Justin Borg-Barthet

Katarina Trimmings, Burcu Yüksel Ripley, Patricia Živković and I wrote this blogpost to introduce our new edited collection in memory of our @AberdeenUniLaw colleague, Jonathan Fitchen. The book was published today: bloomsbury.com/uk/from-theory…

👉New Online Anti-SLAPP Short Course Available 🔗 Book: abdn.io/15V 📅 Starts 27 January, 2025 💻 12-week course ❓ Podcast episode: abdn.io/15W #Law #AntiSLAPP #AntiSLAPPLaw #FreedomOfExpression #NewShortCourse #LegalEducation #OnlineLearning

This should be essential listening for anyone who wonders how people who have studied law can make a difference in the world… it’s a passport to making a difference in the right hands👏🏻❤️👇🏻… h/t @FM_Farrington 🙏🏻 Anti-SLAPP Laws: Protecting the Public podbean.com/ep/pb-mgt9a-17…

.@FM_Farrington and I discuss anti-SLAPP law in the first episode of the School of Law Podcast. Have a listen wherever you get your podcasts if you’d like to learn more about anti-SLAPP legal reform, and the broader anti-SLAPP movement.

🎙️ The new podcast series from the School of Law is officially here! 🗣️ Episode 1: AntiSLAPP Laws | Protecting the Public abdn.io/142 #AberdeenLaw #ANTISLAPP #PodcastLaunch #FreedomOfSpeech #LegalEducation #AberdeenLawFamily #AberdeenSchoolofLaw

In the final panel of the Anti-SLAPP conference, Francesca Farrington reminds us that SLAPPs threaten not just an individual's fundamental participation rights but the society's ability to access information. Alongside @skcoughtrie, Ia Sarma, Bobbie-Leigh Herdman, and @cearta.

7 years since Daphne Caruana Galizia was killed. Her work and the lawfare she endured prompted an incredible movement for the preservation of press freedom. Inspired by Daphne, at @AberdeenUniLaw we've been working hard to help build anti-SLAPP defences in all legal systems.

HRH The Duchess of Edinburgh today paid tribute to journalist #DaphneCaruanaGalizia at the makeshift memorial in #Valletta. There, she met with the journalist's family to discuss the work of the @daphnefdtn which they set up in her honour. #RoyalVisit #RoyalVisitMalta

Dr Erin Ferguson: How SLAPPs threaten the right to know @AberdeenUniLaw @fergusonerin scottishlegal.com/articles/dr-er…

Happy International Right to Know Day! Dr Erin Ferguson (@fergusonerin) shares her thoughts on how #SLAPPs threaten the right to know and why legal reform is needed. Read the blog now: abdn.io/Yg

Great to be in London to discuss anti-SLAPP law with @1stAmLawyer, Gavin Millar KC, Nimi Bruce & Chris Steele at the MLRC Conference 2024. We’ll discuss why the UK’s legal systems need to adopt robust anti-SLAPP laws, and we’ll consider available models. medialaw.org/event/mlrc-lon…

@MalcolmCombe Indeed, but there remains a minority that wishes to see our reasoning, rather than just taking our word for it. Unbelievable but true.

@JustinBBarthet Could have saved yourselves a few words there really.

Spoiler: It should.

PUBLICATION ALERT: @FM_Farrington, @fergusonerin and I discuss SLAPPs in Scotland. We argue that existing procedural mechanisms and substantive law are insufficient to protect free speech. Bespoke legislation is needed. @ScottishPEN @RogMull @CASECoalition @AberdeenUniLaw

@JohnOBrennan2 …while pouring petrol on flames (“impression of two-tier policing”). Also, he’s literally complaining it’s too hot…*levels of* violence are a problem, he says repeatedly.

Arsonist complains that fire he set is now too hot.

@FaiselSadiq @barstandards I thought he didn't "do politics" on twitter; unless, of course, he's developed an appreciation for subtlety and is able to distinguish legitimate political commentary (bad barrister) from blatant race-baiting (nothing to see here; carry on).

Dr Erin Ferguson shares her thoughts on the Labour government’s plans to bring public services back under public control. Read the blog here: abdn.io/Q0

Great to hear the new Secretary of State for Education issue an emphatic ‘international students are welcome’ message at the Embassy Education Conference. Multicultural campuses enrich our universities and communities which is why we remain #OpenToAll abdn.io/PE

@LeaskyHT It’s about time we start calling our homegrown neo-fascists by the names we call their foreign equivalents. Farage et al are treated like cute little upstarts, while we recoil in horror at the support their European sister parties command.

As the far right Reform, riddled with cranks and racists, takes a shamefully high share of the vote - in Scotland as well as the rest of the UK - I keep thinking of all the “I do my own research” internet goobers threatening our democracy, our security and our economy.

This week graduations returned to King’s College Campus. A beautiful and historic location for the newest Aberdeen alumni to be capped and celebrate with their families. The Law School organised a class photo in the ancient quadrangle. We we joined by the Principal & Lord Provost

BLOG POST ALERT! Read 'Analysis: The Court of Justice on the existence of an 'international element' under the Brussels Ia Regulation (C-497/22 Inkreal)' by @Poesen_m now: abdn.io/M7