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Dr Jonathan Fitchen’s article entitled ‘The Applicable Law in Cross-Border Competition Law Actions and Article 6(3) of Regulation No 864/2007’ in Cross-Border EU Competition Law Actions (D Mihail, F Becker and P. Beaumont eds, Hart Publishing, Oxford, 2013) was cited by Advocate General Jääskinen in Case C-352/13 Cartel Damage Claims (CDC) Hydrogen...

The official launch ceremony of the Aberdeen Student Law Review Vol 6 (November 2015 issue) was held on Monday 14 December at the Sir Duncan Rice Library. The launch was an opportunity to recognise the meticulous work of everyone who assisted in shaping this Volume and to celebrate the contribution...

DPLP student, Nikola Tait, was the winner of the Business Environment & Ethics Investment Game – she made a profit of £20,967 made in trading £100,000 initial investment over a period of 9 weeks. The game is supported and sponsored by Alastair Lindsay, Managing Partner, Gilson Gray LLP and Nikola...

The second annual Oil and Minerals for Good Conference took place on the 3rd of November in the MacRobert Building.  At this conference class cohort, faculty and other delegates examined the trends and new advances that will enable better positive outcomes (good, development) for resource-rich nations and other stakeholders, from...

Our Dr Zeray Yihdego is the editor in chief for the new Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law. The Ethiopian Yearbook of International Law (EtYIL) is a peer-reviewed academic journal that publishes scholarly works of the highest standard in the field of international law broadly defined, but with a focus on...

Law PhD candidate, Eddy Wifa, won the Best Presentation award at the Strathclyde Postgraduate Law Conference 2015.  Eddy’s presentation was on "Developing an Effective Health and Safety Regulatory Framework for the United Kingdom Offshore Wind Energy Industry: Lessons from Its Offshore Oil and Gas Industry".  Well done Eddy!

We are pleased to announce that three new LLM programmes will be available from September 2016.  These programmes are: Intellectual Property Law (September and January start dates) Energy and Environmental Law with Professional Skills (September start only) Energy Law with Professional Skills (September start only)   Intellectual Property Law LLM 'Intellectual property ("IP") is the most valuable asset in most...

A leading figure from the world of international law visited the 51cg last week, as the Law School’s Legal Research Society (LRS) hosted a seminar at New King’s. Professor Rahmat Mohamed, Secretary-General of the Asian African Legal Consultative Organization (AALCO), was the key speaker at the seminar entitled The...

PhD candidate Alison MacDonald has recently been successful with her application for the Policy Stories course. Policy Stories is a 2-day residential programme at the Scottish Storytelling Centre & the Scottish Parliament in Edinburgh 19th - 20th of November. The course provides researchers with the opportunity to work with government ministers, cultural bosses,...

Historical documents unearthed at the 51cg have revealed the University Law Faculty's opposition to Hitler's Nazi regime leading up to the outbreak of the Second World War.