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Lord Advocate’s Reference

Background Briefing
Notes to Journalists on the Lord Advocate’s Reference re: Trial of Trident Three

Inside Edinburgh’s High Court
By Peter Lanyon.
(GIF, 63.1 kb)

Court Sketches

Press Releases on the LAR

9 - 13 Oct 2000

  Day 1 High Court Trident Hearing Begins
  Day 2 ’Trident Three’ Member Tells High Court Trident is Illegal
  Day 3 Scottish High Court Hears that Trident is a Crime
  Day 4 Trident Illegal, Claims QC
  Day 5 Historic Nuclear Weapons Case Adjourned

14 - 16 Nov 2000

  Day 6 - Scottish High Court Told UK Nuclear Threat is Real
  Day 7 - Britain Must Obey International Law on Trident
  Day 8 - Maytime Disarmer Challenges High Court to Declare Trident Illegal
  Day 9 - Call to Trident Judges to Face the Obvious

LAR Proceedings

1^st Hearing (4 Apr 2000)

Report Of The Lord Advocate’s Reference Procedural Hearing, 4^th April 2000
Interlocutor Sheet from 1^st Hearing (Decisions of the court)

2^nd Hearing (12 Sep 2000)

Petition of Bodil Ulla Roder to the Nobile Officium
Report on the Nobile Officium Hearing

3^rd Hearing (29 Sep 2000)

Statement of Argument by Angie Zelter

The LAR Hearing (9 - 13 Oct & 14 - 16 Nov 2000)

  First and Second Submission to the Court of Angie Zelter
  Submission by Aidan O’Neill QC
  Speech Notes by John Mayer on Question 2
  Submission by Gerry Moynihan

LAR Transcripts

(These are the corrected and final versions - days 7 to 9 have not yet been received.)

9 - 13 Oct 2000

  Transcript of Day One Preliminary Discussion of Devolution Issues Monday, 9th October, 2000
  Transcript of Day One Monday, 9th October, 2000
  Transcript of Day Two Tuesday, 10th October, 2000
  Transcript of Day Three Wednesday, 11th October, 2000
  Transcript of Day Four Thursday, 12th October, 2000
  Transcript of Day Five Friday, 13th October, 2000
  Transcript of Day Six Tuesday, 14th November, 2000

LAR Documents

Angie Zelter

  Notice of Intention to Raise A Devolution Issue on Behalf of Angie Zelter
  Skeleton Argument for Angie Zelter
  Index of References for Angie Zelter

On Behalf of Ulla Roder

  Notice of Intention to Raise A Devolution Issue on behalf of Ulla Roder
  Skeleton Argument for Ulla Roder
  Index of References for John Mayer (Advocate for Ulla Roder)

On Behalf of Ellen Moxley

  Notice of Intention To Raise A Devolution Issue on Behalf of Ellen Moxley
  Skeleton Argument for Ellen Moxley
  Procedural Skeletal Argument for Ellen Moxley

G. Moynihan, Amicus Curiae

Note of Argument for G.J.B. Moynihan Q.C., Amicus Curiae
Index of References for G.J.B. Moynihan Q.C., Amicus Curiae

On Behalf of the Crown

Note of Argument for the Crown
Index of References for the Crown

LAR Communications

  Record of Communications between Crown, Lord Advocate and Angie Zelter
  Record of Communications between Court and Angie Zelter
  From Angie Zelter, 18th April 2000 To Jim Wallace (18 Apr 2000)

Other Related Communications

Related Correspondence To Chair WCP(UK) from Minister for Disarmament and Arms Control, NZ (19 Feb 2001)
Related Correspondence To Robin Cook MP from Chair, WCP(UK) (20 Feb 2001)

Transcripts from the Greenock Sheriff Court

Ruling of Sheriff M. Gimblett (19 - 21 Oct 1999)

Sheriff Gimblett’s Report on the Greenock Trial (21 Aug 2000)

Evidence given by Professor Francis Boyle (1 Oct 1999)

Evidence given by Professor Paul Rogers (15 Oct 1999)

Evidence given by Rebecca Johnston (18 Oct 1999)

