The Scottish Law Commission has established a link with the Malawi Law Commission. Both are law reform bodies. The link is a contribution to the Scottish Government's Programme on Capacity Building for Justice in Malawi which progresses the provisions in the Scotland-Malawi Co-operation Agreement in 2005 to strengthen governance in Malawi.
The Scottish Law Commission is also donating surplus law library stock to the Malawi Law Commission.
The Scottish Law Commission's Chairman, Lord Drummond Young, said –