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]
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]
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." |
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