Other Greenock information on this site

Other Legal Documents & Articles on this Site

All articles in this section

The Unlawfulness of the United Kingdom’s Policy of Nuclear Deterrence: The Invalidity of the Scottish High Court’s Decision	2005-07-15
Lord Advocate’s Reference	2004-11-11
Court Sketches	2004-10-27
Lord Advocate’s Reference Court Sketches	2004-10-27
From Angie Zelter, 21^st June 2000	2004-10-27
From Angie Zelter, 21^st June 2000	2004-10-27
From Angie Zelter, 3^rd July 2000	2004-10-27
From Mr. G.J.B. Moynihan, Faculty of Advocates, 3^rd July 2000	2004-10-27
From Colin Boyd Q.C., 14^th July 2000	2004-10-27
From Angie Zelter, 21^st July 2000	2004-10-27
From Angie Zelter, 22^nd July 2000	2004-10-27
From Angie Zelter, 22^nd July 2000	2004-10-27
Petition to the Nobile Officium	2004-10-27
From Mr. Higgins, Acting Deputy Principal Clerk of Justiciary, 23^rd August 2000	2004-10-27
From Dr Alastair N Brown (Crown Office), 25^th September 2000	2004-10-27
From Angie Zelter, 26^th September 2000	2004-10-27
From Angie Zelter, 2^nd October 2000	2004-10-27
From Angie Zelter, 18th April 2000	2004-10-27
Note of Argument for the Crown	2004-10-27
Transcript of Day One Monday, 9th October, 2000	2004-10-27
Transcript of Day One Preliminary Discussion of Devolution Issues Monday, 9th October, 2000	2004-10-27
Transcript of Day Three Wednesday, 11th October, 2000	2004-10-27
Transcript of Day Four Thursday, 12th October, 2000	2004-10-27
Transcript of Day Five Friday, 13th October, 2000	2004-10-27
Transcript of Day Six Tuesday, 14th November, 2000	2004-10-27
Interlocutor Sheet from 1^st Hearing	2004-10-27
US International Lawyer’s Comments on the LAR Opinion	2004-10-27
Notes to Journalists on the Lord Advocate’s Reference re: Trial of Trident Three	2004-10-27
Critique of Scottish Appeal Court’s Judgment in Lord Advocates’s Reference	2004-10-27
Opinion of the Court	2004-10-27
Petition of Bodil Ulla Roder to the Nobile Officium	2004-10-27
Report on the Nobile Officium Hearing	2004-10-27
Skeleton Argument for Ellen Moxley	2004-10-27
Submission by Gerry Moynihan	2004-10-27
Related Correspondence	2004-10-27
Related Correspondence	2004-10-27
Statement of Argument by Angie Zelter	2004-10-27
Skeleton Argument for Angie Zelter	2004-10-27
Submission by Aidan O’Neill QC	2004-10-27
From Mr. Higgins, Acting Deputy Principal Clerk of Justiciary, 20^th June 2000	2000-06-20
Speech Notes by John Mayer on Question 2
Alyn Ware, Lawyers’ Committee on Nuclear Policy
Confusion Confounded: The High Court’s Opinion on the Lord Advocate’s Reference in the Greenock Case
Rebuttal To Scottish High Court Claim That Trident Deployment Is Not Illegal In Peacetime
Notice of Intention to Raise A Devolution Issue on Behalf of Angie Zelter
Notice of Intention to Raise A Devolution Issue on behalf of Ulla Roder
Notice of Intention To Raise A Devolution Issue on Behalf of Ellen Moxley
Note of Argument for G.J.B. Moynihan Q.C., {Amicus Curiae}
Statement of Argument by Aidan O’Neill QC
Report Of The Lord Advocate’s Reference Procedural Hearing, 4^th April 2000
The Four Questions Lodged by the Lord Advocate in his Petition on 21^st Jan 2000
Skeleton Argument for Ulla Roder
Procedural Skeletal Argument for Ellen Moxley
First and Second Submission to the Court of Angie Zelter
Transcript of Day Two Tuesday, 10th October, 2000
Kreb Dragonrider
The Full Text of the LAR
Initial Response To The Appeal Court Opinion On The Lord Advocate’s Questions
Background Briefing
Record of Communications between Crown, Lord Advocate and Angie Zelter
Record of Communications between Court and Angie Zelter
Index of References for Angie Zelter
Index of References for the Crown
Index of References for John Mayer (Advocate for Ulla Roder)
Index of References for G.J.B. Moynihan Q.C., {Amicus Curiae}