The Lockerbie Case: Scotland's "heavies" on the procedural hearing

Friday, 21 December 2007

Scotland's "heavies" on the procedural hearing

Here are links to the coverage of the second procedural hearing by the Scottish "serious" daily newspapers, The Herald and The Scotsman:
http://www.theherald.co.uk/news/news/display.var.1920715.0.Judge_raps_law_chiefs_for_delays_to_Lockerbie_document.php
and
http://news.scotsman.com/scotland/Angiolini-rapped-over-Lockerbie-file.3611641.jp

These stories must make dismal reading for the Lord Advocate, Elish Angiolini QC and the Advocate General for Scotland, Lord Davidson of Glen Clova QC, since they focus on the reprimand issued by the court over their respective failures to canvass fully and candidly, in their written answers to the appellant's application for disclosure of the withheld document, their reasons for opposing disclosure, thus causing unnecessary delay to the proceedings.

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