Henry Setright QC and Andrew Powell

XY is the adult sibling of three younger sisters who are the subject of Compulsory Supervision Orders. XY’s application to be deemed a “relevant person” for the purposes of those proceedings was refused by a pre-hearing panel. He appealed to the Sheriff, arguing that the relevant legislation was incompatible with Articles 6 and 8 of the ECHR. This appeal was dismissed, as was an appeal by way of case stated to the Court of Session, which relied on the reasoning in two earlier cases: ABC v Principal Reporter 2018 SLT 1281 and DM v Locality Reported SLT 1308. The appellant now seeks permission to appeal to the Supreme Court.  https://www.supremecourt.uk/cases/uksc-2019-0134.html