UK: Scotland: Law Commission sets out its ninth programme of law reform

The Scottish Law Commission has published its ninth programme of law reform, covering the period 2015 to 2017: see here. The programme continues work on four existing projects (moveable transactions; compulsory purchase; contract law in light of the Draft Common Frame of Reference; and heritable securities) and contains three new projects: defamation; proprietary aspects of leases; and aspects of the law of prescription.