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Office Closed Friday 24 January
In light of the red weather warning issued for central Scotland, we have stood our staff down and will not be opening the office tomorrow, Friday 24 January. We hope and expect to be back in the office on Monday. In the meantime, we apologise for any inconvenience this may cause. Stay safe.

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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 […]