News
Below is an archive of Commission news. You can also register to receive updates of future news items.
For a full record of news releases published since 2000, see the News Releases page.
23 December 2014 - New Commissioners
Lord Pentland, Chairman of the Scottish Law Commission, is delighted to welcome the appointment of two Commissioners. Read more...
17 December 2014 - Compulsory purchase
The Scottish Law Commission publishes its Discussion Paper on Compulsory Purchase. Read more...
9 December 2014 - Electoral law
The Scottish Law Commission publishes a joint Consultation Paper on Electoral Law. For further details, Read more...
27 November 2014 - Scottish Ministers' Programme for Government 2014-15
The Scottish Law Commission welcomes the announcement by the First Minister that the Scottish Government intends to introduce a Bill on aspects of succession law, and also to consult in the coming year on further legislation radically to overhaul the current law of succession. See the news release. Read more...
18 November 2014 - Green light for counterpart execution and electronic delivery of documents
The Stage 1 Report on the Legal Writings Bill was published on Friday of last week by the Delegated Powers and Law Reform Committee of the Scottish Parliament. Read more...
4 November 2014 - e-Bulletin Autumn 2014
Our latest e-Bulletin keeps you up to date with progress on our law reform work and general activities. Read more...