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http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-scotland-12603715
About the proposed changes to the Scotland Bill in relation to the UK Supreme Court.
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About the proposed changes to the Scotland Bill in relation to the UK Supreme Court.
For those who find it relevant/like legal news
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Scotland has had an independent legal system for hundreds of years, in fact many English Laws have been adapted from Scots Law.
Now Jim Wallace in a fit of pique because he didn't get to be First Minister, wants to remove yet one more independent aspect from Scottish life.
Yet another example of the Act of Union being thown out the window when it suits Westminster.
It's not really a change of principle, just procedure.
And in any case, criminal cases from Scotland have been able to be brought to the ECtHR for decades. The advantage of the Supreme Court is they can be heard by a court with Scottish judges, and without the massive expense of going to Strasbourg.
It's just the Nationalists kicking a fuss up over nothing.
Nothing?
If Europe suddenly decreed that all English criminal appeals were to be heard in Strasbourg, you'd no doubt have something to say.
This is just another Westminster move to tie Scotland into the UK, in case there is ever a move for a referendum on Independence.
Why the hell do we need Scottish Judges sitting in the Supreme Court, when we already have Scottish Judges in Scotland.
It is also a breach of Article 19.
No it isn't. It wouldn't make the slightest bit of difference to independence.
Because the the Supreme Court is the constitutional court of the UK, and Scotland is a part of the UK. This was all part of the devolution settlement that the SNP and everyone else signed up to. And moreover, the contracting party in the ECHR is the UK, so the legal obligations rest on the UK.
Of what?
"Lord Wallace, the advocate general, who represents the UK government in Scottish legal matters, has called for the London-based court to be able to hear other appeals too"
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The right to an independent Scottish Legal system is guaranteed
Use google.
No. It's simple fact. Independence would entail significant new or reformed legal structures (and everything else) regardless of what goes on with the Supreme Court.
No it isn't. In any case, this doesn't affect the independence of the Scottish Legal system as it is.
It came up with this: http://www.article19.org/