Legal Actionability of 'Societal Revulsion over Despicable Behaviour': Grooming, JWE v LGBT Youth Scotland and the Actio Iniuriarum

Jonathan Brown

Legal Actionability of 'Societal Revulsion over Despicable Behaviour': Grooming, JWE v LGBT Youth Scotland and the Actio Iniuriarum

Jonathan Brown

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Abstract

Comments on the opinion of Lord Braid in JWE v LGBT Youth Scotland [2026] CSOH 6 and seeks to argue that Scots law is capable of either identifying 'grooming' as an actionable delict in line with the principles of the actio iniuriarum, or extending the iniuria-based delict of 'seduction' to cover instances of grooming, because of the flexible structure of the law of delict.

Original language	English
Publisher	University of Strathclyde
Media of output	Online
Publication status	Published - 10 Feb 2026

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Legal Actionability of 'Societal Revulsion over Despicable Behaviour': Grooming, JWE v LGBT Youth Scotland and the Actio Iniuriarum

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