Reading Time: 3 minutesA look at how Brexit might affect the Scottish Government’s newly devolved competition powers.
Tag: Civil Law
Until death parts us – the Scottish Government’s attempts to reform inheritance law
Reading Time: 4 minutesCivil law (sometimes simply referred to as ‘not criminal law’) is recognised as the geekier end of the Scottish Government’s Justice portfolio. It doesn’t grab
In the balance – 20 years of debt policy at the Scottish Parliament
Reading Time: 6 minutesAs part of the programme to mark 20 years since the creation of the Scottish Parliament, SPICe will publish twenty “20 year” blog posts on
Prisoner voting – the Scottish Government consults on options for change
Reading Time: 4 minutesOn 14 December 2018, the Scottish Government published a consultation with options for giving prisoners the right to vote in local government and Scottish Parliament
Brexit: European Court of Justice ruling on the Article 50 process
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe Wightman case was brought by a cross-party group of Scottish politicians, backed by the Good Law Project. The petitioners wished to get legal certainty
Scottish Civil Justice Statistics
Reading Time: 5 minutesThe Scottish Government published its latest round of civil justice statistics at the end of August 2018. The statistics are for the financial year 2016-2017
“Why I want to be adopted at the age of 28” – a petition before the Scottish Parliament
Reading Time: 4 minutesIn his petition being considered this week by the Public Petitions Committee, Nathan Sparling (aged 28), asks for reform of Scots law to allow adults
“It’s the end of the line but no one’s to blame” – ‘no fault divorce’ in the UK
Reading Time: 4 minutesIt is a sign of times that when the media is talking about divorce these days, it is often referring to the UK’s imminent departure
Civil Partnerships in Scotland
Reading Time: 4 minutesThe UK Supreme Court recently ruled in the Steinfeld and Keiden case, that the Civil Partnership Act 2004 (2004 Act), which allows civil partnerships for
Family law is under review
Reading Time: 3 minutesThe Scottish Government’s consultation on family law, a document of potentially great significance to Scottish children and their parents, was published last week. It received