Charles Livingstone, Author at Brodies Blog

Jan

2011

Public Law

Defeat for Scottish Government’s “Supermarket tax”

The eagle-eyed among you may have spotted our recent contribution to the debate on the Scottish Government’s proposed Large Retailer Levy (dubbed, among other things, the “supermarket tax” and “Tesco tax”), with quotes appearing in the Scotland on Sunday and other illustrious publications. It will surely come as no surprise to learn that there’s more nuance to… Read more »

Posted by Charles Livingstone

On January 28, 2011

Dec

2010

Public Law

Scottish Government consults on amending Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002

Holyrood’s annual Freedom of Information Conference – in association with the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner – took place in Edinburgh today. Among the speakers were your (not so) humble author (on data protection and FOI, since you ask), the Commissioner and Bruce Crawford MSP, the Scottish Government Minister for Parliamentary Business. The official billing may not… Read more »

Posted by Charles Livingstone

On December 15, 2010

Dec

2010

Public Law

Fixing the unfixable – the sun never sets on non-existent legislation

I posted recently about the Alcohol etc. (Scotland) Bill, passed by the Scottish Parliament on 10 November. The 21-day ‘standstill’ period that applies to all Scottish Parliament legislation has now expired, so the Bill should be receiving Royal Assent any day now. When that happens, it will be interesting to see if and how an… Read more »

Posted by Charles Livingstone

On December 8, 2010

Nov

2010

Public Law

Minimum pricing dead, legal issues live to cause fights another day

It’s a long post, this one. You might want to fix a small libation before you embark on it. The Alcohol etc. (Scotland) Bill passed its final stage in the Scottish Parliament yesterday. The headlines have focused on the failure of the Scottish Government to save its flagship minimum pricing policy, but the Bill as… Read more »