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When Justice Becomes Politically Convenient: Daly, Keir and the Lord Advocate
THE SATURDAY REFLECTION When Justice Becomes Politically Convenient For years, organisations raising concerns about wrongful convictions and the operation of evidential restrictions have written to MSPs. They raised questions about Sections 274 and 275, the so-called…
When Property Vanishes, So Does Trust
When Property Vanishes, So Does Trust Why Scotland needs clear notification, logging, and tracking for prison property A prisoner’s property can look small from the outside. A paperback. A cup. Photos. Phone numbers. A few personal items that make a cell feel less…
Scotland’s Legal Aid Crisis and the Collapse of the Defence
The Quiet Collapse of the Defense: Is the SNP Starving the Presumption of Innocence? In Scotland, the prosecution grows stronger as the defence is quietly priced out of existence. February 18, 2026 In the High Court in Edinburgh, a pillar of Scottish justice is being…
The Gender of Justice: When Narrative Shapes the Verdict in Scotland
The Gender of Justice: When Narrative Shapes the Verdict in Scotland Why a victim-centred system must pair empathy with evidential neutrality in Scotland’s justice debate. Introduction: A Tragedy, and a Question The Sunday Post’s recent front page featured a stark…
Scotland’s PRICE Interview Model, Moorov and the Risk of Narrative Consolidation
SUNDAY REFLECTIONS Scotland’s PRICE Interview Model, Moorov, and the Risk of Narrative Consolidation Why structured interviewing without independent evaluation raises serious questions in multi-complainer cases A Structured Model That Has Never Been Tested Scotland…
£3 Million to Challenge the State: Why This Case Matters to the Ordinary Scot
THE SATURDAY REFLECTION £3 Million to Challenge the State: Why This Case Matters to the Ordinary Scot A private backer is funding a Court of Session action first raised by Alex Salmond. Whatever your politics, it raises a hard question: when the state uses its powers…
When Access to Justice Stops at the Prison Gate
When “Access to Justice” Stops at the Prison Gate Published: 10 February 2026 In the final weeks before dissolution of the Scottish Parliament, correspondence was sent to MSPs and committee offices raising a narrow but significant problem in Scots criminal justice:…
Moorov, Historic Allegations, and the Missing Accountability in Scotland
SUNDAY REFLECTIONS Historic Prosecution Demands Historic Accountability Historic prosecutions are now routine. Allegations reaching back years, sometimes decades, are increasingly relied upon to bring people before the courts. The justification is familiar: time…
When Procedure Becomes Punishment
THE SATURDAY REFLECTION When Procedure Becomes Punishment A person can win their case on paper and still lose their life in practice. Not through a verdict. Not through a sentence. But through a sequence of procedural decisions that quietly reshape liberty without…