Malcolm CoMBE
@malcolmcombe.bsky.social
Scots academic lawyer based at the University of Strathclyde. Interested in access to: a) land; and b) justice. Don (in the fitba sense). Blogs a bit. Demi-Gael.
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Come and join us at the Commission!
Applications are now open for our 2026-27 Legal Assistant posts. You can find more information on our website: www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/about-us/wor...
The deadline is Thursday, 26 February 2026 at Noon.
Good luck 🤞
Applications are now open for our 2026-27 Legal Assistant posts. You can find more information on our website: www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/about-us/wor...
The deadline is Thursday, 26 February 2026 at Noon.
Good luck 🤞
February 5, 2026 at 10:03 AM
Come and join us at the Commission!
Applications are now open for our 2026-27 Legal Assistant posts. You can find more information on our website: www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/about-us/wor...
The deadline is Thursday, 26 February 2026 at Noon.
Good luck 🤞
Applications are now open for our 2026-27 Legal Assistant posts. You can find more information on our website: www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/about-us/wor...
The deadline is Thursday, 26 February 2026 at Noon.
Good luck 🤞
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I’m beginning every panel I chair for the rest of my career with this frontal attack…
If Bad Bunny can cover the history of Puerto Rico, colonialism, transatlantic slavery, hemispheric consciousness, as well as contemporary life and politics in under 14 minutes, you can do your 15- or 20-minute conference presentation with time to spare.
February 10, 2026 at 12:48 PM
I’m beginning every panel I chair for the rest of my career with this frontal attack…
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Declarator of incompatibility for Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, s 170 by Lord Lake in the Outer House
www.scotcourts.gov.uk
February 5, 2026 at 4:27 PM
Declarator of incompatibility for Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995, s 170 by Lord Lake in the Outer House
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Tha Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann a' sireadh Oifigear Gàidhlig is Dàimhean Coimhearsnachd
Gaelic and Community Relations Officer
The successful applicant will work with colleagues from across the University, and with partners in other organisations, to undertake key projects that ensure that Gaelic is a visible language on our…
www.obraichean.co.uk
February 5, 2026 at 11:48 AM
Tha Oilthigh Dhùn Èideann a' sireadh Oifigear Gàidhlig is Dàimhean Coimhearsnachd
Not that I want to predict the outcome of the forthcoming Holyrood election, but I am mildly amused that Reform might have to develop a policy on Scottish land reform, which in all likelihood is going to jar against the party name.
February 4, 2026 at 10:07 AM
Not that I want to predict the outcome of the forthcoming Holyrood election, but I am mildly amused that Reform might have to develop a policy on Scottish land reform, which in all likelihood is going to jar against the party name.
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crucial to remember here that Mandelson - who is shown trying to undermine the bank bonus tax in 2009 - went on to work for JP Morgan as a client of his Global Counsel advisory firm
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
Mandelson told Epstein JPMorgan should ‘threaten’ UK government over banker tax
Then business secretary advised sex offender on how Jamie Dimon should lobby chancellor in 2009
www.ft.com
February 1, 2026 at 6:28 PM
crucial to remember here that Mandelson - who is shown trying to undermine the bank bonus tax in 2009 - went on to work for JP Morgan as a client of his Global Counsel advisory firm
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
www.ft.com/content/91e8...
I was interviewed for this BBC Radio 4 programme, about the RAAC scandal affecting thousands of Scottish homes. My snippet - considering whether a purchaser of an afflicted home should have a remedy against a seller - starts about 15 minutes in. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
BBC Radio 4 - Currently, RAAC and Ruin
Karin Goodwin investigates RAAC in Scottish housing.
www.bbc.co.uk
February 1, 2026 at 2:48 PM
I was interviewed for this BBC Radio 4 programme, about the RAAC scandal affecting thousands of Scottish homes. My snippet - considering whether a purchaser of an afflicted home should have a remedy against a seller - starts about 15 minutes in. www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/m...
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🏠 THREAD: Scotland faces a housing emergency. Are social landlords complying with equality & human rights laws?
Strathclyde Law School student Sarah McGoogan audited 169 landlords to find out.
The findings are eye-opening 🧵(1/5)
Strathclyde Law School student Sarah McGoogan audited 169 landlords to find out.
The findings are eye-opening 🧵(1/5)
January 26, 2026 at 1:34 PM
🏠 THREAD: Scotland faces a housing emergency. Are social landlords complying with equality & human rights laws?
Strathclyde Law School student Sarah McGoogan audited 169 landlords to find out.
The findings are eye-opening 🧵(1/5)
Strathclyde Law School student Sarah McGoogan audited 169 landlords to find out.
