PE1851: Justice for the public in the legal system
Petition summary
Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to to urgently review and reform the Scottish legal system, including an update of the systems and practices to ensure bodies, authorities and institutions are fit for purpose.
Petitioner: Melanie Collins and William Tait
Status: Closed
Date published: 21 January 2021
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Citizen Participation and Public Petitions Committee Consideration
Committee meetings
1 September 2021: The Committee agreed to close the petition under Rule 15.7 of Standing Orders on the basis that the Scottish Government plans to bring forward secondary legislation covering changes to the process of complaint categorisation; process of complaint investigation, reporting, determination and conclusion of cases; and rules for fee rebates early in this session of the Parliament ahead of more wide-ranging reform on legal services (including legal complaints); petition PE1458 which calls for the introduction of a judicial register of interest is currently being considered by the Justice Committee; and the Scottish Law Commission has the statutory function of keeping the law under review with the ultimate task of recommending reforms to improve, simplify and update the law of Scotland. The Committee also agreed to write to the Scottish Government.
Official Report of Meeting 1 September 2021
Written submissions
Read any written submissions received before May 2021 on our old site
Written submissions received after May 2021 are below:
PE1851/D: Petitioner submission of 24 August 2021 (, ) posted 26 August 2021
PE1851/E: Thomas Mann submission of 1 September 2021 (, ) posted 02 September 2021
PE1851/F: Scottish Government submission of 5 October 2021 (, ) posted 07 October 2021