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HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan

Index HM Advocate v Sheridan and Sheridan

Her Majesty's Advocate v Thomas Sheridan and Gail Sheridan was the 2010 criminal prosecution of Tommy Sheridan, a former Member of the Scottish Parliament and his wife Gail Sheridan for perjury in relation to the earlier civil case Sheridan v News Group Newspapers. [1]

52 relations: Aamer Anwar, Abdelbaset al-Megrahi, Aberdeen North (Scottish Parliament constituency), Alan McCombes, Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale, Alex Prentice, Amicus curiae, Andy Coulson, BBC Scotland, Bob Bird, British Airways, Colin Fox (politician), Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, Data Protection Act 1998, Des McLean (comedian), Dial M for Murdoch, Donald Findlay, Flight attendant, Frances Curran, Gary Clark (Scottish footballer), Gavin Mitchell (actor), Glenn Mulcaire, Gregor Gall, High Court of Justiciary, HM Advocate v Coulson, Hugh Kerr, Information Commissioner's Office, Julie Wilson Nimmo, Karen Dunbar, Lord Advocate, Lothian and Borders Police, Maggie Scott, Lady Scott, Member of the Scottish Parliament, Mike Gonzalez (historian), News International phone hacking scandal, News of the World, Operation Rubicon, Pan Am Flight 103, Paul McBride, Perjury, Procurator fiscal, Rosemary Byrne, Rosie Kane, Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission, Scottish local elections, 2012, Scottish Parliament election, 2003, Scottish Socialist Party, Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd, Solidarity (Scotland), Tom Watson (Labour politician), ..., Tommy Sheridan, Trial by jury in Scotland. Expand index (2 more) »

Aamer Anwar

Aamer Anwar (born 30 December 1967) is a prominent Scottish lawyer of Pakistani background, and the current Rector of the University of Glasgow.

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Abdelbaset al-Megrahi

Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed al-Megrahi (عبد الباسط محمد علي المقرحي,; 1 April 1952 – 20 May 2012) was a Libyan who was head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines, director of the Centre for Strategic Studies in Tripoli, Libya, and an alleged Libyan intelligence officer.

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Aberdeen North (Scottish Parliament constituency)

Aberdeen North was a constituency of the Scottish Parliament from 1999–2011.

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Alan McCombes

Alan William McCombes (born 1955) has been a leading member of the Scottish Socialist Party for several years, and was the editor of the Scottish Socialist Voice until 2003.

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Alastair Campbell, Lord Bracadale

Alastair Peter Campbell, Lord Bracadale, QC is a retired senior Scottish judge.

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Alex Prentice

Alex Prentice QC is a leading Scottish lawyer.

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Amicus curiae

An amicus curiae (literally, "friend of the court"; plural, amici curiae) is someone who is not a party to a case and may or may not have been solicited by a party, who assists a court by offering information, expertise, or insight that has a bearing on the issues in the case, and is typically presented in the form of a brief.

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Andy Coulson

Andrew Edward Coulson (born 21 January 1968) is an English journalist and political strategist.

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BBC Scotland

BBC Scotland is a division of the BBC and the main public broadcaster in Scotland.

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Bob Bird

Bob Bird is the former editor of the Scottish edition of the defunct News of the World tabloid.

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British Airways

British Airways (BA) is the flag carrier and the largest airline in the United Kingdom based on fleet size, or the second largest, behind easyJet, when measured by passengers carried.

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Colin Fox (politician)

Colin Fox (born 17 June 1959, Motherwell) is the national co-spokesperson of the Scottish Socialist Party (SSP) and a former Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Lothians (2003-07).

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Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service

The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (Oifis an Ard-Ghnìomhachas agus Seirbheis Neach-casaid an Ard-Ghnìomhachas, Croun Office an Procurator Fiscal Service) is the independent public prosecution service for Scotland, and is a Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government.

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Data Protection Act 1998

The Data Protection Act 1998 was a United Kingdom Act of Parliament designed to protect personal data stored on computers or in an organised paper filing system.

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Des McLean (comedian)

Des McLean is a Scottish stand-up comedian, actor, and a presenter for radio and television from Glasgow.

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Dial M for Murdoch

Dial M for Murdoch: News Corporation and the Corruption of Britain is a 2012 book written by the British Labour Party MP Tom Watson, and Martin Hickman, a journalist with The Independent newspaper.

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Donald Findlay

Donald Russell Findlay QC (born 17 March 1951) is an advocate and Queen's Counsel in Scotland.

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Flight attendant

Flight attendants or cabin crew (also known as stewards/stewardesses, air hosts/hostesses, cabin attendants) are members of an aircrew employed by airlines primarily to ensure the safety and comfort of passengers aboard commercial flights, on select business jet aircraft, and on some military aircraft.

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Frances Curran

Frances Curran (born 21 May 1961) is a former co-chair of the Scottish Socialist Party and a former Member of the Scottish Parliament for the West of Scotland region during 2003-07.

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Gary Clark (Scottish footballer)

Gary Clark (born 13 September 1964 in Glasgow, Scotland) is a Scottish former professional footballer, who played as a midfielder.

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Gavin Mitchell (actor)

Gavin Mitchell (born 16 December 1964) is a Scottish actor and comedian.

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Glenn Mulcaire

Glenn Michael Mulcaire (born 8 September 1970) is an English private investigator and former non-league footballer.

