Iain Halliday

Advocate at @FacultyScot with @ThemisStable . Specialises in public law, human rights, and immigration and asylum. Author @freemovementlaw.

[UKCLA @ukcla]

Iain Halliday: Political and Legal Constitutionalism in the Age of Supreme Court Referrals https://t.co/wKwsnYW5KY

[UK Supreme Court @UKSupremeCourt]

Judgment has been handed down this morning in the case UKSC 2022/0098 - Reference by the Lord Advocate of devolution issues under paragraph 34 of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998 https://t.co/CD8VJuOs3R

[Iain Halliday @iainhalliday91]

Earlier this week the Supreme Court heard two days of argument on the same issue. They're being asked to provide a legal solution to the problem.

A sign, perhaps, that the UK's political constitution isn't working as well as it once did (at least in relation to Scotland).

[Iain Halliday @iainhalliday91]

Ten years ago today the Edinburgh Agreement was signed. It was a political solution to a constitutional problem: uncertainty over the Scottish Parliament's ability to legislate for an independence referendum.

[Iain Halliday @iainhalliday91]

Some thoughts on the Country Guidance system for @freemovementlaw. Rather than waiting for a case to reach the Upper Tribunal, it would be better to introduce a referral system to enable guidance to be more easily updated as and when this is needed - https://t.co/IJkqldhZYP

[Lucy Adams @BBCLucyAdams]

Tuition fees residency rules breached human rights https://t.co/PgE4m89Lv1

[Philip Sim @BBCPhilipSim]

Day one of the Supreme Court hearing. Lord Reed kicks it off by rattling through some background, including stressing that this is Scotlands highest civil court - not just the UK’s - and that it draws judges from across the UK (including him!) and has set in Edinburgh previously

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[Scottish Legal News @ScottishLegal]

Lord Ordinary declares parts of student support regulations unlawful after petition by nearly settled Iraqi student   https://t.co/nC59xWl3DD

[Scottish Courts and Tribunals Service (SCTS) @SCTScourtstribs]

(1/4) With great sadness we have learned of the death of HM Queen Elizabeth II. Along with the nation, we mourn the loss of our Monarch. As a mark of our respect, our courts and tribunals in Scotland will be adjourned tomorrow following the conclusion of any essential business.

[Iain Halliday @iainhalliday91]

As of last week, such errors can no longer be fixed thanks to s.2 of the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022 - https://t.co/tRKvHNgAs5

[Iain Halliday @iainhalliday91]

Successful Eba/Cart judicial review in the Court of Session published at the end of last week – https://t.co/RPsFwca2jp

Immigration tribunal arguably erred by overlooking photographs of the appellant protesting outside the Vietnamese Embassy.

[UK Supreme Court @UKSupremeCourt]

A provisional date has been set for the hearing of the reference by the Lord Advocate to the Supreme Court: 11 and 12 October 2022 (Michaelmas Term). More details are on the news section of our website: https://t.co/D0nGfvExcO

[UK Supreme Court @UKSupremeCourt]

This afternoon, the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom received a reference by the Lord Advocate under paragraph 34 of Schedule 6 to the Scotland Act 1998 under the Supreme Court’s devolution jurisdiction. More information is available on our website: https://t.co/JwmKMDssd2

[PeatWorrier @PeatWorrier]

Short version: people assumed the Indyref Bill would be introduced and then challenged if passed either (a) by way of a referral from the UK government law officers (or potentially the Lord Advocate) or if not (b) by private litigants in judicial review. https://t.co/Eslttpy00g