SPLG Annual Update Conference, 11 June 2012

SCOTTISH PUBLIC LAW GROUP ANNUAL UPDATE CONFERENCE The SPLG’s Annual Update Conference on public law will take place on Monday 11th June at the Roxburghe Hotel in Edinburgh. Our annual conference aims to update practitioners, advocates and academics on relevant and emerging topics in public and constitutional law in Scotland, the UK and the EU.  [...]

Legislatures at Loggerheads

Should Scotland follow the Canadian solution to division of legislative powers between two legislatures? The SPLG and the Faculty of Advocates are delighted to invite you to the first of two very special events which take place this summer, which feature the Chief Justices of Canada and Australia. The first event will be led by [...]

Conference: Scotland and the United Kingdom

The Scottish Public Law Group are proud to be sponsoring this event, being held by The Royal Society of Edinburgh on 27th April 2012. The Conference, which was also held in London, is intended to bring further academic evidence and analysis to bear on the current debates on Scotland’s relationship with the rest of the [...]

Winter Event: “The Use of International Law in the Scottish courts: past, present and future.”

The SPLG are delighted to invite you to their Winter event, on the use of international law in cases in the Scottish courts. If you have not yet reserved your place please arrange to do so as soon as possible. The event is being held jointly with Edinburgh University, on Friday 24th February 2012. We [...]

Shami Chakrabarti ‘Common Values: The Human Rights Act – All we Have to Lose’

Glasgow Caledonian University  Law Society present Shami Chakrabarti, director of ‘Liberty’, discussing the possible repercussions of repealing the Human Rights Act. Wednesday 25th January 2012, 2pm – 4.30pm, Deeprose Theatre, Govan Mbeki Building, Glasgow Caledonian University. Free. Register online here: http://gcu-law.eventbrite.com/ Any queries to lawsoc@caledonian.ac.uk  

Edinburgh Law School Roundtable Seminar: Devolution after AXA

The University of Edinburgh Law School and the Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law are running a Roundtable Seminar entitled “Devolution after AXA” on 2 December 2011 from 4pm to 6pm in Old College. Speakers are Clive Lewis QC (Intervener for First Minister of Wales) , Aiden O’Neill QC (Counsel for 3rd to 10th respondents), Aileen McHarg [...]

The Relationship between UK Courts and Strasbourg

In March 2011, the SPLG Spring event held in partnership with the Faculty of Advocates was on the topic of “Human rights-Reconciling Strasbourg and Supreme Court” chaired by Dame Eilish Angiolini with Sir Nicolas Bratza, Lord Reed and Lord Hope speaking about the interrelationship of Strasbourg and UK human rights law from different perspectives. Of [...]

SPLG Autumn Event: Current issues in Media law in Scotland and the UK

Privacy, Freedom of Expression and the Media:  Recent Developments The SPLG are delighted to invite you to their Autumn event, on current issues in media law in Scotland and the UK.  The event is being held with the support of Glasgow Caledonian University’s Institute for Society and Social Justice Research on Tuesday 29 November 2011.  Recent developments involving and [...]

SPLG Winter Event: Use of International Law in the Scottish courts

The use of International Law in cases in the Scottish courts: past, present and future. The SPLG are delighted to invite you to their Winter event, on the use of international law in cases in the Scottish courts.  The event is being held jointly with Edinburgh University, on Friday 24th February 2012. If there ever [...]

Conference Slides, Part 2

I understand some people have had trouble with the following slides. I have converted them to Powerpoint 2003: Curtice Moynihan Paulin And here is Martin Chamberliain‘s presentation.