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Legislation (Honours) 2024 — class drafting assessment

I have in recent years shared the drafting assessments set in the Legislation (honours) class at Edinburgh University — where students are…

Jun 11

Legislation (Honours) 2024 — class drafting assessment

Jun 11

Correspondence to MSPs in 2022 on gender recognition reform bill

Dec 10, 2023

Dec 10, 2023

Legislation class — drafting assessment 2023

I have in previous years shared the drafting assessments we set in the Legislation (honours) class at Edinburgh University — where…

Jun 5, 2023

Jun 5, 2023

Books read 2023

For what it is worth I thought I would gather details of the books I read this year.

Jan 4, 2023

Jan 4, 2023

Talk at launch of Floating Charges in Scotland : new perspectives and current issues (eds Hardman…

This is the full text of a talk I gave at Old College last night at the launch of Floating CHarges in Scotland. The book is excellent and…

Sep 29, 2022

Sep 29, 2022

Why did Queen’s Counsel automatically become King’s Counsel?

The Demise of the Crown Act 1901 and its parliamentary history

Sep 9, 2022

Why did Queen’s Counsel automatically become King’s Counsel?

Sep 9, 2022

Legislative drafting exercise for students — 2022

AN INTRODUCTION TO THE COURSE

Jun 4, 2022

Jun 4, 2022

Some quick thoughts on Ewan Forbes Sempill and issues in Scots law

I posted a series of queries about the work by Prof Zoe Playdon relating to the Ewan Forbes Sempill case. Prof Playdon has chosen to write…

Dec 15, 2021

Dec 15, 2021

Schrodinger smiled — fragmented memories for World Mental Health Day

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Oct 10, 2021

Oct 10, 2021

Assessing legislative drafting for undergraduate LLB students (with an exercise used in 2020)

This post is in response to a couple of queries I have had about assessing legislative drafting for undergraduate LLB students. I try to…

Apr 1, 2021

Apr 1, 2021

Scott Wortley

Scott Wortley

Law lecturer. Interest in Scots property law, conveyancing, debt and insolvency, statutory interpretation and legislation.

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