Fergus Whyte

A mix of Kiwi & Scots, lawyer (in some places) currently practising as an advocate in Scotland, music & tech lover, & other things besides.

All views my own.

[Fergus Whyte @WhyteFergus]

Primarily over on BlueSky now so come join me for scintillating legal insights such as the below: https://t.co/9aYldtx1YB

Honestly not sure what meaning of "own" they are going for here but I am going to choose its the colloquial, very online version

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Something has broken out of the former premises of the Scottish Law Commission... Reports of a zombie Alan Rodger are thought to be unconnected at this time

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@edwardW2 Urrrrm, I think it's Craigie’s Conveyancing Heritable Rights published aroung 1899

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Scots law used to have something called a blench...

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Being so uncomfortable with gay people that you teach yourself the niceities of road traffic signage and street marking law, and then launch a judicial review about it is a new level of... something https://t.co/3TFMeRUgNL

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@eurelationslaw blog post by Alastair Holder Ross of @moncktonlaw Chambers: Coulda, shoulda, woulda – whether to depart from assimilated EU case law
https://t.co/dI4wpl3e3F

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Hardcarses make bard law

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Top level 1950s lawyers' problem here (though the mace is quite cute)

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Most of intellectual property law is just spot the difference with high stakes financial consequences

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There is Scots authority for the proposition that you can't teach sheep about interdicts - Campbell v Mackay 1959 SLT 34 (Oban Sh Ct)

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Reading through a training exercise where the accused is one John Smith and his co-accused is named Alan Rodger but where students are asked to refer to the very real case of Allan Turnbull v HMA [2017] HCJAC 85 - serendipitous indeed

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Mutating grounds of judicial review is a delightful way to describe something - from HK, Petitioner [2025] CSOH 1

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Had to look at a book by Lord McLaren recently (pre 1964 Act succession law...) and he has a fascinating family story - a draper/MP father, a KC half-brother, pioneering doctor half-sister and a sculptor (Rodin pal) daughter https://t.co/qXU1jklYv0

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Seasoned with bad law may be my new favourite expression - from Scrymgeour-Wedderburn v Earl of Lauderdale 1910 S.C. (H.L.) 35 📷

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Got to love that this has its own entry

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"Then the seventh seal was opened, and lo, there came forth a great torrent of discussing exactly how Roman law would have handled this particular civil law issue..."

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Anyone happen to know when Altlaw (the US Bailii equivalent) became a Kratom booster site (https://t.co/YecvNEU88G)?

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So this latest privilege case about "without prejudice" in Scots law is fascinating and is going to ruin a few people's days - https://t.co/ov5nzaWYbN

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Entirely unprompted, it is amusing to note that a lot of marketers don't realise that advocates/barristers are sole traders and therefore cannot be 'cold-emailed' under PECR - https://t.co/dENoEQos9k

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Pleas in mitigation are just the ultimate in constructive criticism