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Syria, Chemical Weapons and International Law
Organisation for the Prohibition of Chemical Weapons After the UK Parliament narrowly voted against possible military intervention in Syria as part of a response to its recent chemical weapon use, I...
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Scotland’s Future – Absolvitor’s Questions Answered
Español: Composición del Reino Unido en el Festival de la Canción de Eurovisión (Photo credit: Wikipedia) I have just finished a cursory scan of the White Paper “Scotland’s Future” which (at long last)...
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Electoral Maths
“For more than half of my life, Scotland has been governed by parties we didn’t elect at Westminster..” Alex Salmond Well, it’s been some time since Scotland voted for a single party in significant...
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Nukes in a independent Scotland
I thought I’d take a look at the draft Independence Bill, and I will try to go through some of the more interesting aspects of it over the next few weeks. I’m starting with the nuclear question....
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Referendum Franchise
Flag of the Commonwealth So, we now know who gets to vote in the EU referendum. To summarise: 16 and 17 year olds do not get to take part; also, under 16s do not get to take part; EU citizens residing...
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Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union?
“Should the United Kingdom remain a member of the European Union?” That is the question proposed in Section 1(4) of the European Union Referendum Bill (HC Bill 2). The equivalent question in Welsh...
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A Constitutional Convention?
The Lord Purvis of Tweed, otherwise known as Jeremy Purvis, was the MSP for Tweeddale, Ettrick and Lauderdale from 2003 to 2011. On Monday 1st June 2015, his Constitutional Convention Bill had its...
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Burger vans and trading bans
According to the Scotsman (“Burger van owners claim ban infringes human rights”), a legal challenge has been launched against North Lanarkshire Council‘s policy which prohibits fast food vans from...
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Corroboration abolition opposed
Lords Cullen and Hamilton have given separate interviews making public their opposition to the Scottish Government’s proposed abolition of the requirement for corroboration in criminal trials in...
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Holyrood 2016 – Manifestos on civil justice
Credit: Barryob (wikimedia) Just time before the election for a quick review of the parties’ views on various topics related to civil justice – based on my own skim reading of the manifestos. First,...
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