Sionaidh Douglas-Scott to advise Scottish Parliament about Brexit

Professor Sionaidh Douglas-Scott has been appointed as an advisor to the Scottish Parliament European and External Relations Committee . Professor Douglas-Scott's work will focus on the EU referendum and its implications for Scotland. Professor Douglas-Scott has already published two high-level briefing papers for the Committee, entitled Article 50 Treaty on European Union lawsuit and Scotland and European and External Relations Committee Treaties, Devolution and Brexit . She joined Queen Mary University of London in September 2015 as Anniversary Chair in Law and co-director of the Centre for Law and Society in a Global Context. Prior to QMUK she was for many years Professor of European and Human Rights law at the University of Oxford. She works primarily within the fields of constitutional law, EU public law, human rights and legal and social theory, and is particularly interested in questions of justice and human rights in Europe. Professor Douglas-Scott has also recently been advising Westminster parliamentary committees on the impact of Brexit.