Consultation Responses
See below for details of responses to consultations and calls for evidence submitted by members of the Centre for Scots Law. Responses can be accessed by clicking on links in the relevant entries. For further information, please contact Dr Alisdair MacPherson .
Department for Business & Trade, Consultation on the Implementation of the New Subscription Contracts Regime - Submitted Response (February 2025) - Dr Euan West, Mr Scott Styles and Professor Péter Cserne.
Scottish Government – Consultation on Digital Assets in Scots Private Law – Submitted Response (February 2025) – Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Professor Burcu Yüksel Ripley, Dr Jonathan Ainslie, Dr Chike Emedosi, Professor Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Euan West
Law Commission - Consultation on Burial and Cremation – Submitted Response (January 2025) – Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Dr Patricia Živkovic, Courtney Crilly, Dr JP Fassnidge, Dr Anna Puzio and Dr Jennifer Riley
House of Lords Special Public Bill Committee – Call for Evidence on Property (Digital Assets etc) Bill – Submitted Response (December 2024) – Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Professor Donna McKenzie Skene, Professor Burcu Yüksel Ripley, Dr Jonathan Ainslie, Dr Chike Emedosi and Dr Euan West
Law Commission - Review of Co-operative and Community Benefit Societies Act 2014 - Submited Response (December 2024) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Professor Donna Mckenzie Skene and Dr Euan West.
Sentencing Rape Offences - A Scottish Sentencing Council Consultation - Submitted Response (October 2024) - Dr JP Fassnidge, Ms Courtney Crilly and Dr Euan West.
Scottish Government Consultation on the Scottish Law Commission Report on Review of Contract Law - Submitted Response (September 2024) - Mr Scott Styles, Dr Jonathan Ainslie and Dr Euan West.
Scottish Law Commission Discussion Paper on Aspects of Leases: Tenancy of Shops (Scotland) Act 1949 - Submitted Response (July 2024) - Dr Euan West, Professor Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Alisdair MacPherson
Scottish Law Commission Discussion Paper on Tenement Law: Compulsory Owners' Associations - Submitted Response (July 2024) - Dr Euan West, Professor Donna McKenzie Skene, Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Dr Jonathan Ainslie, Dr Mitchell Skilling and Mr Scott Styles
Consultation on Stage 3 Review of Scotland's Statutory Debt Solutions - Submitted Response (July 2024) - Professor Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Alisdair MacPherson
Digital Assets as Personal Property - Law Commission of England and Wales Short Consultation on Draft Clauses - Submitted Response (March 2024) - Dr Euan West, Dr Jonathan Ainslie, Dr Chike Emedosi, Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Professor Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Burcu Yüksel Ripley
Scottish Parliament (Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee) Call for Views on Judicial Factors (Scotland) Bill - Submitted Response (March 2024) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Professor Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Euan West
Scottish Government Consultation on Mental Health Moratorium - Submitted Response (January 2024) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Professor Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Euan West
Scottish Government Consultation on Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 - Claim and Property Categories - Submitted Response (November 2023) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Professor Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Chike Emedosi
Scottish Government Consultation on Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Act 2023 - Insolvency - Submitted Response (November 2023) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Professor Donna McKenzie Skene
UK Jurisdiction Taskforce (of the LawtechUK Delivery Panel) Consultation on Digital Assets and English Insolvency Law - Submitted Response (November 2023) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Prof Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Chike Emedosi
Scottish Government Consultation on Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill - Removal of Unlawful Killers as Executors - Submitted Response (October 2023) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Professor Roddy Paisley
Scottish Law Commission Discussion Paper on Heritable Securities: Non-Monetary Securities and Sub-Securities - Submitted Response (September 2023) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Dr Chike Emedosi, Professor Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Euan West
Scottish Parliament (Economy and Fair Work Committee) Call for Views on Bankruptcy and Diligence (Scotland) Bill - Submitted Response (July 2023) - Professor Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Alisdair MacPherson
Scottish Parliament (Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee) Consultation on Trusts and Succession (Scotland) Bill - Submitted Response (March 2023) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Prof Roddy Paisley
Scottish Parliament (Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee) Consultation on Moveable Transactions (Scotland) Bill - Submitted Response (September 2022) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Dr Chike Emedosi, Prof Donna McKenzie Skene and Prof Roddy Paisley
Scottish Law Commission Consultation on Eleventh Programme of Law Reform - Submitted Response (July 2022) - Dr Jonathan Ainslie, Prof Pete Duff, Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Mr Scott Styles, Ms Jean Wilke, Prof Adelyn Wilson and Ms Kirsty Wilson
Scottish Law Commission Discussion Paper on Damages for Personal Injury - Submitted Response (June 2022) - Dr Jonathan Ainslie
Scottish Law Commission Discussion Paper on Heritable Securities: Default and Post-Default - Submitted Response (March 2022) - Dr Chike Emedosi, Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Prof Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Euan West
Scottish Parliament Social Justice and Social Security Committee Inquiry on Low Income and Debt Problems - Submitted Response (March 2022) - Prof Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Alisdair MacPherson
Scottish Parliament Consultation on the Coronavirus (Recovery and Reform) (Scotland) Bill - Submitted Response (February 2022) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson
