News In Focus
19 February 2010
Scottish Law Commission publishes report
In its Annual Report 2009, published today, the Scottish Law Commission reports on progress with its law reform projects over the last year and gives details of the discussion papers and reports it expects to publish during 2010
In the Foreword, the chairman of the Commission, Lord Drummond Young, welcomes the progress made by the Scottish Government and the Scottish Parliament in response to his concerns about the number of Commission Reports that remain unimplemented, and he looks forward to seeing practical results from the changes.
He expresses disappointment about the lack of progress made at the UK level with implementing Commission recommendations.
He voices concern that the Commission’s recommendations for reform of the law of partnership have not been implemented despite being widely accepted in Scotland as necessary.
And he concludes that if the devolution settlement is to work properly, it is vital that UK government departments should take their responsibilities to Scotland seriously.
To download the full Scottish Law Commission annual report, click here