Devolution Issue - Definition - Law Dictionary Home Dictionary Definition devolution-issue

Definition :

Devolution issue, within the meaning of paragraph 1(b) of Schedule 6 to the Act of 1998 (Scetland Act, 1998), Hoekstra v. H.M. Advocate (PC), (2000) 3 WLR 1817.

May well arise in advance of or every porsibility in the course of a criminal trial under some other provision of the Convention, Montogomery v. H.M. Advocate (PC), (2001) 2 WLR 779.

shall not be taken to arise in any proceedings merely because of any contention of a party to the proceedings which appears to the court or tribunal before which the proceedings take place to frivolous or vexatious, Montogomery v. H.M. Advocate (PC), (2001) 2 WLR 779.