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18 September 2009

Woodside v HM Advocate

[2009] HCJAC 19 (18 February 2009)

Subject: Criminal Law; defective representation; solicitor-advocates

Angus Stewart QC

In this four-week criminal appeal the appellant claimed defective representation at his murder trial. Acting Senior Advocate Depute Angus Stewart QC, of the Hastie Stable, successfully opposed the appeal for the Crown. The Court made widely-reported comments about the role of solicitor advocates

http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk/opinions/200HCJAC19.html