Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to refund legal expenses for those acquitted of a crime.
Petitioner: Andrew Muir
Status: Closed
Date published: 04 August 2026
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SPICe Briefing (168KB, pdf) posted 13 October 2026
5 November 2026: The Committee agreed to close the petition under rule 15.7 of Standing Orders on the basis that the Scottish Government does not consider the specific ask of the petition to be in line with the principles of the current provision of Legal Aid in Scotland and has no specific plans to address the issue raised by this petition. The Committee agreed to write to the Scottish Government to ask when it will publish responses to its recent consultation on legal aid reform and its anticipated timescales for introduction of the Legal Aid (Scotland) Bill, and to update the petitioner with the response.
Meeting of the Public Petitions Committee, 5 November 2026
PE2243/A: Scottish Government written submission, 8 September 2026 (110KB, pdf) posted 13 October 2026
PE2243/B: Petitioner written submission, 25 October 2026 (91KB, pdf) posted 29 October 2026