Criminal Justice Committee
Minutes: 24 January 2024
Wednesday, 24 January 2024
4th Meeting, 2024
Minutes
1. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill:
The Committee took evidence on parts 5 and 6 of the Bill at Stage 1 from—
Professor James Chalmers, Regius Professor of Law, School of Law, University of Glasgow;
Professor Vanessa Munro, Professor of Law, Law School, University of Warwick;
Professor Cheryl Thomas KC, Co-Director of the UCL Judicial Institute, University College London;
and then from—
Tony Lenehan KC, President of Faculty of Advocates Criminal Bar Association;
Sheila Webster, President and Alan McCreadie, Head of Research and Secretary to the Society’s Criminal Law Committee, Law Society of Scotland;
Simon Di Rollo KC.
2. Victims, Witnesses, and Justice Reform (Scotland) Bill (In Private):
The Committee agreed to defer consideration of the evidence heard under agenda item 1 to a future meeting.