Legal Guide for Youth Activists
The 1st edition of our Legal Guide for Youth Activists is now available to read!
Protest Briefings
Guide to Squatting & Occupations – Updated 2nd Edition
The 2nd edition of our Legal Guide to Squatting & Occupations in Scotland is now available to read! This latest edition includes updates to our guidance on Aggravated Trespass, which no longer applies only in ‘open air’ following legislative amendments.… Continue Reading
Guide to Activism, Scottish Law and the Police – Updated 4th Edition
SCALP’s bumper legal guide – updated 4th edition for 2024! With information gathered through many years of Scottish legal support Includes new information on hate crime legislation and fireworks & pyrotechnics Updated guidance on Aggravated Trespass Searchable and formatted for… Continue Reading
Guide to Activism, Scottish Law and the Police – Updated 3rd Edition
SCALP’s bumper legal guide – newly updated for 2023! With information gathered through many years of Scottish legal support Includes new information on trespass and related charges Searchable and formatted for finding the information you need Read the new guide,… Continue Reading
Black Lives Matter: Justice for Slaves, 20 June
Scottish Activist Legal Project is providing Legal Observers and a Back Office for the Black Lives Matter: Justice for Slaves demonstration in Edinburgh, 20 June. The legal phone number is also available for people participating in the ‘Glasgow Says No… Continue Reading
Black Lives Matter in Scotland, 7 June 2020
We stand in solidarity with the Black Lives Matter protests across the World. Scottish Activist Legal Project are providing Legal Observers, guidance, and back office support for the protests in Glasgow and Edinburgh on Sunday 7 June 2020. The poster… Continue Reading
How will the UN climate talks in Scotland be policed?
The COP26 blue zone will not be international territory under international law, it will remain under the jurisdiction of Scots law but it will be controlled by UN security guards and treated as private space by Police Scotland. In case… Continue Reading