Tag Archives: Scotland and the Supreme Court
Stephen Tierney: The Scotland Bill before the Scottish Parliament
The Scotland Bill, which intends to implement the Calman Committee report , is currently before the Scottish Parliament for consideration under the Sewel convention. It is being assessed by a specially convened Committee of the Parliament which is considering whether … Continue reading
Filed under Devolution, Scotland, UK Parliament
Christine Bell: Bills of Rights and Devolution: From the Universal to the Particular.
‘To produce one Bill of rights may be regarded as a misfortune. To produce eight, looks like carelessness’. This blog picks up on Nicholas Barber’s blog of September 11, 2011. There he sketched the complicated options for taking a human … Continue reading
Filed under Constitutional reform, Devolution, Human rights, Northern Ireland, Scotland, UK Parliament, Wales
Aileen McHarg: Final Appeals in Scots Criminal Cases
On 25 May, the Supreme Court handed down its judgment in Fraser v Her Majesty’s Advocate [2011] UKSC 24, which held that Fraser, who had been convicted of murdering his wife, had received an unfair trial contrary to Article 6 … Continue reading
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