Our defamation paper! We reviewed over 100 post-Lachaux cases to determine what it means in practice to demonstrate serious harm. It has implications for anti-SLAPP proposals and jurisdictions like Scotland & Australia which recently adopted SH Bobby Lindsay papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cf…

Glasgow School of Law is advertising two PhD scholarships in the areas of Scots Private Law and *UK Public Law*. Spread the word! This is a brilliant opportunity for funded doctoral research at one of the best law schools out there! Details in the link: gla.ac.uk/colleges/socia…

.Erin Ferguson and I wrote a short piece about the current state of anti-SLAPP law in the UK for the Solicitors Journal. We argue that it's time for the UK to show leadership in the protection of the rule of law by adopting robust anti-SLAPP measures.

solicitorsjournal.com/sjarticle/anti…

The newest entry to our 'Perspectives on Law in a Transnational Context' blog post series is now out. Read 'Oil in the Amazon: A Case Study in Corporate Power and the Formation of Transnational Legal Norms' written by Francesca Farrington here: abdn.io/AN

Our #ABDN family will be joining the 26th New York #TartanDay24 parade today in celebration of the contribution of Scottish Americans to the United States and Scottish heritage & culture. We’d love to hear from you on your connection to #ABDN and where you are now. #ScotlandIsNow

#SLAPPs : When a 'wokey' comedian & 'wonky' lawyer combine you end up with a conversation about how open secrets survive in the comedy circuit.

Read @Rosieisaholt & Charlie Holt hilarious conversation here:indexoncensorship.org/2024/03/the-sl…

#StopSLAPPs

Special thanks to a special woman!

This week marks the end of the 5-year mandate of Council of Europe Commissioner for Human Rights – Dunja Mijatovic. We, at ECPMF, would like to extend our heartfelt recognition and thanks to her for her work on human rights, rule of law and democracy ⬇️

🥳 VICTOIRE contre TotalEnergies : la justice nous donne raison et annule la poursuite-bâillon de l'entreprise !

C’est une victoire pour la liberté d’expression et contre les entreprises polluantes. On vous explique pourquoi 👇 [1/9] #100ansdetrop
greenpeace.fr/espace-presse/…

📢 Interested in working on legal mobilization in Europe?
Stefan Salomon and I are recruiting a PhD candidate to work with us at UvA Amsterdam ARTES_UVA Amsterdam Centre for European Law and Governance more details 👇 Deadline 15 April ⏰ vacatures.uva.nl/UvA/job/PhD-Po…

It was re-energizing to contribute to the workshop on strategic litigation in European law in Amsterdam with Geert Van Calster, Sofie Fleerackers, Adam Ploszka, Justin Borg-Barthet,Francesca Farrington,Dion Kramer,Francesca Ettore Palmiotto,Derya Ozkul, Mario Pagano,Virginia Passalacqua ,Clemens Kaupa,Swee Leng Harris & many…

Looking forward to discussing strategic litigation in European law next week with Alberto Alemanno,Geert Van Calster, Sofie Fleerackers, Adam Ploszka, Justin Borg-Barthet,Francesca Farrington,Dion Kramer,Francesca Ettore Palmiotto,Derya Ozkul, Mario Pagano,Virginia Passalacqua ,Clemens Kaupa,Swee Leng Harris & others

New: 'From Theory to Practice in Private International Law: Gedächtnisschrift for Professor Jonathan Fitchen' edited by Justin Borg-Barthet, Katarina Trimmings, Burcu Yüksel Ripley and Patricia Zivkovic bit.ly/3Vd0F4t

#PrivateInternationalLaw

No, it isn’t.

Fabulous to receive this handsome volume honouring a much missed member of the conflict of laws community. Thanks to Justin Borg-Barthet and the other editors for bringing it together.

New contribution to the Trans European Policy Studies Association EUCO Experts’ Debrief series, arguing that 🇪🇺 enlargement cannot happen before dealing with 🇭🇺’s autocracy crisis

read here👉tepsa.eu/policy-advice/…

cc UCD Sutherland School of Law Laurent Pech 🇺🇦

SLAPP news from Switzerland, a potential hub for libel tourism as the EU adopts an anti-SLAPP Directive and introduces defences against non-Lugano Convention SLAPP procedures.

Great article by Hugo Miller; includes a couple of quotes obo Aberdeen Law School Anti-SLAPP Research Hub.

Big news! The EU approved the 'Daphne Law' against SLAPP, a crucial victory for press freedom. Grateful to Flutura Kusari Justin Borg-Barthet Vanja Juric & Matthew Caruana Galizia, members of the European Commission’s Expert Group against SLAPP, for sharing expertise at CEELI this week.

My father - Daphne’s father - listening to Tiemo Wölken 🇪🇺’s speech before the #AntiSLAPP directive voting.

It is too late for Daphne - and our mother is not here to see this happening, either - but good that Daphne’s Law will help protect other journalists.

#DaphneCaruanaGalizia