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Latest Justice News From the Scottish Government
Blueprint to help fuel poor
New package of measures to replace central heating and Warm Deal programmes.
Ban on public drinking
Councils in north and south of Scotland get go ahead to impose ban on public consumption of alcohol.
Freedom of Information
Proposal to extend Freedom of Information legislation to more organisations.
CjScotland News Log
Thursday, December 11, 2003
SPS wants to build a new prison in West Lothian
Planning Application submitted: “On 9th December the Scottish Prison Service (SPS) submitted an Outline Planning Application and Notice of Proposed Development to West Lothian Council for a new prison at Addiewell West Lothian. . .” SPS Press Release.
“Prison chiefs begin bid for controversial jail go-ahead” Evening News
Posted by MM on Thu 11th Dec 2003 at 11:25 am
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Wednesday, December 10, 2003
Parliamentary Briefing on the Antisocial Behaviour Bill: the existing framework.
Ths Scottish Parliament has published a briefing on the existing legal powers that the Antisocial Behaviour Bill seeks to develop and extend.
It covers the general framework of relevant legislation; housing and antisocial behaviour; children and young people and antisocial behaviour.
Anti-Social Behaviour: the Existing Framework. Scottish Parliament SPICe Briefing 3/97. 9.12.03
Posted by MM on Wed 10th Dec 2003 at 9:46 pm
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Shops sell alcohol to children
“Off-licences in under-age sting: Off-sales have been caught red-handed selling alcohol to youngsters during a police crackdown on under-age drinking. . .” Evening Times
Posted by MM on Wed 10th Dec 2003 at 9:44 pm
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Lord Curran seeks to protect separate Scottish legal identity
“Law chief in supreme court warning: The lord president of Scotland’s highest civil court yesterday warned that the creation of a UK supreme court would be “retrograde and damaging” to the separate identity of Scots law. He demanded a limit on its powers [. . .]
“If the proposal for a UK supreme court is to proceed, it is vital that the binding effect of its decisions in civil appeals should be limited to the jurisdiction from which the appeal has come from, and that there are sufficient safeguards built in to the powers of the proposed court to perserve the separate identity of the civil and criminal law of Scotland. . .” Herald
Reports and publications page of the Constitutional Affairs Committee, London. Report of the meeting of 9.12.03. not available at time of posting.
Posted by MM on Wed 10th Dec 2003 at 2:09 pm
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Critical evidence presented on Antisocial Behaviour Bill
“Disorder bill ‘needs resourcing’: Housing officers have warned they could bear the brunt of enforcing the new laws on anti-social behaviour. . .” Herald
“MSPs demand answers on cost of orders: Concerns were raised yesterday over the cost of a key plank of the Scottish Executive?s crackdown on anti-social behaviour. . .” Scotsman
“Housing staff fears over disorder Bill: Evening Times
Press Releases
“Housing Professionals in Danger of Being Left to Mop up Anti-Social Behaviour” Chartered Institute of Housing in Scotland
Parliamentary Committees
Finance Committee meeting 9.12.03. Papers. Minutes. Official Report not available at time of posting.
Communities Committee meeting 10.12.03. from 10am. Papers - including Chartered Institute of Housing’s written submission. Live webcast link.
Posted by MM on Wed 10th Dec 2003 at 1:49 pm
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Cut in alcohol limit recommended
“Drink-drive limit should be cut by 40%, says transport adviser: The legal limit for drinking and driving in Britain should be cut by nearly 40%, the government’s transport adviser said last night. . .” Herald
Press Release
“Re-think of approach to drink driving needed says CfIT: Commission for Integrated Transport
Posted by MM on Wed 10th Dec 2003 at 1:45 pm
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Tuesday, December 09, 2003
Explaining the prosecution process in Glasgow
“City’s first woman fiscal vows to take mystery out of criminal justice system: A woman has been appointed Glasgow’s top prosecutor for the first time. [. . .] Mrs Dyer vowed to “demystify” the criminal justice system and open it up to the public. [. . .] Her first move after being promoted from depute fiscal was to invite communities across the city behind the scenes at the Crown Office and the busiest courts in Europe. The pioneering move aims to show people what the procurator-fiscal does, while also allowing prosecutors to address community concerns. . .” Evening Times
Posted by MM on Tue 9th Dec 2003 at 10:07 pm
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Lord Penrose opens debate on the jury
“Don’t underestimate the jury: It is highly unlikely that one would find among Scottish judges, or among practitioners in the criminal courts, an unequivocally positive assertion that trial by jury is without flaw. Leaving aside the deficiencies inherent in any process that depends on human judgment, the seclusion of the jury and the prohibition of investigation of its deliberations give the procedure a mystery that some commentators contend undermines the fairness of the procedure as a whole. But I contend that the deficiencies are a price worth paying. . .” Scotsman
Posted by MM on Tue 9th Dec 2003 at 1:57 pm
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