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SPICe briefings
Date published:
30 September 2025
The Assisted Dying for Terminally Ill Adults (Scotland) Bill and the European Convention on Human Rights - Assisted dying and Convention rights
This discretion is often referred to as a wide “margin of appreciation”.
In the case of Karsai v. Hungary (No. 32312/23, 13 June 2024), the European Court of Human Rights considered whether Hungary's blanket ban on assisted dying breached the ECHR.
Committee reports
Date published:
9 September 2024
Post-legislative scrutiny of the Social Care (Self-directed Support) (Scotland) Act 2013: Phase 2 - Public Bodies (Joint Working) (Scotland) Act 2014
The Act sets out integration planning principles which stipulate that services should be provided in a way which:
(i) is integrated from the point of view of service-users,
(ii) takes account of the particular needs of different service-users,
(iii) takes account of the particular needs of service-users in different parts of the area in which the service is being provided,
(iv) takes account of the particular characteristics and circumstances of different service-users,
(v...
SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 January 2024
Abortion Services (Safe Access Zones) (Scotland) Bill - Article 11: freedom of assembly and association
As with Article 10, Article 11 protects assemblies which promote views which are annoying or offensive to others (but not to the extent that they prevent other people from exercising their rights under the Convention).
In the case of Faber v Hungary (App no. 40721/08, ECtHR 24 Jul 2012), Mr Faber received a fine for displaying a flag with fascist connotatio...
Committee reports
Date published:
26 June 2023
A Modern and Sustainable Ferry Service for Scotland - Annexe L - Teckal Exemption
Annexe L - Teckal Exemption
Case C-107/98 Teckal Srl v Comune di Viano and Azienda Gas-Acqua Consorziale (AGAC) di Reggio Emilia
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Committee reports
Date published:
10 January 2022
Judged on progress: The need for urgent delivery on Scottish justice sector reforms - Conclusions and Recommendations
Recommendation: The Committee recommends that the Scottish Government undertakes a review of the relevant provisions in Part V of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 with regard to a court’s powers to place a child in secure accommodation where appropriate.
Committee reports
Date published:
1 May 2020
Stage 1 Report on the Children (Scotland) Bill - What the Bill does
In 2017, the Court of Session said:
The time taken to resolve disputes about contact should be measured not in years but in weeks or, at most, months.
SM v CM, 2017Section 21 of the Bill says that, when considering a child's welfare, the court is to "have regard to" any risk of prejudice to the child's welfare that delay in proceedings would pose.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
12 September 2018
Post-Brexit plans for agriculture - Current UK Common Agricultural Policy funding
., Elliott, J., Moxey, A., & Zahrnt, V. (2010, December). Alternative Allocation Keys for EU CAP Funding.
SPICe briefings
Date published:
31 August 2017
Social Security (Scotland) Bill - Time limit to request a re-determination
In this different statutory context, a recent Upper Tribunal decision has also held that a refusal to consider an MR request made outside the normal time limit gives rise to a right of appeal, if made within a year of the decision.3R(CJ) and SG v SSWP (ESA) [2017] UKUT 0324 (AAC). (2017).
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
17 September 2025
S6W-40064
To ask the Scottish Government what support is available to any school pupils who risk having their transgender status outed against their will in the event of them receiving guidance to use gender neutral toilets and changing rooms, following the Supreme Court ruling in For Women Scotland Ltd v The Scottish Ministers. The Scottish Government recognises th...
Questions and Answers
Date answered:
8 September 2025
S6W-40117
To ask the Scottish Government what information it has on how many orders for witness anonymity under common law and section 11 of the Contempt of Court Act 1981, similar to those imposed by Lady Dorrian in the case HMA v Alexander Elliot Anderson Salmond, have been imposed in each year since 2015; in which cases they were imposed; whether it will provide ...
