Recent and forthcoming events
Previous events
Private Law Research Seminar Series
'Governance by Contract: the contractual consequences of the private provision of public service'
Professor Catharine MacMillan
6 March 2024
10 Years of the Defamation Act 2013 workshop
23 November 2023
Guest v Guest Modern Law Review Seminar
6-7 July 2023
Sponsored by the Modern Law Review seminar scheme.
Legal Geography workshop
5 June 2023
This one-day workshop brought together an inter-discipilnary group of researchers to explore the connections between issues of sustainability, land use and housing.
'Building Families Through Surrogacy: A New Law' report workshop
25 May 2023
Led by Dr Alan Brown, this workshop brought together academics and practitioners to reflect on and discuss the Law Commission's recent report on surrogacy.
Book launch – contract before the Enlightenment
20 April 2023
Dr Stephen Bogle held the book launch for his new monograph, Contract before the Enlightenment: the ideas of James Dalrymple, Viscount Stair (1619-1695), earlier this year. The afternoon event featured contributions from guests such as Hector MacQueen, Catherine MacMillan, Adelyn Wilson and John Ford, as well as those from internal speakers.
Children on the Move workshop
24 March 2023
Led by Professor Janeen Carruthers, this workshop set out to explore issues affecting children in Scotland who are subject to a change of personal, domestic circumstances, to assess how well they are supported and protected by Scots law.
It was generously funded by the Clark Foundation for Legal Education
Read more about the workshop on the Scottish Civil Justice Hub