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Scottish Law Commission:
Report on Reform of the Ground for Divorce

Appendix C

List of those Submitting Written comments.

(1) Organisations submitting written comments on Discussion Paper No.76.

Aberdeen University Law Faculty (Working Party)

British Federation of University Women (Dundee and St Andrews: Edinburgh: Inverclyde)

Campaign for Justice in Divorce, Scotland

Church of Scotland: Board of Social Responsibility

Church of Scotland: Presbytery of Edinburgh

Citizens Advice Scotland

Convention of Scottish Local Authorities

Cupar Baptist Church (Comments accompanied by petition bearing 23 signatures)

Divorce Law Reform Association

Family Charter Campaign

Free Presbyterian Church of Scotland: Religion and Morals Committee

Gingerbread Scotland

Law Society of Scotland

Married Women's Association

Mothers' Union (Diocese of Glasgow and Galloway: Edinburgh Diocese: Young Family Representative)

National Family Trust and National Campaign for the Family

Ross and Cromarty Citizens Advice Bureau

Scottish Convention of Women

Scottish Council for Single Parents

Scottish Humanist Council

Scottish Law Agents' Society

Scottish Legal Action Group

Scottish Women's Aid

Sheriffs' Association

Society of Solicitors in the Supreme Courts of Scotland

Soroptimist International of Scotland North

United Free Church of Scotland: Public Questions Committee

Wilson and Raitt, Solicitors, Dundee

Women's National Commission

(2) Individuals submitting written comments on Discussion Paper No.76.

M Abbott

J Adey

A Brown

J A Cathie

R C Connal

L R Cox

The Hon Lord Dervaird

J S Doig

The Hon Lord Dunpark

J Harrison

J Hepburn

The Rt Hon Lord Kilbrandon

P Logan

A J Loudon, WS

S M G Matheson, Director, Scottish Association of Family Conciliation Services

A Mitchell

M Nicholson

P Nicholson

The Rt Hon Lord Murray

Y Osman

K Parker

G Pontiero

T S Rait

H D Ralston

J Robinson

T G Salmon

C M Sturrock

G A Watt

M H Wilson

(3) Solicitors and trainees returning questionnaire issued at Law Society of Scotland's Post Qualifying Legal Education course on Family Law, 13-15 October 1988

I W Anderson

A T Cordner

H C Couchlin

A L Cowan

C Craig

A Dick

A Dickson

L Dunipace

J Fotheringham

M Gimblett

L Graham

M L Grieve

G Henderson

A Kennedy

J N Kennedy

S R Leeman

M Liddell

M Macaulay

J P Maguire

D J Mair

I McColl

M McCulloch

J A McGoogan

R McIntosh

K McMahon

A McTaggart

T S Millar

A Qag

H Philcox

F Quirk

K R Robb

L Welsh

A J P Wilson

(4) The Commission also received a petition, bearing 76 signatures, to the following effect.

"We, the undersigned, wish to make known to the Scottish Law Commission our disapproval of the proposals contained in Discussion Paper No.76, 'The Ground for Divorce: Should the Law be Changed?'.

"We are concerned at the apparent erosion of the legal and moral institution of marriage.

"We consider the proposed period of separation/notice of three months to be unacceptably short and believe that the present period of two years should be retained."

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