Independence

Legislation for a second independence referendum will be published in the coming weeks, the Scottish government has confirmed. The draft bill will detail the timetable for another vote on Scottish independence.

A legal case arguing that the Scottish Parliament should be able to pass a law to hold an independence referendum without the consent of the UK government has failed in the Court of Session. Declarator to this effect was sought by Martin James Keatings. He also argued that no amendment would need to

The Lord Advocate should test the constitutionality of an independence referendum held without the permission of Westminster by referring any enabling legislation to the Supreme Court, Joanna Cherry QC has suggested. Writing in The Times, Ms Cherry said that James Wolffe QC should “proact

Parliamentary sovereignty is "no longer an accurate description of the constitution in Scotland or the UK", the Scottish government said this morning as it launched a demand for legislation to be passed transferring the power to hold a referendum to Holyrood. In a paper entitled Scotland’

A legal challenge by First Minister Nicola Sturgeon to the blocking of a second independence referendum would likely fail, according to a legal academic, The Times reports. Ms Sturgeon said this week that she was considering “all options” in response to a question about a potential

The Scottish government has today published legislation to "set the rules for any referendum within the competence of the Scottish Parliament". The Referendums (Scotland) Bill will provide a legal framework for the holding of referendums on any matters within Scotland’s control.