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Scottish Government justice official. Often seen in Brussels, London, The Hague or Edinburgh. 🏴󠁧󠁒󠁳󠁣󠁴󠁿 πŸ‡¬πŸ‡§ πŸ‡§πŸ‡ͺ πŸ‡³πŸ‡±

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My real concern is whether Amicus, the mascot of the Canadian Supreme Court, has also been compelled to change robes.

07.10.2025 04:20 β€” πŸ‘ 277    πŸ” 39    πŸ’¬ 8    πŸ“Œ 11

Chaos at Brussels Airport today both at security screening and exit passport control. Huge queues and no direction or information about what's happening.

06.10.2025 10:39 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gertje

06.10.2025 09:31 β€” πŸ‘ 3    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Is the Church of Scotland established? The Church of Scotland is a national church, but unlike in England it does not recognise the monarch as its head and there is debate as to whether it’s established.

commonslibrary.parliament.uk/is-the-churc...

03.10.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

I was going to say, like many aspects of Scots law, it's not that simple:

03.10.2025 11:02 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0

EU decision making reminds me of what Bill Gates said about how we overestimate the change that will occur in the next two years and underestimate the change that will occur in the next ten.

EU close up looks pretty slow, but as Max points out, taken together it moves faster than you think.

02.10.2025 15:20 β€” πŸ‘ 100    πŸ” 32    πŸ’¬ 5    πŸ“Œ 1

Mr Pope

02.10.2025 05:56 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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lots of pain in the world but sometimes you stumble on a stranger’s obsessive wikipedia table. michelangelo had the sistine chapel, this guy had the β€œguess who” article. perhaps both sacred

01.10.2025 09:54 β€” πŸ‘ 642    πŸ” 57    πŸ’¬ 15    πŸ“Œ 8
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the Command & Conquer series is 30 years old today we so have an excuse to share this iconic moment with Tim Curry

26.09.2025 17:05 β€” πŸ‘ 5681    πŸ” 2796    πŸ’¬ 54    πŸ“Œ 180
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Sir Gerald Gordon CBE KC LLD HonFRSE: in memoriam β€” University of Glasgow School of Law Blog Sir Gerald Gordon, who died recently at the age of 96, made an extraordinary contribution to the criminal law of Scotland during his lifetime. Born and educated in Glasgow, where he graduated in philo...

A great read about someone who had an incredible impact on Scots law

www.uofgschooloflaw.co.uk/blog/2025/9/...

27.09.2025 16:12 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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ONLINE LESSON | Auschwitz. Concentration and Extermination Camp.

The history of Auschwitz is complex, as the camp combined two functions: a concentration camp and an extermination center.

Details of the history of Auschwitz: http://lekcja.auschwitz.org/en_1/

24.09.2025 18:00 β€” πŸ‘ 259    πŸ” 70    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 1
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Fugitive Nicholas Rossi found guilty of second rape in US The American who faked his death and fled to Scotland to escape justice was convicted by a Utah jury.

Nicholas Rossi continues to face justice following his extradition from Scotland

www.bbc.com/news/article...

25.09.2025 10:05 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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25.09.2025 06:09 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Hugh Mercer KC has been sworn in as the UK's new judge at the European Court of Human Rights, following his election (yes, election) by the Council of Europe's parliamentary assemblyπŸ‘‡

23.09.2025 10:10 β€” πŸ‘ 16    πŸ” 5    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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We made some cow friends earlier

23.09.2025 20:34 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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23.09.2025 06:17 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Glasgow

21.09.2025 17:13 β€” πŸ‘ 22    πŸ” 4    πŸ’¬ 3    πŸ“Œ 0
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BREAKING: Scotland's centuries-old 'not proven' verdict has been scrapped with the passing of the Justice Bill.

17.09.2025 15:54 β€” πŸ‘ 6    πŸ” 6    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 1
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No chance

17.09.2025 05:49 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Yaldi

16.09.2025 16:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I'll need to update my slides on the interesting and odd elements of Scots law...

13.09.2025 21:01 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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From the Scotland community on Reddit: Scotland's not proven verdict should be scrapped 'in the interests of justice' -- Justice Minister Angela Constance said abolishing the three verdict system will... Explore this post and more from the Scotland community

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your very helpful blog is doing the numbers on reddit.

12.09.2025 19:36 β€” πŸ‘ 2    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 1    πŸ“Œ 0
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12.09.2025 06:29 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

Yes please.

10.09.2025 14:57 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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A wonderful city

10.09.2025 10:40 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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It is important to realise how outlandish it is to suggest that the UK leaving the ECHR does not undermine the B/GFA 1998. As @joellegrogan.bsky.social and @alicedonald.bsky.social point out, it would rip up an essential element of this peace agreement:

ukandeu.ac.uk/explainers/t...

09.09.2025 19:50 β€” πŸ‘ 69    πŸ” 36    πŸ’¬ 4    πŸ“Œ 1
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London bus dog

09.09.2025 15:26 β€” πŸ‘ 26    πŸ” 3    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Gertje under the covers

05.09.2025 14:43 β€” πŸ‘ 0    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0

I feel Brexit is the big difference.

05.09.2025 14:38 β€” πŸ‘ 1    πŸ” 0    πŸ’¬ 0    πŸ“Œ 0
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Well, there's a thing.

New research from Oxford University says that misleading media coverage is shaping UK public debate on immigration, human rights and the European Convention on Human Rights #ECHRπŸ‘‡

πŸ”— www.ox.ac.uk/news/2025-09... via @bonavero.bsky.social

04.09.2025 10:19 β€” πŸ‘ 644    πŸ” 305    πŸ’¬ 36    πŸ“Œ 25

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