... will be resumed as soon as possible. It is unlikely that I shall be in a position to make further posts until Friday 20th at the earliest.
An observer who was present in court yesterday during the first day of the current procedural hearing has commented in an e-mail to me: "Today in court the Crown was telling the High Court how they should interpret the SCCRC's referral criteria ('scope of appeal' is the subject). Viewing the body language suggested the court didn't like it."
The Herald's report on the proceedings can be read here.
The Scotsman's much shorter report can be seen here.
For the first time in all of the various Lockerbie trials and appeals, a woman judge, Lady Paton, was amongst those on the bench.
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