Research and analysis

Involvement in Cases

A breakdown of cases in which the Advocate General for Scotland has appeared or been represented on behalf of the UK Government

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The Advocate General has appeared or been represented in a large number of significant cases on behalf of the UK Government before the Court of Session, High Court of Justiciary, the Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, the House of Lords, the Court of Justice of the European Union and the Supreme Court. Attached is a breakdown of such cases.

Updates to this page

Published 27 June 2018
Last updated 2 November 2023 + show all updates
  1. Several cases have been added to the list, and others have had their information updated.

  2. A judgement date has been added for the Vermilion case.

  3. X v Y and Sunbeam Fishing JRs added

  4. Updated to 16/02/23 and HTML version added

  5. Updated to 28/10/2022

  6. Updated breakdown of cases - 04 February 2022

  7. Updated attachment

  8. Updated to 1/6/20

  9. Updated June 2018 to include latest updates on cases

  10. First published.

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