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Independence debate round-up – “It’s the economy, stupid”
The hottest questions in the Scottish independence debate at the moment focus on the potential economic impact of a ‘yes’ vote on 18 September 2014. The latest Scottish Government paper, entitled...
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Scottish Government’s legislative programme 2013-2014
Earlier this month, First Minister Alex Salmond set out the Scottish Government’s legislative programme for the coming year. You can find the Scottish Government’s summary of all 15 bills here. You can...
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Independence Referendum – The Electoral Commission weighs in
Recently, the Electoral Commission (the body responsible for, among other things, reporting on the referendum process) produced a report on the progress of preparations for the referendum, and made...
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Scottish independence referendum: a video guide
Christine and Charles have prepared this handy video guide to the Scottish independence referendum. If you have any problems viewing the video it can also be watched on our website here. The video...
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Scottish Government ‘Guide to an Independent Scotland’: EU status
From the start of the in-earnest independence debate in early 2012, one of the most heated issues has been an independent Scotland’s EU membership (or perhaps lack thereof). As you will see from the...
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Scottish Government ‘Guide to an Independent Scotland’: the reaction
Two days removed from the launch of the Guide, and, unsurprisingly, there has been no lack of comment on the content of the Guide. See here, here, here and here for links to our own posts. For some...
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Scottish Government ‘Guide to an Independent Scotland’: Oil & Gas
In the aftermath of the publication of the Scottish Government’s Guide, various departments at Brodies have published comments. See here for Clare Munro’s article in Energy Voice on what the Guide...
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Scottish Government ‘Guide to an Independent Scotland’: Employment
Following on from my previous post, see here for analysis from our Employment Law team on the Guide. Stay tuned to this blog for more comment and updates. The post Scottish Government ‘Guide to an...
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Scottish Government ‘Guide to an Independent Scotland’: further analysis
In addition to our previous posts on the Scottish Government’s Guide, readers may also be interested in Charles and Gemma’s article published in The Lawyer last week, and in Christine’s article...
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The Scotland Act 2016
Had Scotland voted ‘Yes’ to independence on 18 September 2014, today would have been the day envisaged as ‘independence day’ (Christine commented on the proposed timetable in the Scotland on Sunday)....
View ArticleIndependence referendum: under starter’s (section 30) Orders
Further to my previous post, the section 30 Order enabling the Scottish Parliament to legislate for a referendum on independence has now been made and published, following final approval by the Privy...
View ArticleFirst Bill for Independence Referendum
March has been trailed as the month in which the Scottish Government will introduce their legislation for an independence referendum, and a Bill was introduced to the Scottish Parliament yesterday....
View ArticleA trip to bonny Dundee for the annual SOLAR conference
Last Thursday and Friday, Jackie and I were in Dundee for the annual conference of the Society of Local Authority Lawyers & Administrators in Scotland (which is a bit of a mouthful, and so,...
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