Reports (2000-present)
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Other reports: 1990 - 1999 (123 - 174) | 1980 - 1989 (55 - 122) | 1970 - 1979 (14 - 54) | 1966 - 1969 (1 - 13)
Reports marked with an asterisk (*) were produced jointly with the Law Commission.
2009
Report 215 Succession
Implementing legislation: none
News Release
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 136)
Report 214 Annual Report 2008
No legislation required
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2008
Report 213 Damages for Wrongful Death
Implementing legislation: none
News Release
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 135)
Report 212 Crown Appeals
Implementing legislation: none (but see the
Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 24) introduced on 06.03.09)
News Release
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 137)
Report 211 Annual Report 2007
No legislation required
News Release
Report 210 *Statute Law Repeals: Eighteenth Report
Implementing legislation: none
News Release
2007
Report 209 Rape and Other Sexual Offences
Implementing legislation: none (but see the Sexual Offences (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 11) introduced on 17.06.08)
News Release
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 131)
Report 208 Sharp v Thomson
Implementing legislation: none
News Release
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 114)
Report 207 Personal Injury Actions: Limitation and Prescribed Claims
Implementing legislation: none
News Release
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 132)
Report 206 Variation and Termination of Trusts
Implementing legislation: none
News Release
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 129)
Report 205 Annual Report 2006
No legislation required
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2006
Report 204 Conversion of Long Leases
Implementing legislation: none
News Release
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 112)
Report 203 Interest on Debt and Damages
Implementing legislation: none (but see the Scottish Government's
Interest (Scotland) Bill: consultation and draft Bill, published January 2008)
News Release
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 127)
Report 202 
*Parliamentary Costs Bill: Report on the Consolidation of Legislation relating to Parliamentary Costs
Implementing legislation: Parliamentary Costs Act 2006 (c 37)
Report 201 Annual Report 2005
No legislation required
News Release
2005
Report 200 Annual Report 2004
No legislation required
News Release
Report 199 *Unfair Terms in Contracts
Implementing legislation: none
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 119)
News Release
Report 198 Seventh Programme of Law Reform
2004
Report 197 Registration of Rights in Security by Companies
Implementing legislation: provisions based on Part 1 of the draft Bill (floating charges) appended to this Report are in the
Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3)
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 121)
News Release
Report 196 Damages for Psychiatric Injury `
Implementing legislation: none
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 120)
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Report 195 Insanity and Diminished Responsibility
Implementing legislation: none (but see the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 24) introduced on 06.03.09)
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 122)
News Release
Report 194 Annual Report 2003
No legislation required
News Release
2003
Report 193 *Statute Law Revision: Seventeenth Report
Implementing legislation: Statute Law (Repeals) Act 2004 (c 14)
News Release (on 17th Report)
News Release (on implementing legislation)
Report 192 *Partnership Law
Implementing legislation: none. DTI has indicated that it does not intend to take forward the recommendations on general partnerships
Prior Discussion Papers: 111, 118
News Release
Summary
Report 191 Irritancy in Leases of Land
Implementing legislation: none
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 117)
News Release
Report 190 Law of the Foreshore and Sea Bed
Implementing legislation: none
Prior Discussion Paper
News Release
Report 189 Thirty-Seventh Annual Report 2002
No legislation required
News Release
2002
Report 188
Consolidation of certain Enactments relating to Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries in Scotland
Implementing legislation: Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries (Consolidation) (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 15)
Prior Consultation Paper
News Release
Report 187 Title to Sue for Non-Patrimonial Loss
Implementing legislation: Family Law (Scotland) Act 2006 (asp 2): Section 35; Schedule 2, para 2; Schedule 3 (repeal of para 42 of Schedule 28 to Civil Partnership Act 2004)
Prior Discussion Paper
News Release
Report 186 Thirty-Sixth Annual Report 2001
No legislation required
News Release
Report 185 Age of Criminal Responsibility
Implementing legislation: none (but see the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Bill (SP Bill 24) introduced on 06.03.09)
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 115)
News Release
2001
Report 184 *Third Parties - Rights against Insurers
Implementing legislation: none (but see the Lord Chancellor's Department Consultation Paper issued September 2002 and DCA's Analysis of Responses to the Consultation Paper issued February 2004)
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 104)
News Release
Report 183 Report on Diligence
Implementing legislation:
Bankruptcy and Diligence etc. (Scotland) Act 2007 (asp 3)
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 108)
News Release
2000
Report 182 Thirty-Fifth Annual Report 2000
No legislation required
News Release
Report 181 Report on Real Burdens
Implementing legislation:
Title Conditions (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 9)
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 106)
News Release
Report 180 *Damages under the Human Rights Act 1998
No legislation required
News Release
Report 179 Thirty-Fourth Annual Report 1998-99
No legislation required
Report 178 Jurisdictions under the Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Acts
Implementing legislation: Part 7, Agricultural Holdings (Scotland) Act 2003 (asp 11)
Report 177 Poinding and Warrant Sale
Implementing legislation:
Debt Arrangement and Attachment (Scotland) Act 2002 (asp 17)
Prior Discussion Paper (DP 110)
Report 176 Sixth Programme of Law Reform
Report 175 *Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Bill
Implementing legislation: Scottish recommendations implemented by ss.159 and 167 of the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 c.6
Other reports: 1990 - 1999 (123 - 174) | 1980 - 1989 (55 - 122) | 1970 - 1979 (14 - 54) | 1966 - 1969 (1 - 13)
