The Indycamp : demonstrating access to land and access to justice

Combe, Malcolm M (2017) The Indycamp : demonstrating access to land and access to justice. Edinburgh Law Review, 21 (2). pp. 228-233. ISSN 1364-9809 (https://doi.org/10.3366/elr.2017.0413)

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Abstract

In late 2015, a camp was set up in the vicinity of the Scottish Parliament, on landbelonging to the Scottish Parliamentary Corporate Body. What became known as the ‘Indycamp’ comprised a collection of tents, motor vehicles, caravans and trailers, along with the campaigners who brought these items themselves. The campaigners - the (self-styled) Sovereign Indigenous Peoples of Scotland - had hoped to remain there until Scotland became independent from the rest of the United Kingdom. However, court action brought by the landowner in the Court of Session resulted in an order to remove the camp. Following an unsuccessful reclaiming motion against that order,1 the Indycamp was cleared on 4 November 2016. The legal process to clear the camp raised some interesting points of law, primarily in relation to access to land, demonstrations, and access to justice. This note considers these issues in turn.

  • Item type:Article
    ID code:71121
    Dates:
    Date
    Event
    31 May 2017
    Published
    15 January 2017
    Accepted
    Notes:This is an Accepted Manuscript of an article published by Edinburgh University Press in Edinburgh Law Review. The Version of Record is available online at: http://www.euppublishing.com/doi/abs/10.3366/elr.2017.0413
    Subjects:Law
    Department:Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences (HaSS) > Strathclyde Law School > Law
    Depositing user: Pure Administrator
    Date deposited:16 Jan 2020 12:32
    Last modified:09 Apr 2024 01:12
    URI:https://strathprints.strath.ac.uk/id/eprint/71121
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