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For Women Scotland v The Scottish Ministers from Sex Matters 28 April 2025.
(S6O-02611) The Scottish Government has long been a supporter of V&A Dundee. I recognise the V&A Dundee’s important work and the positive impact that it is making in supporting the city, the wider region and Scotland.
As Vict o ria Qu a y , Ed inb u r gh EH6 αβχδεφγηιϕ a b c d abcdefg α 6QQ w w w .go v .s co t 2 the Committee’s question acknowledges, this specification of further offences broadens the scope of the disqualification criteria in section 69(2)(a) of the 2005 Act.
However, states have wide discretion as to how they choose to balance the competing interests in this area (A, B and C v Ireland (App. No. 25579/05, ECtHR 16 Dec 2010)).
Aside from this specific statutory form of illegality, the 2011 UK Supreme Court decision in the AXA case clarified that the traditional grounds of illegality and unreasonableness did not apply to Acts of the Scottish Parliament, save in exceptional circumstances.1 AXA General Insurance Ltd v Lord Advocate, AXA General Insurance Ltd v HM Advocate. (2011). [2011] UKSC 46 [2012] 1 A.C. 868; [2011] 3 W.L.R. 871; 2012 S.C.