Mastodawn

If you have happened upon some outdated legal textbooks indicating that #DonaldJTrump might be able to use Scotland as a loophole and begin an action for #libel against #BBCNews in #Scotland, which would *really* annoy some Scots; note that the Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973 was amended in 2021 by the Scottish Parliament to bring it into agreement with English and Welsh libel law. It's a 1 year limit in Scotland, now, too.

https://legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/1973/52/section/18A

#UKLaw #ScottishLaw

Prescription and Limitation (Scotland) Act 1973

An Act to replace the Prescription Acts of 1469, 1474 and 1617 and make new provision in the law of Scotland with respect to the establishment and definition by positive prescription of title to interests in land and of positive servitudes and public rights of way, and with respect to the extinction of rights and obligations by negative prescription; to repeal certain enactments relating to limitation of proof; to re-enact with modifications certain enactments relating to the time-limits for bringing legal proceedings where damages are claimed which consist of or include damages or solatium in respect of personal injuries or in respect of a person’s death and the time-limit for claiming contribution between wrongdoers; and for purposes connected with the matters aforesaid.

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JdeBP Jun 21, 2025

@cks

Interesting. Some of the U.K. legislation on bicycles and highways is old enough that it could potentially have bled through into #CanadianLaw early on. Some of the stuff about bicycles is from the Highway Act 1835, for example.

Looking at the Ontario Highway Traffic Act 1990, I regard you as fortunate that you have so much of your road legislation in one place, rather than in a mess of Acts going back centuries.

I particularly enjoyed the section on sleigh bells. Nothing like that in #UKLaw, to my knowledge, unless there's something in #ScottishLaw that I've overlooked.

Good to see that you've come down (or will be coming down) on the sensible side of the a-bicycle-with-a-motor-is-a-motorbike debate, too. (-:

https://www.ontario.ca/laws/statute/90h08#BK157

#cycling #sleighs #snow #Ontario #bells #OntarioLaw #Canada #HighwayCode

Highway Traffic Act, R.S.O. 1990, c. H.8

Highway Traffic Act R.S.O. 1990, CHAPTER H.8 Consolidation Period: From June 5, 2025 to the e-Laws currency date. Last amendment: 2025, c. 10,...

Ontario.ca

Mhairi Mar 24, 2025

#scottishLaw #HouseBuying #Scotland
My daughters found a house we like and wants to put in an offer ,shes verbally told the estate agent but her solictor is now refusing to put in the written offer until deadline day ,she says that the norm,but it seems to be cutting it fine to us ,especially as the solictor isnt always easy to get in touch with ,My daughters gone to a lot of effort to sort out a mortage etc ready to submit her offer ,now we have to wait until Monday morning 'is that normal?

sunflowerinrain Mar 20, 2025

"Arrested" doesn't mean the same in Scotland as in England.

#translation #ScottishLaw

JdeBP Nov 19, 2024

A relative in England was explaining to me this week how xe was caught out on Amazon by thieves based in Scotland.

Part of the explanation was the practical impossibility of an ordinary person in England bringing a civil action in Scotland, because the legal frameworks for consumer rights laws differ.

#UKLaw #ScottishLaw

Vivienne Dunstan Dec 4, 2023

Last night's new to me #Scots word was "perfyte", as in the 1648 #will I was transcribing: "or thair severall mantenance until the sd tyme of thair marriage or perfyte age". Elsewhere the will specifies perfyte as "xxi yeirs complett" i.e. 21. This was all reminding me last night of the Madame de Pompadour #DoctorWho episode - "She is not complete!" https://dsl.ac.uk/entry/dost/perfite_adj #Language #ScotsLanguage #ScotsLeid #LegalHistory #ScottishLaw #ScottishLegalHistory

Dictionaries of the Scots Language:: DOST :: perfite adj

Bob Jamieson Oct 19, 2023

Scottish judges’ ruling on sexual assault prosecutions hailed as ‘seismic’

Appeal court rules that distress displayed by complainers to witnesses can be used to corroborate rape claims
The lord advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, spoke on Wednesday after seven appeal judges ruled that the distress displayed by a complainer to a witness can be used to corroborate whether a rape took place.

https://www.theguardian.com/uk-news/2023/oct/18/scotland-judges-ruling-on-sexual-assault-prosecutions-hailed-as-seismic

#RapeProsecution #ScottishLaw #WomensRights

Scottish judges’ ruling on sexual assault prosecutions hailed as ‘seismic’

Appeal court rules that distress displayed by complainers to witnesses can be used to corroborate rape claims

The Guardian

Rosa Hekatena Sep 27, 2023

I know a lot of people will disagree, but I think the concept of a drug room is a really good idea. A safe place for users to take their substances - including illegal ones - with medical supervision, clean needles etc, and no fear of being arrested by the police.

If it will help more people to get help for their addictions, or even just reduce new cases of diseases from dirty paraphernalia etc, it will have a welcome and positive impact on those who using it.

Well done, Scotland, for taking the initiative - hopefully these drug rooms become a familiar sight - and that England, Wales, and Northern Ireland will follow suit ASAP!

🔸UK's first drug room where users can take illegal substances legally announced.🔸
#Drugs #Addiction #SubstanceAbuse #ScottishLaw #NHS #Healthcare
https://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/breaking-uks-first-drug-room-31038854

UK's first drug room where users can take illegal substances legally announced

The UK's first ever official consumption room for illegal drugs like heroin and cocaine has been approved in Glasgow despite opposition and concern

mirror

This Is My Glasgow Jul 25, 2023

Royal Faculty of Procurators, Nelson Mandela Place, Glasgow.

Designed by Charles Wilson in a Venetian Renaissance style and built in 1854. It features Keystones with sculpted masks of famous Scottish Law Lords by Alexander Handyside Ritchie.

#glasgow #glasgowbuildings #glasgowarchitecture #architecture #scupture #scottishlaw