Tag: Supreme Court
Supreme Court issues decision on Indyref2
The Supreme Court has issued its unanimous decision on Wednesday determining that The Scottish Parliament may not pass unilateral legislation to hold a second independence referendum.
There will in any case be many rallies by...
Supreme Court judgment sends Scottish laws back to Holyrood
The Supreme Court ruled earlier today on a referral by the UK law officers - the Attorney General and the Advocate General - to consider if legislation passed by The Scottish Parliament earlier this...
Secretary of State for Scotland comments on Supreme Court decision
Alister Jack MP is the Secretary of State for Scotland. Following the unanimous decision by the Supreme Court on Tuesday of this week in the cases brought by Gina Miller and Joanna Cherry QC...
Scotland’s Continuity Bill referred to the Supreme Court
The UK government has announced today that the most senior UK Law Officers, the Attorney General, Jeremy Wright QC and the Advocate General for Scotland, Lord Keen are referring the Continuity Bill passed at...
Lord McCluskey issues Review Group’s first report
First Minister Alex Salmond has welcomed the publication of the first report of the Review Group examining the relationship between the High Court of Justiciary and the UK Supreme Court in criminal cases.
The group...
Lord Rodger of Earlsferry
The UK Supreme Court has announced the death of Lord Rodger of Earlsferry yesterday. "It is with great sadness that we convey the news that Lord Rodger of Earlsferry, Justice of the Supreme...
Nat Fraser faces retrial
Judges at the Appeal Court in Edinburgh decided yesterday that Nat Fraser would be retried for the alleged murder of his wife Arlene in 1998, after the 2003 conviction was formally quashed by the...
Supreme Court judgement could mean change in Scots law needed
A decision handed down by The Supreme Court today may mean that a change in Scots Law is needed - and it could also mean a little more work for Scottish criminal solicitors.
The case...
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