Malcolm Combe (also with bluer skies, same handle)

Definitely adding this to my testimonials. twitter.com/AileenMcHarg/s…

EXC: Reform has suspended its Holyrood candidate in Dundee City West after it emerged he agreed to a seven-year disqualification from acting as a company director over misuse of a taxpayer-backed Covid loan. @heraldscotland heraldscotland.com/news/25953458.…

That Scottish court case, where a party litigant referred to fake legislation and litigation (and the sheriff decided on balance not to call it contempt of court) has even made the BBC News website. bbc.co.uk/news/articles/…

Just as the Scottish courts served up an absolute humdinger of an AI case, here's a piece about AI and law clinics from the Clinical Legal Education Organisation website. linkedin.com/pulse/does-ai-…

A blog post, about the first provisions of the newest Land Reform Act to be brought into force, on Land Commissioner functions and hutting (with a P.S. about the Natural Environment (Scotland) Act 2026). basedrones.wordpress.com/2026/03/16/the…

hang this in the louvre

Well, approximately 99% of the complaints we receive are from people complaining that we've covered their court case, so let's put this in its proper context.

BREAKING: MSPs reject the Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill by 69 to 57.

> giving me an instant "in" whenever I discovered my newest new friend also liked The Wildhearts, and being a human I've learnt much from. In a suitably final rock n roll move, he's confirmed he's not opting treatment. Thanks, Ginger, for tuning my internal radio for many years.

I shared Ginger Wildheart's tweet with his medical update (and his response to it) earlier. Fair to say I'm gutted. He's up there as one of the most important musicians in my life, from soundtracking formative moments, offering catchy yet meaningful tunes, providing great gigs, >

Thank you for all your messages of support I won’t go through treatment. I’ve lived the life of ten men and will die with dignity Still got 2-3 years to say goodbye to everyone. And I’ll be rocking until the very last moment No misery please. Positivity all the way ❤️

@GingerWildheart Completely respect your decision, which is yours and yours alone. To the extent this random fan who had his own adventure with cancer can offer any support, feel free to reach out. Otherwise, keep doing you, and hopefully catch you at a show soon. Be as well as you can.

👁️A woman was WRONGLY jailed for nearly 6 months, following a facial recognition error. She lost her home, car and pet as a result... Meanwhile in Britain, an Asian man was wrongly arrested for a crime committed in a city 100 miles away from his home Facial recognition technology is hugely discriminatory putting children, women and people of colour at greater risk of wrongful allegations We can't stand back as more innocent people get caught in the net of mass surveillance. #StopFacialRecognition

I forgot to put "Day" somewhere in my tweet (as in Happy... Day). You get the drift though. You might even have implied it, you clever person.

Happy The Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2025 (Commencement No. 1) Regulations 2026 (SSI 2026/119), implementing new provisions on the functions of the Scottish Land Commissioners (including natural capital), and the duty to publish a model lease for hutting. legislation.gov.uk/ssi/2026/119/s…

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EVENT - The 8th Strathclyde Annual Postgraduate Law Conference will take place on 26 and 27 May 2026 (online on the first day, on campus on the second day). Its theme is "The (Un)Makers of Law: How Resistance is Shaping Legal Thought and Practice" strath.ac.uk/humanities/law…

New on the Strathclyde Law Blog, a post by our Charlie Irvine (being a version of the speech he gave at a special symposium on mediation in civil justice co-hosted by @MediationClinic last week), on mediation in high-volume, low-value civil cases strath.ac.uk/humanities/law…

Another difficult and/or banter moment for the Paisley-sympathising Aberdeen FC fans amongst us. #fitba

A tax barrister sued me personally for £8m for libel after we linked him to a tax avoidance scheme. Today the High Court struck out the claim, granted summary judgment, and ruled it was a SLAPP. The judgment is highly critical.