Response to consultation on Making Justice Work – Courts Reform (Scotland) Bill

Friends of the Earth Scotland’s response to the Scottish Government consultation on the Courts Reform (Scotland) Bill, as part of our Access to Environmental Justice campaign. The Bill is a vehicle to implement many of the recommendations of Lord Gill in his 2009 Review of the Scottish Civil Courts and as such is the keystone of the Government’s Making Justice Work programme. While many aspects of the Bill are to be welcomed we are concerned with the Government’s piecemeal approach to environmental justice within these reforms.