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ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived is not maintained. This Practice Note outlines the key procedural stages and rules for judicial review in Scotland. It also sets out key preliminary and pre-action considerations, such as alternatives, standing and time limits.

ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived is not maintained. This Practice Note outlines the definition and scope of judicial review in Scotland, providing introductory guidance to Scottish judicial review claims. It considers key preliminary and pre-action issues, such as who and what can be challenged and by whom, the grounds for bringing a claim, the remedies that can be sought and when judicial review should and should not be used.

This Practice Note examines the scope and requirements of the specific public sector equality duties which apply in Scotland, enabling listed public authorities to achieve improved equality outcomes in compliance with the general public sector equality duty under section 149 of the Equality Act 2010.

This Practice Note, written by Jacqueline Leslie of Harper Macleod LLP, covers the requirements under Scots Law for a Will to be formally valid and the requirements which must be met if effect is to be given to a Will.