tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post2336416370901997164..comments2024-03-15T06:02:30.623+00:00Comments on The Lockerbie Case: MacAskill under pressure to release Megrahi appeal filesRobert Blackhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03606456028430261555noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-54342488174963062202009-09-06T17:44:29.548+01:002009-09-06T17:44:29.548+01:00Patrick Haseldine's interpretation is correct....Patrick Haseldine's interpretation is correct.<br /><br />But there is a further serious problem. At least one (and perhaps two) of the grounds upon which the SCCRC found that Abdelbaset Megrahi's conviction might have constituted a miscarriage of justice involve documents in respect of which the UK Foreign Secretary has asserted public interest immunity (see http://lockerbiecase.blogspot.com/2008/05/public-interest-immunity.html) and in respect of which the Criminal Appeal Court appointed a special, security-vetted, advocate (see http://lockerbiecase.blogspot.com/2008/09/more-on-pii-debacle.html) rather than allowing Megrahi and his legal team access to them. <br /><br />Could, would or should the Scottish Ministers order disclosure to the general public of material that the UK Government claims should be exempt from disclosure "in the national interest" and that a Scottish court declined to order should be disclosed to the convicted man himself or his lawyers?Robert Blackhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03606456028430261555noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1073021351804532798.post-20167574262629041632009-09-06T16:13:52.754+01:002009-09-06T16:13:52.754+01:00Subsection (5) of the 1997 Act appears to mean tha...Subsection (5) of the 1997 Act appears to mean that Justice Secretary, Kenny MacAskill, may decide to release the SCCRC documents by means of a Statutory Instrument (SI), but he could be overruled by a vote in the Scottish Parliament annulling the SI.Patrick Haseldinehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10133417620510887039noreply@blogger.com