Jonathan Mitchell QC


"Carries substantial articles dealing with all aspects of law and civil practice in Scotland, with typical recent posts describing changes in immigration appeals, new tribunal structures, family law, and administrative law."

Author: Jonathan Mitchell practices at Murray Stable in Ediburgh, Scotland.

Blawg Related Categories: Administrative Law • International • Europe • United Kingdom • Solo / Small Firm

Recent Posts from Jonathan Mitchell QC


  • Rights to environmental information

    At the talk I gave on this subject to the conference on environmental justice organised by the Environmental Law Centre last Monday, I promised to post a synopsis of the issues discussed, and the handouts,…

  • The Report of the Civil Courts Review

    As anticipated, the report was published this morning at this address. It is in two volumes, available as pdf files; Volume 1 is 375 pages and Volume 2 is 323. There is a nine-page synopsis…

  • Forthcoming conference: Environmental Justice, Human Rights, and Environmental Law

    On Monday 2nd November the Centre for the Study of Human Rights Law and the Environmental Law Centre Scotland are co-hosting this conference at the Royal Concert Hall, 2 Sauchiehall Street, Glasgow. I'm speaking on…

  • Civil Justice Review

    Invitations to the publication of the Civil Justice Review have just been issued for Wednesday 30 September at 11am in the Signet Library. I'm told the Review will be published electronically at that time; address…

  • Today’s problems in the Sheriff Court

    This morning I turned up at Edinburgh Sheriff Court for a five-day hearing in an unjust enrichment action, with senior counsel also on the other side. There had been lengthy discussions as to possible settlement…

  • Compassionate release in Scotland: the actual policy and the law

    The Scottish Government today released a fair amount of background documentation on the decision to grant compassionate release to Megrahi. There are still a number of documents which for one reason or another haven't been…

  • That letter from the FBI to the Justice Secretary: is it real?

    My last post covered two issues; the hypocrisy of the attack on the decision to release Megrahi, and the law relative to compassionate release of prisoners in Scotland. But in linking these I noted in…

  • Megrahi’s release: Kenny MacAskill was right

    If Megrahi was indeed rightly convicted of mass murder, it is not in doubt that he acted on the orders of the Libyan government. He was a senior member of its intelligence service. Yet both…

  • Forthcoming conference: Changes to the Tribunal System

    I will be speaking on issues relative to the new Upper Tribunal at this conference, organised by the Legal Services Agency, on 14 September. Changes to the Tribunal System: The New Two-Tier System and Its…

  • Forthcoming conferences: Professor Hathaway on asylum law

    Professor James Hathaway of Melbourne University, author of “The Law of Refugee Status”, “The Rights of Refugees under International Law”, and many other leading texts on asylum law; editor of the Refugee Caselaw website; and…