“Scotland & Independence” – 16 November, Edinburgh, 5pm to 6:30pm The annual lecture hosted by the Edinburgh Centre for Constitutional Law will be given by Michael Keating, professor of political science at the University of Aberdeen. All are welcome, and the event will be followed by a wine reception. For further information, contact law.events@ed.ac.uk. “How [...]

Friday 8 October at 5.00pm Conference Room 1, The Scottish Government, Victoria Quay, Edinburgh, EH6 6QQ EU law is increasingly important in Scotland, particularly given the recent ratification of the Lisbon treaty.  Where EU law applies, familiar principles in all areas of Scots law may have to give way.  EU law can give causes of [...]

Please find below links to materials from speakers at this year’s summer conference: Advocate General’s address 7 06 10 as delivered Dr Eric Metcalfe – Third Party Interventions Jennifer Spence – Judicial Review update Paul Johnston – Legislative Developments in Public Law David Johnston – Human Rights and EU Issues Tom Hickman – Recent Developments [...]

The Centre for the Study of Human Rights Law and the University of Strathclyde will be holding a seminar to discuss directions for future reform of the Human Rights Act 1998.  Professor Roger Smith (Director of JUSTICE) and Aidan O’Neill (Ampersand/Matrix) (TBC) will be speaking at the seminar. The event will be taking place on 2 [...]

Putting a kilt on Lisbon Necessary changes to Scots public law as a result of EU law EU law is increasingly important in Scotland, particularly given the recent ratification of the Lisbon treaty.  Where EU law applies, familiar principles in all areas of Scots law may have to give way.  EU law can give causes [...]

Our second annual SPLG conference, hosted by the University of Edinburgh, will be taking place this year at the Playfair Library in Old College, Edinburgh and will feature update sessions on Scottish, UK, EU and ECHR public law developments as well as discussions on current issues in key public law areas, such as access to justice. [...]

The journal Public Law has decided to inaugurate an annual public lecture. The first such lecture will be delivered later this month at the University of Glasgow. The speaker is Professor Kim Lane Scheppele, Director of the Law and Public Affairs Program at Princeton. Her topic is “Global Security Law and the Challenge to Constitutionalism”. Professor [...]

The SPLG, Faculty of Advocates and JUSTICE are pleased to announce a special joint seminar on “The Future of Convention Rights in Scotland: Public Law after the Human Rights Act?”. The Conservative Party has pledged to repeal the Human Rights Act should it win this year’s general election, and to replace it with a British [...]

Please note that this event has now reached capacity. The SPLG will now be operating a waiting list for anyone still interested in attending. The Law Society of Scotland is sponsoring the Winter Seminar of the Scottish Public Law Group.  It is an event on Thursday 28 January from 5.30 to 7pm (with tea from 5pm, [...]

The working paper is intended to be a consultation and views on the document are expressly solicited with JUSTICE’s aim being to prepare a final report next year on the devolution implications of any amendment/repeal to the HRA and/or any Bill of Rights. The full text of the paper can be viewed here.