Malcolm Combe (also with bluer skies, same handle)
@MalcolmCombe
'Hunky Malcolm...whose hobbies are piping and land reform' - @AileenMcHarg. Scots academic lawyer at @UniStrathclyde. Dabbling musician. Demi-Gael. Blogs a bit.
Definitely adding this to my testimonials.
@MalcolmCombe Hunky Malcolm from Aberdeen, whose hobbies are piping and land reform, says ...
There's some interesting stuff in this collection, in my humble opinion. Hopefully my paper on Scotland's lack of legal regime to criminalise dealings in tainted cultural objects will be of interest to others too.
❗️New publication alert‼️ The Law School is pleased to announce the publication of 'Heritage in War and Peace IV: Selected Strathclyde Papers' co-edited by our own @mmsadowski and with a contribution by our @MalcolmCombe, and forty international authors: strathprints.strath.ac.uk/93401/
Community wins funding to buy 'ceilidh house' pub bbc.in/456u7MZ
Massive Australian miscarriage of justice affecting thousands. Really important work. Wonder if the UK response to subpostmaster convictions (where 900 or so were affected) might be worth considering legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2024/14
More than 15,000 Australians were wrongfully convicted for social security offences between 1991 and 2011. My research, out today in the @UNSWLawJournal, reveals how this happened – and why it's the forgotten precursor to Robodebt. 🧵 #auslaw #auspol #welfarelaw
SSEN Transmission to help bring Orkney empty homes back into use | @OrkneyCouncil scottishhousingnews.com/articles/ssen-…
The fight to revive Europe’s shrinking rural areas via @FT The answers are the same across the continent.. homes, jobs and hope (to which we add ferry links). This great read ends positively in South Uist. on.ft.com/44XYjK3
Some reforms in Catalonia to keep an eye on, for anyone concerned about rural depopulation catalannews.com/politics/item/…
I have blogged, about a consultation on Scotland's community rights to buy. #landreform basedrones.wordpress.com/2025/07/14/com…
I have blogged, about my recently published paper on dealing in tainted cultural property and Scots law (plus other papers from the Heritage in War and Peace IV conference that Strathclyde hosted in December 2024). basedrones.wordpress.com/2025/07/08/sel…
A new photo entry to my folder of dubious access signage, albeit I can be happy that this one is firmly tongue in cheek.
Ting Xu: The Legal Fiction of State Neutrality: Rethinking Accountability in Disability Home Adaptations ukconstitutionallaw.org/2025/07/09/tin…
My paper on abuse of rights has just been published in a special issue of the European Review of Private Law. Here's a wee blog post where I explain a bit more about the project, and link to an open access version of the paper itself. basedrones.wordpress.com/2025/07/01/abu…
Read this relatively recently. As someone who has been in Cornwall a few times the travelogue aspect was fine enough, but certain other aspects didn't sit right, plus bits of dialogue felt contrived and as if reimagined in the shower afterwards to make them seem cooler.
Penniless and homeless, Raynor and Moth Winn found fame with The Salt Path: the story of their 630-mile walk to salvation. It became a global bestseller and was adapted into a major film. But we can reveal it wasn’t the whole truth. @chloehadj Read: bit.ly/3GtJXsy
Gillian Melville, Supervising Solicitor and Teaching Fellow at the @StrathLawClinic, was recently interviewed for the University of East Anglia’s ConnectED podcast series. Read more (and find a link to the episode) on our website. strath.ac.uk/humanities/law…
In the Court of Session, Lord Young dismisses Tommy Sheridan's judicial review Glasgow City Council's decision not to employ him because of his perjury conviction as incompetent. scotcourts.gov.uk/media/lwya1uv3…
an anthem for the times from The Hives. I love this: youtu.be/EbxrfflmPRE?si…
University “to investigate how AI text was part of book written by senior academic.” irishexaminer.com/news/arid-4165…