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Gregor Gall

Gregor Gall (born 1967) is a British left-wing academic and writer.

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High Court of Justiciary

The High Court of Justiciary is the supreme criminal court in Scotland.

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HM Advocate v Coulson

Her Majesty's Advocate v Andrew Coulson was the trial of Andy Coulson, a former editor of the News of the World and former Director of Communications for David Cameron, on charges of perjury.

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Hugh Kerr

Hugh Kerr (born 9 July 1944) is a Scottish politician and a former lecturer in social policy at the Polytechnic of North London.

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Information Commissioner's Office

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO; stylised as ico.) in the United Kingdom, is a non-departmental public body which reports directly to Parliament and is sponsored by the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS).

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Julie Wilson Nimmo

Julie Wilson Nimmo (born 26 May 1973) is a Scottish actress.

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Karen Dunbar

Karen Dunbar (born 1 April 1971) is a Scottish comedian and entertainer.

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Lord Advocate

Her Majesty's Advocate, known as the Lord Advocate (Morair Tagraidh, Laird Advocat), is the chief legal officer of the Scottish Government and the Crown in Scotland for both civil and criminal matters that fall within the devolved powers of the Scottish Parliament.

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Lothian and Borders Police

Lothian and Borders Police was the territorial police force for the Scottish council areas of the City of Edinburgh, East Lothian, Midlothian, Scottish Borders and West Lothian between 1975 and 2013.

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Maggie Scott, Lady Scott

Margaret Elizabeth Scott, Lady Scott (born 1960, Nairobi, Kenya) is a Scottish lawyer who was appointed a judge in 2012.

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Member of the Scottish Parliament

Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) (Ball Pàrlamaid na h-Alba (BPA) in Gaelic, Memmer o the Scots Pairliament (MSP) in Scots) is the title given to any one of the 129 individuals elected to serve in the Scottish Parliament.

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Mike Gonzalez (historian)

Mike Gonzalez (born 1943) is a British historian and literary critic, who was Professor of Latin American Studies in the Hispanics Department of the University of Glasgow.

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News International phone hacking scandal

The News International phone-hacking scandal is a controversy involving the now defunct News of the World and other British newspapers published by News International, a subsidiary of News Corporation.

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News of the World

The News of the World was a national red top newspaper published in the United Kingdom from 1843 to 2011.

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Operation Rubicon

Operation Rubicon was a Scottish police investigation into allegations of phone hacking, breach of data protection and perjury.

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Pan Am Flight 103

Pan Am Flight 103 was a regularly scheduled Pan Am transatlantic flight from Frankfurt to Detroit via London and New York.

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Paul McBride

Paul McBride QC (13 November 1964 – 4 March 2012) was a leading Scottish criminal lawyer based in Edinburgh.

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Perjury

Perjury is the intentional act of swearing a false oath or falsifying an affirmation to tell the truth, whether spoken or in writing, concerning matters a generation material to an official proceeding.

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Procurator fiscal

A procurator fiscal (pl. procurators fiscal), sometimes called PF or fiscal, is a public prosecutor in Scotland (who, despite the title, has little to do with fiscal issues).

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Rosemary Byrne

Rosemary Byrne (born 3 March 1948, Irvine, North Ayrshire) is a Scottish politician and co-convenor of Solidarity, along with Pat Lee.

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Rosie Kane

Rosemary "Rosie" Kane (née McGarvey) (born on 5 June 1961 in Glasgow) is a Scottish Socialist Party politician, and former Member of the Scottish Parliament for the Glasgow Region.

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Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission

The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) is an executive non-departmental public body of the Scottish Government, established by the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 (as amended by the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997).

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Scottish local elections, 2012

The 2012 Scottish local elections, were held on 3 May, in all 32 local authorities.

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Scottish Parliament election, 2003

The Scottish Parliament election, 2003, was the second election of members to the Scottish Parliament.

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Scottish Socialist Party

The Scottish Socialist Party (SSP; Pàrtaidh Sòisealach na h-Alba; Scots Socialist Pairtie) is a left-wing political party campaigning for the establishment of an independent, socialist Scotland.

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Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd

Sheridan v News Group Newspapers (Thomas Sheridan v News Group Newspapers Ltd) is a civil court case brought by Tommy Sheridan against the publishers of the News of the World, which began in the Court of Session in Edinburgh, Scotland, on 4 July 2006.

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Solidarity (Scotland)

Solidarity – Scotland's Socialist Movement is a political party in Scotland.

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Tom Watson (Labour politician)

Thomas Anthony Watson (born 8 January 1967) is a British Labour Party politician who was elected as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in September 2015.

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Tommy Sheridan

Tommy Sheridan (born 7 March 1964 in Glasgow) is a Scottish politician who was co-convenor of Solidarity, along with Rosemary Byrne until June 2016.

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Trial by jury in Scotland

Trial by jury in Scotland is used in the courts of Scotland in solemn procedure for trial on indictment before a judge and jury of fifteen for serious criminal cases, and in certain civil cases (mainly personal injury claims.) In criminal trials conviction is on the basis of a majority verdict, with eight jurors required to decide that the accused is guilty; should fewer than eight jurors declare a guilty verdict then the accused is acquitted.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/HM_Advocate_v_Sheridan_and_Sheridan

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