and STAVERT, J. 2023. Understanding African jurisprudence and philosophy. Presented at the 1st Cross-cultural conversation of the Interdisciplinary Forum for the Study of Jurisprudence and Value Inquiry in the Non-Western World (JVI), 1 March 2023, Aberdeen, UK.

This seminar was the first 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 Understanding African jurisprudence and philosophy..

An effective multi-stakeholder strategy for environmental sustainability in oil and gas-producing areas. (2023)
Thesis
DEBSKI, J.A. 2023. An effective multi-stakeholder strategy for environmental sustainability in oil and gas-producing areas. Robert Gordon University, PhD thesis. Hosted on OpenAIR [online]. Available from: https://doi.org/10.48526/rgu-wt-2071585

Environmental sustainability dominates global discourse because of the increasing challenges of mitigation and adaptation to global warming. The aims and targets of ongoing international initiatives are proving insufficient, and are particularly diff... Read More about An effective multi-stakeholder strategy for environmental sustainability in oil and gas-producing areas..

The shameful response to Shamima Begum. [Newspaper article] (2023)
Other
ARNELL, P. 2023. The shameful response to Shamima Begum. [Newspaper article]. The Scotsman [online], 26 February 2023. Available from: https://tinyurl.com/5n8wdmwx

The response by the UK government to the actions of Shamima Begum is shameful. It is discriminatory, disproportionate and inhumane. The Begum case has become a touchstone, with sections of the press and government politicians celebrating the rejectio... Read More about The shameful response to Shamima Begum. [Newspaper article].

Protecting built heritage in Hong Kong. (2023)
Journal Article
GIORGALLIS, A. and MAK, C.H.W. 2023. Protecting built heritage in Hong Kong. Journal of arts management, law and society [online], 53(4), pages 266-267. Available from: https://doi.org/10.1080/10632921.2023.2169803

This is a review of "Protecting Built Heritage in Hong Kong", by Steven Brian Gallagher. Thinking about Hong Kong's cultural heritage automatically leads one to some assumptions. A first assumption that might spring to mind is the modern architecture... Read More about Protecting built heritage in Hong Kong..