The findings are eye-opening 🧵(1/5)
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Our Human Rights Law LLM student Sarah McGoogan has written a blog post about whether social landlords are promoting equality and human rights law when allocating homes. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...
Equality and Human Rights in Scotland’s Social Housing Allocation Policies | University of Strathclyde
www.strath.ac.uk
January 24, 2026 at 5:04 PM
Our Human Rights Law LLM student Sarah McGoogan has written a blog post about whether social landlords are promoting equality and human rights law when allocating homes. www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...
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The Walkhighlands faithful tell me that this walk is the one to share with you today.
Full route and details: www.walkhighlands.co.uk/ullapool/fyr...
Full route and details: www.walkhighlands.co.uk/ullapool/fyr...
January 23, 2026 at 9:29 AM
The Walkhighlands faithful tell me that this walk is the one to share with you today.
Full route and details: www.walkhighlands.co.uk/ullapool/fyr...
Full route and details: www.walkhighlands.co.uk/ullapool/fyr...
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Are you a law student or recent graduate?
Join us at our inaugural Fossil Free Law student gathering - an opportunity to network, gain campaigning skills, & strategise how to challenge ties between Scotland’s legal sector & the fossil fuel industry.
Further details: www.ercs.scot/fossil-free-...
Join us at our inaugural Fossil Free Law student gathering - an opportunity to network, gain campaigning skills, & strategise how to challenge ties between Scotland’s legal sector & the fossil fuel industry.
Further details: www.ercs.scot/fossil-free-...
January 21, 2026 at 12:40 PM
Are you a law student or recent graduate?
Join us at our inaugural Fossil Free Law student gathering - an opportunity to network, gain campaigning skills, & strategise how to challenge ties between Scotland’s legal sector & the fossil fuel industry.
Further details: www.ercs.scot/fossil-free-...
Join us at our inaugural Fossil Free Law student gathering - an opportunity to network, gain campaigning skills, & strategise how to challenge ties between Scotland’s legal sector & the fossil fuel industry.
Further details: www.ercs.scot/fossil-free-...
I initially missed this Scottish Government update (published on Saturday), being a new social tenancy eviction ground (or rather a transfer provision, albeit it lives with the eviction grounds) in a domestic abuse situation. This is to be implemented in August 2026 www.gov.scot/news/support...
Supporting domestic abuse victims to stay in their homes
Law change will give social landlords greater control to transfer tenancies from abusers to victims.
www.gov.scot
January 15, 2026 at 1:50 PM
I initially missed this Scottish Government update (published on Saturday), being a new social tenancy eviction ground (or rather a transfer provision, albeit it lives with the eviction grounds) in a domestic abuse situation. This is to be implemented in August 2026 www.gov.scot/news/support...
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Our Roddy Cairns has an article in the most recent issue of The International Sports Law Journal, exploring the position of non-sovereign states in international football and how this has evolved over time, using Greenland as a particular case study.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
From Greenland to Gibraltar: the position of non-sovereign nations in international football - The International Sports Law Journal
The International Sports Law Journal -
link.springer.com
January 5, 2026 at 2:50 PM
Our Roddy Cairns has an article in the most recent issue of The International Sports Law Journal, exploring the position of non-sovereign states in international football and how this has evolved over time, using Greenland as a particular case study.
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
link.springer.com/article/10.1...
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New on the Strathclyde Law Blog, a post by our Professor Guido Noto La Diega and his co-authors (highlighting an open access article in the Journal of Consumer Policy), on the regulation of the Internet of Things for consumers in an era of cyborgification
www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...
www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...
Protecting Cyborg-Consumers in the Internet of Bodies | University of Strathclyde
www.strath.ac.uk
January 8, 2026 at 5:26 PM
New on the Strathclyde Law Blog, a post by our Professor Guido Noto La Diega and his co-authors (highlighting an open access article in the Journal of Consumer Policy), on the regulation of the Internet of Things for consumers in an era of cyborgification
www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...
www.strath.ac.uk/humanities/l...
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Just out: My short essay in the IJMCL 40th anniversary special issue reflects on three recent climate change advisory opinions and their implications for international fisheries law.
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January 5, 2026 at 10:29 AM
Just out: My short essay in the IJMCL 40th anniversary special issue reflects on three recent climate change advisory opinions and their implications for international fisheries law.
brill.com/view/journal...
brill.com/view/journal...
Blog plug: a post about stuff that I was involved with in 2025. basedrones.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/m...
