Michael Foran @michaelpforan

Lecturer in public law @UofGLaw | Equality law + constitutional theory | "Equality Before the Law" Out Now | "Sex, Gender Identity and the Law" forthcoming 2025 bloomsbury.com/uk/equality-be… Glasgow, Scotland Joined April 2017

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Strathclyde Law School @lawstrath

14 hours ago

"Time for Scotland to follow the rest of the UK and punish violent partners who cause pregnancy loss" - a piece by our Dr Mary Neal for @ConversationUK theconversation.com/time-for-scotl…

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Scott Wortley @Scott_Wortley

23 hours ago

For watchers of whether the green vote will determine next FM both Alex Cole Hamilton and Douglas Ross have said they will stand as FM (as per @HolyroodSources interviews) which means that in a contested election plurality (with more than all opponents) wins as per SO 11.10.6ff

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This Magpie Mixture @magpiemixture

a day ago

@michaelpforan Agree that when a party is in Govt their leader should be chosen by MPs not voters. One possible refinement: the MPs should vote in public not by secret ballot, so electorate can take this into account when choosing whether to re-elect them.

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Barbara Rich @BarbaraRich_law

2 days ago

A clear vindication for social worker Rachel Meade. The employment tribunal says that the actions of @SocialWorkEng “constituted a serious abuse of its power as a regulatory body” and that “it allowed its processes to be subverted to punish and suppress lawful political speech”

Legal Feminist @legalfeminist

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Michael Foran @michaelpforan

a day ago

I wrote about this a few years ago when Liz Truss resigned. The Prime Minister must command the confidence of the House of Commons. A PM who has the backing of members but not MPs creates a mess of the system: ukconstitutionallaw.org/2022/10/26/mic…

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Peter Daly @peter_daly

2 days ago

(2/2) against the state. Their purpose is to punish the state (here, the social workers’ regulator) for acts so serious that they are literally unconstitutional. They’re awarded so rarely that there was until recently speculation that they had fallen into abeyance. Bosh.

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Peter Daly @peter_daly

2 days ago

The reason why I say “very big deal”: damages in the Tribunal are compensatory - they seek to put the Claimant in the position they would have been but for the unlawful conduct. Exemplary damages are the only form of punitive damages available, and are only available… (1/2)