What we do

UKELA Scotland operates as a joint Devolved Administration committee and Working Party.  The committee organises a Scottish conference annually, which updates delegates on the big issues across Scotland in the year, whilst looking forward to what's on the horizon.

 

Meet the team 
  • Joanna Waddell, CMS (convenor)
  • Richard Leslie, Shepperd & Wedderburn (convenor)
  • Jamie Whittle, R & R Urquhart, Secretary
  • Prof Colin Reid, University of Dundee
  • Jeremy Warner, SEPA
  • Laura Tainsh, Davidson Chalmers Stewart
  • Robert Sutherland, Terra Firma Chambers
  • Ian Cowan, Highland Environmental Law

 

 

Joanna Waddell
Senior Associate at CMS Cameron McKenna
Nabarro Olswang LLP in Edinburgh
Richard Leslie
A partner at law firm Shepherd & Wedderburn
in Edinburgh, Glasgow and London

Responses to consultation papers 

  

Response to the Scottish Government Consultation 'Meeting our '30 by 30' biodiversity commitment'

Posted on 22/05/2024
UKELA's response to the Scottish Government consultation on legislative proposals 'Meeting our '30 by 30' biodiversity commitment on terrestrial and freshwater sites'.

  

Response to Scottish Government Consultation on Marine Nature Restoration through Legislation

Posted on 14/05/2024
UKELA's response to the Scottish Government's consultation on facilitating marine nature restoration through legislation.

  

Response to Delivering Net Zero for Scotland’s Buildings: Proposals for a Heat in Buildings Bill

Posted on 08/03/2024
UKELA's response to the consultation paper published by the Scottish Government: Delivering Net Zero for Scotland’s Buildings: Proposals for a Heat in Buildings Bill.

  

Response to the Scottish Government Consultation on Well-being & Sustainable Development Bill

Posted on 13/02/2024
UKELA's response to the Scottish Government consultation on the proposed Well-being & Sustainable Development (Scotland) Bill.

  

Response to the Proposed Ecocide (Prevention) (Scotland) Bill

Posted on 09/02/2024
UKELA's response to the Proposed Ecocide (Prevention) (Scotland) Bill.