29th September 2000 IN THE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY LORD ADVOCATE’S REFERENCE STATEMENT OF ARGUMENT by Angie Zelter for the First Respondent to the Petition of THE RIGHT HONOURABLE THE LORD BOYD, Her Majesty’ Advocate PETITIONER in terms of Section…
LAR:The Unlawfulness of the United Kingdom’s Policy of Nuclear Deterrence: The Invalidity of the Scottish High Court’s Decision
By Charles Moxley Disarmament Diplomacy Issue No. 58, June 2001 Opinion and Analysis Introduction There is a sense in which the policy of deterrence presents the greatest barrier to the broad recognition of the unlawfulness of the use of nuclear…
LAR: Initial Response To The Appeal Court Opinion On The Lord Advocate’s Questions
Angie Zelter, 5th April 2001 We are disappointed that the Scottish Court system has let itself and us down and did not rise to the challenge we presented it with. It had an historic opportunity to back the rule of…
LAR: Scottish High Court Ducks Trident Issue
Today the High Court of Justiciary in Scotland appears to have failed to take a good opportunity to challenge the illegality of the UK’s Trident nuclear weapon system when it answered in the negative four questions set by the Lord…
LAR – Opinion of the Court
30th March 2001 APPEAL COURT, HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY Lord Prosser Lord Kirkwood Lord Penrose Misc 11/00 OPINION OF THE COURT in LORD ADVOCATE’S REFERENCE NO. 1 OF 2000 by HER MAJESTY’S ADVOCATE in terms of Section 123 of the…
The Full Text of the LAR
LORD ADVOCATES REFERENCE HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY Unto the Right Honourable The Lord Justice-General, The Lord Justice-Clerk and Lords Commissioner of Justiciary PETITION Of THE RIGHT HONORABLE, THE LORD HARDIE Her Majesty’s Advocate In terms of Section 123 of the…
LAR Court room sketches
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LAR – Notes to Journalists
Notes to Journalists on the Lord Advocate’s Reference re: Trial of Trident Three January 2001 This note is intended to help journalists prepare for the issuing in January or February 2001 of the judgment of the High Court in Edinburgh…
LAR Background Briefing
Background Briefing 1) The Hearing 9th October 2000, for five days, in the High Court of the Justiciary, Lawnmarket, Edinburgh and for four or five days from 14th November 2000. 2) The Maytime Incident and the Greenock Ruling On June…