Legislation (Honours) 2024 — class drafting assessmentI have in recent years shared the drafting assessments set in the Legislation (honours) class at Edinburgh University — where students are…Jun 11Jun 11
Legislation class — drafting assessment 2023I have in previous years shared the drafting assessments we set in the Legislation (honours) class at Edinburgh University — where…Jun 5, 2023Jun 5, 2023
Books read 2023For what it is worth I thought I would gather details of the books I read this year.Jan 4, 2023Jan 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, 2022Sep 29, 2022
Why did Queen’s Counsel automatically become King’s Counsel?The Demise of the Crown Act 1901 and its parliamentary historySep 9, 2022Sep 9, 2022
Some quick thoughts on Ewan Forbes Sempill and issues in Scots lawI 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, 2021Dec 15, 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, 2021Apr 1, 2021