Children (Scotland) Bill: What it means for families and their children

2020-03-19T09:45:45+00:00March 19th, 2020|Children & parenting issues, Divorce & Dissolution of Civil Partnerships, Protection from Harassment & Domestic Violence|

Society has changed enormously since 1995 when the last major piece of legislation about children came into law in Scotland. We now have same sex marriages, laws on surrogacy and protection for cohabiting couples. The current laws on children are out of date. The government is currently progressing a new bill to bring Scottish child law into the twenty first century. The bill is in draft at the moment, but contains significant measures which, if implemented, will drastically change the current way family law is practised.

So what’s included?

Views of the child

What does little Jimmy or Jessie think? The courts have […]

The Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018

2019-06-11T13:53:58+00:00June 11th, 2019|Protection from Harassment & Domestic Violence|

The Domestic Abuse (Scotland) Act 2018 has now come into full effect as of 1 April 2019.

As of 1 April 2019, a person commits an offence if they engage in a course of behaviour which is abusive to their partner or ex-partner. The person commits an offence if a “reasonable person” would consider the course of behaviour likely to cause the person to suffer physical or psychological harm. Psychological harm under the legislation includes fear, alarm and distress. The “reasonable person” test allows the court to be objective in their view while also taking into account the individual circumstances of […]

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