Consultation News

Campaigners have welcomed the launch of a consultation which will allow the public to have a say in the sentences handed down by Scotland’s courts. The Scottish Sentencing Council is launching a public consultation on its first draft guideline, which sets out the principles and purposes of sentencing for all offences. Victim Support Scotland said

Jackson LJ is still toiling away at costs issues some 8 years after his main report. The original report changed the whole way in which the civil courts go about working how much, if anything, is due from one side to another at the end of a case – budgets being one key element.  This post

This Call for Evidence is very significant. The House of Lords has set up a committee to explore the issues of citizenship and civic engagement in the 21st Century. They are seeking the views of the public to understand the challenges for different parts of society with regards to citizenship, and identify new ways of

Furious five-a-side players have served Islington Council with a legal notice over the decision to replace their pitches at the Sobell Leisure Centre with a trampoline park. The footballers say no proper consultation was held before the decision was made to cover the Olympic-funded sprung floor to make way for the facility, which the council