- 28 February 2024
To examine the processes of child contact proceedings, particularly child welfare hearings, and their interaction with criminal proceedings in the context of domestic abuse.
Scottish Civil Justice Hub Projects
Researchers within and beyond the School of Law are engaged in a wide range of research and knowledge exchange activities related to Scottish civil justice.
The work of the Scottish Civil Justice Hub is committed to investigating, monitoring and, where necessary, improving civil justice provisions, systems and processes in Scotland.
- 5 May 2023
To provide the first comprehensive review and analysis of the child, and the protean concept of ‘childhood’, in delict (tort law).
- Project Investigators: Dr Lesley-Anne Barnes Macfarlane
- 21 October 2021
To create a future for off-grid water and wastewater biological treatment systems that operate with the ease, convenience and reliability of commercial domestic appliances.
- Project Investigators: Dr Alasdair Clark - Glasgow University, Dr Andrea Semiao - Edinburgh University, Dr Caroline Gauchotte-Lindsay - Glasgow University, Dr Jaime Amezaga - Newcastle University, Dr Jen Roberts - Strathclyde University, Dr Jill Robbie - Glasgow University, Dr Marta Vignola - Glasgow University, Dr Rebecca Ford - Strathclyde University, Dr Siming You - Glasgow University, Dr Stephanie Connelly - Glasgow University, Dr Umer Ijaz - Glasgow University, Professor Cindy Smith - Glasgow University, Professor William Sloan - Glasgow University, Professor Zhibin Yu - Glasgow University
- 21 October 2021
To provide an analysis of the operation and impact of the current legal framework in Scotland concerning forced marriage.
- Project Investigators: Felicity Belton - Glasgow University, Professor Janeen Carruthers - Glasgow University
- 21 October 2021
To find out the views of unrepresented litigants who had used simple procedure since it commenced in November 2016 with a view to finding out how accessible and usable the simple procedure rules, forms and standard orders.
- Project Investigators: Dr Halle Turner, Professor Tom Mullen
- 21 October 2021
To create a forum for parliamentary caseworkers. Parliamentary caseworkers assist Members of the Scottish Parliament with requests for assistance from their constituents.
- Project Investigators: Dr Chris Gill - Glasgow University, Jack McLean - Scottish Parliament secondee
- 21 October 2021
To provide expert information, advice and insight to third sector organisations in Scotland about the effects of Brexit on the areas in which they work and the expected impacts on their service users.
- 21 October 2021
Led by Dr Rebecca Mason and Professor Jane Mair, the project aims to bring together historians, policy-makers, legal practitioners, and researchers interested in the particularities of women’s access to law in Scotland.
- Project Investigators: Dr Rebecca Mason - Glasgow University, Professor Jane Mair - Glasgow University
Primary and Co-Investigators
Our projects engage researchers within and beyond the School of Law in a wide range of research and knowledge exchange activities related to Scottish civil justice.
Please click each contributor’s name to view the projects with which they are associated.