tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post5224352960638930409..comments2024-03-15T06:02:30.623+00:00Comments on The Lockerbie Case: All those in favour of unfair trials, please stand upRobert Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03606456028430261555noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-62295907134509053042010-11-08T13:27:13.535+00:002010-11-08T13:27:13.535+00:00Indeed Bloggy, she didn't miss and hit the wal...Indeed Bloggy, she didn't miss and hit the wall did she? <br /><br />Have to agree with her on MacAskill's contributions to this debate so far. The day of the announcement he gave this interview and even as a lay person where legal matters are concerned I knew he was talking absolute tosh. It was frankly embarrassing. He actually implied that the ECHR had no jurisdiction here and that the Supreme Court had none either. Come on! <br /><br />It bothers me that even while ECHR made it clear that people had the right to have a solicitor present Scotland continued to ignore this. How can we call a system wonderful when it denies people that basic right? Who would disagree that it yields no advantage to anyone being interviewed to have a solicitor present? This is something we should have been preparing for and been resigned to comply with in Scotland. Yet MacAskill basically tried to sell the idea that it was absurd.Jo Ghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08536467440869239587noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-78136148971279583142010-11-08T13:01:54.201+00:002010-11-08T13:01:54.201+00:00I don't know who Maggie Scott QC is, but can w...I don't know who Maggie Scott QC is, but can we make her the next Lord Advocate? Sounds like there is a ground swell of opinion within the legal corridors to put a <i>rocket up the jacksie</i> of the Scottish judicial system - so, when and where did it all start to go wrong?blogistonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10018834341706249710noreply@blogger.com