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Retrieved from www.gov.scot/publications/guidance-accompany-statutory-nuisance-provisions-public-health-etc-scotland-act/pages/5/ [accessed 7 December 2023]A recent example of a successful private action is the case of Milne v Stuartfield Windpoweri[2019] SC ABE 25 where the sheriff court in Aberdeen held, in a case brought by neighbours, that the noise cre...
Wherever it is considered reasonably possible, administrations agree to seek to inform other administrations of prospective changes in policy one month, or as close to one month as is practical, before making them public.
v. Administrations will ensure an appropriate level of public transparency in decision making that leads to policy changes.
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Public interest
In the Reynolds caseiReynolds v Times Newspapers Ltd [2001] 2 AC 127 (HL), the House of Lords introduced a defence which protected the publication in the media of untrue defamatory allegations.
Retrieved from <a href="http://www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/files/5114/5820/6101/Discussion_Paper_on_Defamation_DP_No_161.pdf" target="_blank">http://www.scotlawcom.gov.uk/files/5114/5820/6101/Discussion_Paper_on_Defamation_DP_No_161.pdf</a> [accessed 30 January 2020]
In the 2013 case of Lyons v Chief Constable of Strathclyde involved communications b...
Instead, it worked on the basis that courts should rely on the existing common law test in the House of Lords case of Sim v Stretch.
The Scottish Government consultation explained that a statutory definition would improve accessibility as the law would be in one place.1Scottish Government. (2019, January).
Section 5 of the Bill, which addresses a controversial Supreme Court case from 2014 (David T Morrison & Co Limited v ICL Plastics Ltd). This case related to an explosion in a Glasgow plastics factory.
This follows the Supreme Court decision in Christian Institute v. Lord Advocate [2016] UKSC 51 which found these provisions to be outwith the competence of the Scottish Parliament.
The Supreme Court said this amounted to an interference with possessions under A1P1.iAXA General Insurance Ltd v Lord Advocate [2011] UKSC 46; Recovery of Medical Costs for Asbestos Diseases (Wales) Bill - Reference by the Counsel General for Wales [2015] UKSC 3.
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
15 September 2022
This demonstrated improvements in the initiation of aspirin therapy within one day (92% in 2021 v. 89% in 2020) and stroke patients receiving brain imaging within 12 hours (89% in 2021 v. 86% in 2020).