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Recently published by the London Review of Books is a searing critique of the Criminal Cases Review Commission (“CCRC”), the body tasked with investigating potential miscarriages of justice in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. Written by Matt Foot, the respected human rights lawyer at the English miscarriage of justice charity Appeal, it reminds us of […]

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 […]