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A recent article by Ronnie Clancy KC, published in two parts by Scottish Legal News, seeks to sustain the conviction of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi for the 1988 Lockerbie bombing, and to dismiss as fanciful the various, numerous, arguments put subsequently to challenge the legitimacy of that conviction. The basic premise of Mr Clancy’s position is that […]

A year ago yesterday we published our views on the deduction of “saved living expenses” from compensation paid to the victims of miscarriage of justice – or at least to those very few such victims as are actually compensated for their years of wrongful imprisonment. We noted that, in light of a public outcry following […]