Sir Gerald Gordon CBE, QC is the editor of Scottish Criminal Case Reports and editor of Renton and Brown's Criminal Procedure. Queens Counsel (postnominal QC), during the reign of a male Sovereign known as Kings Counsel (KC), are barristers or, in Scotland, advocates appointed by letters patent to be one of Her Majestys Counsel learned in the law. They do not constitute a separate order or degree of...
Sir Gerald was a Sheriff from 1976 to 1999 and a High Court Judge until June 2004. He was Professor of Scots law at Edinburgh University from 1972 to 1976 and Head of Department of Criminal law and Criminology there from 1965 to 1972. He practised as an Advocate from 1953 to 1959 and was Procurator Fiscal Depute from 1960 to 1965. Sheriff is both a political and a legal office held under English common law, Scots law or U.S. common law, or the person who holds such office. ... The University of Edinburgh was founded in 1583 as a renowned centre for teaching in Edinburgh, Scotland. ... It has been suggested that Barrister#Advocates in Scotland be merged into this article or section. ...
SCCRC
Sir Gerald Gordon has been a Board Member of the Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) since its inception since April 1999. The SCCRC is currently conducting a review of the conviction of Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi in the Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial. The Commission is expected to complete the review and announce its conclusions in the first half of 2006. The Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission (SCCRC) is a non-departmental public body in Scotland and was established by the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995 and the Crime and Punishment (Scotland) Act 1997. ... Abdelbaset Ali Mohmed Al Megrahi (born April 1, 1952) is a former Libyan intelligence officer, head of security for Libyan Arab Airlines, and director of the Center for Strategic Studies in Tripoli. ... The trial began on May 3, 2000 The Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial finally began on May 3, 2000, which was 11 years, four months and 13 days after the sabotage of Pan Am Flight 103 on December 21, 1988. ...
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