Responses to Consultation on the Case Management of Family and Civil Partnership Actions in the Sheriff Court

The Scottish Civil Justice Council has received 20 responses to this consultation. Of the responses received, four respondents have request that their responses be treated as confidential. Accordingly, sixteen responses are now published.

• Scottish Legal Aid Board, Thistle House, 91 Haymarket Terrace, Edinburgh, EH12 5HE - PUBLIC RESPONSE
• Maureen McVey - PUBLIC RESPONSE (address withheld)
• Council of the Sheriffs Association, Sheriff Court House, Graham Street, Airdrie, ML6 6EE - PUBLIC RESPONSE
• Relationships Scotland, 18 York Place, Edinburgh, EH1 3EP - PUBLIC RESPONSE
• The Glasgow Bar Association, Sheriff Court House, 1 Carlton Place, Glasgow - PUBLIC RESPONSE
• Faculty of Advocates, Advocates Library, Parliament House, Edinburgh, EH1 1RF - PUBLIC RESPONSE
• Family Law Arbitration Group Scotland (FLAGS), 2nd Floor front, 91 Mitchells St, Glasgow, G1 3LN - PUBLIC RESPONSE
• Scottish Courts &Tribunals Service, Development and Innovation Directorate, Legislation Implementation Team, N1 Spur, Saughton House, Broomhouse Drive, Edinburgh, EH11 3XD - PUBLIC RESPONSE
• Society of Solicitor Advocates, 52A Kettilstoun Mains, Linltithgow, EH49 6SL - PUBLIC RESPONSE
• Dr Kirsteen Mackay - PUBLIC RESPONSE (address withheld)
• Brodies LLP, Brodies House, 31-33 Union Grove, Aberdeen, AB10 6SD - PUBLIC RESPONSE
• Families Need Fathers Scotland, 10 Palmerston Place, Edinburgh, EH12 5AA - PUBLIC RESPONSE
• Abused Men in Scotland (AMIS), GF11 Eric Liddell Centre, 15 Morningside Road, Edinburgh, EH10 4DP - PUBLIC RESPONSE
• Scottish Women's Aid, 132 Rose St, Edinburgh, EH2 3JD - PUBLIC RESPONSE
• Law Society of Scotland, Atria One, 144 Morrison St, Edinburgh, EH3 8EX - PUBLIC RESPONSE
• Sheriffs’ Working Group on Family Law for Sheriffdom Of Tayside Central & Fife, Sheriff Court House, Perth - PUBLIC RESPONSE

What happens next
All responses will now be analysed and considered by the Scottish Civil Justice Council. It is intended that a report on the consultation will be published in due course.

Closed 22 August 2018

Opened 30 May 2018

Contact

SCJC Secretariat
scjc@scotcourts.gov.uk
0131 240 6776