My 2025 in Review
Another year, meaning it is time for yet another reflective blog post. By which I mean, it is time for me to go back to my “My 2024 in review” post, copy the intro and the structure, and adapt. Yes…
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January 2, 2026 at 8:11 PM
Blog plug: a post about stuff that I was involved with in 2025. basedrones.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/m...
Blog plug: a post about stuff that I was involved with in 2025.
basedrones.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/m...
basedrones.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/m...
My 2025 in Review
Another year, meaning it is time for yet another reflective blog post. By which I mean, it is time for me to go back to my “My 2024 in review” post, copy the intro and the structure, and adapt. Yes…
basedrones.wordpress.com
January 2, 2026 at 7:41 PM
Blog plug: a post about stuff that I was involved with in 2025.
basedrones.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/m...
basedrones.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/m...
Delighted to unveil my MBE this new year. #oldjokesrevisited
January 1, 2026 at 8:47 PM
Delighted to unveil my MBE this new year. #oldjokesrevisited
Happy New Year! Bliadhna Mhath Ùr! Have a blog post about what I was up to last year, in blogging terms and more generally. basedrones.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/m...
My 2025 in Review
Another year, meaning it is time for yet another reflective blog post. By which I mean, it is time for me to go back to my “My 2024 in review” post, copy the intro and the structure, and adapt. Yes…
basedrones.wordpress.com
January 1, 2026 at 4:34 PM
Happy New Year! Bliadhna Mhath Ùr! Have a blog post about what I was up to last year, in blogging terms and more generally. basedrones.wordpress.com/2026/01/01/m...
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Stage 1 report on Crofting Bill published. It supports a 3 croft limit for fast track assignations. But once more - a question. A crofter with 10 acres of bog and rock can have up to 3 crofts (or more if consented) but landowners owning thousands of ha face no such limits. Why not? ow.ly/JBie50XMw4t
Stage 1 report on the Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill
This report sets out the Rural Affairs and Islands Committee's consideration of the Crofting and Scottish Land Court Bill at Stage 1.
ow.ly
December 20, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Stage 1 report on Crofting Bill published. It supports a 3 croft limit for fast track assignations. But once more - a question. A crofter with 10 acres of bog and rock can have up to 3 crofts (or more if consented) but landowners owning thousands of ha face no such limits. Why not? ow.ly/JBie50XMw4t
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I was a council housing officer in Oban in the late 1980s, the peak of the Right to Buy frenzy at the same time as rising homelessness. Roll forward almost 40 years and there’s a 1930s one bedroom ex-council flat in this block in Oban being marketed as a holiday let at almost £600 for 5 nights.
December 28, 2025 at 7:04 AM
I was a council housing officer in Oban in the late 1980s, the peak of the Right to Buy frenzy at the same time as rising homelessness. Roll forward almost 40 years and there’s a 1930s one bedroom ex-council flat in this block in Oban being marketed as a holiday let at almost £600 for 5 nights.
Blog plug - a post about some recent statutory reforms for residential tenancy law in Scotland
basedrones.wordpress.com/2025/12/26/s...
basedrones.wordpress.com/2025/12/26/s...
Scottish residential tenancy reform – the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 and the Renters’ Rights Act 2025
2025 brought much in the way of statutory intervention for Scotland’s residential landlords and tenants. The majority of these reforms can be found in the Scottish Parliament’s Housing …
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December 28, 2025 at 7:55 PM
Blog plug - a post about some recent statutory reforms for residential tenancy law in Scotland
basedrones.wordpress.com/2025/12/26/s...
basedrones.wordpress.com/2025/12/26/s...
It's Boxing Day, so of course I've published a blog post about the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 and the Renters' Rights Act 2025. basedrones.wordpress.com/2025/12/26/s...
Scottish residential tenancy reform – the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 and the Renters’ Rights Act 2025
2025 brought much in the way of statutory intervention for Scotland’s residential landlords and tenants. The majority of these reforms can be found in the Scottish Parliament’s Housing …
basedrones.wordpress.com
December 26, 2025 at 8:40 PM
It's Boxing Day, so of course I've published a blog post about the Housing (Scotland) Act 2025 and the Renters' Rights Act 2025. basedrones.wordpress.com/2025/12/26/s...
Interesting to see this issue which is often framed as a Scottish issue getting UK-wide coverage. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...
Why Britain has a deer problem
Deer numbers have rocketed over the last 40 years and particularly since the Covid-19 pandemic.
www.bbc.co.uk
December 26, 2025 at 12:31 PM
Interesting to see this issue which is often framed as a Scottish issue getting UK-wide coverage. www.bbc.co.uk/news/article...