The Herald's report on yesterday's proceedings at the procedural hearing contains the following passage: "Margaret Scott, QC, for the defence, told the court that she did not object in principle to a closed hearing nor to the appointment of a special advocate. The hearing continues today."
Similarly, the short report in The Scotsman states: "Lawyers for the Lockerbie bomber accepted yesterday that there could be a private hearing in his appeal, but voiced misgivings about a lack of detail."
This seeming acceptance of the possibility of a closed hearing and special counsel strikes me as mildly surprising. But I suspect that it is simply a very reluctant fall-back position from the defence's strong primary submission that disclosure of the document should be ordered by the court to Megrahi's legal team without restrictions.
The report in The Times makes no mention of the defence concession.
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