Ludo Thierry
Ed: As with the story of the Scottish judge appointed to the UN, no BBC interest in this.
Legal affairs story 1: Scotland is so wee, so poor and so stupit that the Norwegian Courts Commission has sought expert written legal briefing on the Scots laws of Evidence to consider what aspects might offer improvements in efficiency, quality and independence in judicial process etc; Link and snippets below:
Eamon Keane has provided written evidence to the Norwegian Court Commission (Domstolkommisjonen) on the Scots law of the evidence.
The commission is investigating how the Norwegian courts should be organised to meet expectations of efficiency, quality, and independence and approached Mr Keane in order to understand how certain matters are dealt with in the judicial process in Scotland.
Mr Keane provided information specifically relating to the production and admission of primary documentary evidence in criminal trials and civil proofs in Scotland.
This is one of the areas that the Norwegian Court Commission is currently actively considering with a view to potential reform in the future.
Mr Keane is an early career fellow in criminal law and evidence at the University of Edinburgh where he primarily teaches and researches the law of evidence.
Talking-up Scotland 'Albatraz' 
Have to say, I’m impressed by this – that Norway sees something(s) in our justice system that might be worth emulating – perhaps it was the more high profile cases recently that emphasised the independence of the judiciary (court of session ruling differently from English courts) that made them take note? I have said before that it’s less likely to get innocent people imprisoned in Scotland, so in theory the criminal system works.
Overhearing some of a conversation yesterday from bigoted loony no surrender type colleagues (except pro-EU so feeling quite distressed), I noted their opinion on the charges against a certain high profile personage soon to be tried was very sympathetic and the conclusion that those charges just indicated someone was out to get that personage. I couldn’t tell if that was general mysogeny talking or an easing of opinion on the independence question (they still hate everything other than them,,, so it’s difficult to pick it apart).
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