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Consultation and NPF2: the McGinty appeal
Robert blogged about the dismissal of McGinty’s legal challenge to the National Planning Framework 2 designation of the Hunterston clean coal fired power station as a national development. The appeal...
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Scottish Independence Referendum – prisoner voting and other developments
There have been several further developments in the independence debate this week, some of which are important but perhaps none of which are all that dramatic. Firstly, the Referendum Bill received...
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Civil Justice Reform: Judicial Review Procedure
The Scottish Parliament’s Justice Committee has been hearing evidence on the Courts Reform (Scotland) Bill, which contains proposals for changes across the Scottish civil justice system. Those...
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Scottish Independence: Prisoners lose challenge to referendum vote ban
Regular readers will recall our previous post on the attempt by three prisoners to overturn the ban imposed by the Scottish Independence Referendum (Franchise) Act 2013 on prisoners voting in next...
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Protective Expenses Order – wind farm judicial reviews
In court actions, the loser normally pays the other sides’ legal costs; a Protective Expenses Order limits the liability to pay those costs. The test is whether the costs will be “prohibitively...
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The Carers (Scotland) Bill: Caring for the Carers?
Avid followers of the blog will remember that a previous blog post considered the dearth of support for carers and the launch of the Scottish Government’s consultation on improving such support. The...
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Alcohol minimum pricing: Advocate General opinion published
Advocate General Bot today issued his opinion on the challenge to the Scottish Government’s alcohol minimum pricing legislation. We are acting for the challengers (the Scotch Whisky Association,...
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New Judicial Review rules in force from today
Judicial review actions lodged from today onwards will be subject to the new 3-month time limit and permission requirement introduced by section 89 of the Courts Reform (Scotland) Act 2014. Christine...
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Smart’s Guardian v Fife Council: Duty to provide community services
The recent Court of Session decision in Smart’s Guardian v Fife Council [2015] CSOH 183 is likely to be of interest to local authorities, trustees, and beneficiaries of personal injury trusts (PI...
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EU Referendum – official campaigns designated
Last month we blogged on the EU referendum timetable. On Wednesday 13 April (one day earlier than expected), the Electoral Commission published its decision on the designation of the official campaign...
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