Calling on the Scottish Parliament to urge the Scottish Government to strengthen legislation to stop perpetrators of domestic abuse, who have been excluded from the matrimonial home by a court order, being able to cause further trauma and distress to their victims by trying to force the sale of the property.
Petitioner: Caroline Gourlay
Status: Under consideration
Date published: 12 October 2022
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SPICe Briefing (135.4KB, pdf) (135KB, pdf) posted 10 November 2022
8 February 2023: The Committee agreed to write to the Law Society of Scotland, Family Law Association, Shared Parenting Scotland, and the Scottish Law Commission.
Official Report of Meeting 08 February 2023
PE1981/A: Scottish Government submission of 1 November 2022 (149.5KB, pdf) (150KB, pdf) posted 02 November 2022
PE1981/B: Petitioner submission of 3 November 2022 (89.8KB, pdf) (90KB, pdf) posted 15 November 2022
PE1981/C: Scottish Law Commission submission of 15 March 2023 (45KB, pdf) (45KB, pdf) posted 27 March 2023
PE1981/D: Shared Parenting Scotland submission of 17 March 2023 (144KB, pdf) (144KB, pdf) posted 27 March 2023