Dorothy Bain
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Dorothy Ruth Bain QC is a Scottish advocate who has served as Lord Advocate since June 2021.
On 16 June 2021, it was announced that Dorothy Bain would be nominated by Nicola Sturgeon, subject to the approval of the Scottish Parliament, to take up office as Lord Advocate, succeeding James Wolffe QC, and her appointment was approved by the Scottish Parliament on 17 June 2021.[1]
Swearing in
COPFS tweeted:
Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC vows to act independently as she is sworn in at the Court of Session along with Solicitor General for Scotland Ruth Charteris QC[2]
Craig Murray opined:
"You can be sure that, if they didn't support the coming abolition of jury trials in sexual assault cases and the end of the right of defence lawyers to cross-examine the accusers in court, then they wouldn't have been appointed in the first place."[3]
IndyRef2
On 5 July 2022, the BBC reported:
The Scottish government's top lawyer was not prepared to sign off on an independence referendum bill, court papers have revealed.
Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain has asked the UK Supreme Court to rule on whether Holyrood has the power to legislate for a vote without UK government consent.
She said she currently "does not have the necessary degree of confidence" that it does.
Nicola Sturgeon has said she wants to hold a referendum on 19 October 2023.
The Lord Advocate is still expected to argue the Scottish government's case at the Supreme Court, and she said there was an issue of "exceptional public importance" for judges to resolve.[4]
Related Documents
| Title | Type | Publication date | Author(s) | Description |
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| Document:Call for US to give update on fourth Lockerbie suspect | Article | 18 December 2022 | Kathleen Nutt | Former Justice Secretary Kenny MacAskill: "Britain and America know everything. I want the UK and US to be more open. Libya have offered up Abu Agila Masud. But Masud is smaller beer. The Lord Advocate should find out what progress is being made on bringing Abdullah Senussi to court." |
| Document:The Crown came for Craig Murray | blog post | 29 July 2021 | Gordon Dangerfield | “I go to jail with a clean conscience after a Kafkaesque trial. I believe this is actually the state’s long sought revenge for my whistleblowing on security service collusion with torture and my long term collaboration with Wikileaks and other whistleblowers." |
References
- ↑ "Sturgeon commits to examine splitting lord advocate dual role"
- ↑ "Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain QC vows to act independently as she is sworn in at the Court of Session"
- ↑ "Craig Murray on the appointment of Dorothy Bain and Ruth Charteris"
- ↑ "Lord Advocate would not sign off indyref2 bill without ruling"
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