Scottish Law Commission Consultation on Draft Leases (Automatic Continuation etc.) (Scotland) Bill - Submitted Response (January 2022) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Prof Donna McKenzie Skene
Scottish Government Consultation on Legal Services Regulation Reform in Scotland - Submitted Response (December 2021) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Prof Donna McKenzie Skene
Scottish Law Commission on Discussion Paper on the Mental Element in Homicide - Submitted Response (October 2021) - Dr Ilona Cairns and Dr Elizabeth Shaw,
Scottish Government Consultation on Covid Recovery: Public Health, Services and Justice System Reforms - Submitted Response (October 2021) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Prof Donna McKenzie Skene
Scottish Parliament Consultation on Covid-19 Legislation: Next Steps - Submitted Response (February 2021) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene
Registers of Scotland Consultation on Digital Submission Services - Submitted Response (January 2021) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson
UK Government Call for Evidence on Access to Cash - Submitted Response (November 2020) - Dr Burcu Yüksel Ripley, Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene
Law Commission (of England and Wales) Consultation on Consumer Sales Contracts: Transfer of Ownership - Submitted Response (October 2020) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Euan West
Scottish Government Consultation on the Future of the Land Court and the Lands Tribunal - Submitted Response (October 2020) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene
Scottish Law Commission Invitation to Comment on Tacit Relocation - Submitted Response (October 2020) - Dr Douglas Bain, Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene
UK Government Call for Evidence on the Recognition of Professional Qualifications and Regulation of Professions - Submitted Response (October 2020) - Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Alisdair MacPherson
Scottish Parliament Heat Networks (Scotland) Bill - Notes and Submission (August 2020) - Prof Roderick Paisley
Scottish Parliament Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee Consultation on COVID-19: Economic Recovery - Submitted Response (July 2020) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Euan West
Scottish Parliament Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee Consultation on COVID-19: Impact on Businesses and Workers - Submitted Response (July 2020) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene
Scottish Law Commission Discussion Paper on Aspects of Family Law: Cohabitation (DP No 170) - Submitted Response (June 2020) - Dr Ilona Cairns, Dr Thomas Green, Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Prof Margaret Ross, Dr Susan Stokeld and Dr Euan West
Scottish Parliament Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee Consultation on COVID-19: Impact on Scotland's Businesses, Workers and Economy - Submitted Response (May 2020) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene
Scottish Parliament Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee Inquiry on Reform of the Law on Moveable Transactions - Submitted Response (April 2020) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Euan West
Scottish Government Consultation on Changes Introduced by Bankruptcy and Debt Advice (Scotland) Act 2014 - Submitted Response (January 2020) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene, Prof Roddy Paisley and Dr Euan West
Scottish Parliament Economy, Energy and Fair Work Committee Inquiry on Protected Trust Deeds - Submitted Response (December 2019) - Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene, Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Prof Roddy Paisley
UK Government Northern Ireland Office Abortion Law Framework Consultation - Submitted Response (December 2019) - Dr Robert Taylor and Dr Adelyn Wilson
Scottish Government Consultation on Scottish Crown Estate: Strategic Management Plan - Submitted Response (November 2019) - Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene, Ms Anne-Michelle Slater and Dr Alisdair MacPherson
Scottish Government Consultation on Judicial Factors - Submitted Response (November 2019) - Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Alisdair MacPherson
Insolvency Service Call for Evidence on Regulation of Insolvency Practitioners - Submitted Response (October 2019) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene
Scottish Law Commission Discussion Paper on Heritable Securities: Pre-default (DP No 168) - Submitted Response (September 2019) - Mr Malcolm Combe, Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Euan West
Scottish Government Consultation on the Right to Buy Land to Further Sustainable Development - Submitted Response (September 2019) - Mr Malcolm Combe, Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene
UK Government Consultation on Corporate Transparency and Register Reform - Submitted Response (July 2019) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Donna McKenzie Skene, incorporating comments by Prof Abbe Brown, Mr Malcolm Combe and Prof Roy Partain
Scottish Government Consultation on the Law of Succession - Submitted Response (May 2019) - Dr Douglas Bain, Dr Ilona Cairns, Mr Malcolm Combe, Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Prof Roddy Paisley, Dr Andrew Simpson and Dr Euan West
HMRC Consultation on Protecting Your Taxes in Insolvency - Submitted Response (May 2019) - Dr Alisdair MacPherson and Ms Donna McKenzie Skene
Scottish Parliamentary Working Group Report on Tenement Maintenance - Submitted Response (March 2019) - Dr Douglas Bain, Mr Malcolm Combe, Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene, Prof Roddy Paisley and Dr Andrew Simpson
Scottish Law Commission Consultation on Draft Title Conditions (Scotland) Bill - Submitted Response (February 2019) - Dr Douglas Bain, Mr Malcolm Combe, Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene, Prof Roddy Paisley and Dr Andrew Simpson
UK Parliament Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee, Parliament and the Constitution Inquiry (Ref PAC 12) - Submitted Response (December 2018) - Dr Robert Taylor and Dr Adelyn Wilson
UK Parliament Women and Equalities Committee Inquiry on Northern Ireland Abortion law (Ref ANI0261) - Submitted Response (December 2018) - Dr Robert Taylor and Dr Adelyn Wilson
Scottish Law Commission Discussion Paper on Aspects of Leases (Termination) (DP No 165) - Submitted Response (October 2018) - Dr Douglas Bain, Mr Malcolm Combe, Dr Alisdair MacPherson, Mrs Donna McKenzie Skene and Dr Andrew Simpson