Petition To The Nobile Officium By Mr A Against Procurator Fiscal, Dundee

JurisdictionScotland
JudgeLord Turnbull,Lord Menzies,Lord Justice Clerk
Neutral Citation[2017] HCJAC 91
CourtHigh Court of Justiciary
Date04 October 2017
Docket NumberHCA/2017/000019/XM
Published date14 December 2017
APPEAL COURT, HIGH COURT OF JUSTICIARY
[2017] HCJAC 91
HCA/2017/000019/XM
Lord Justice Clerk
Lord Menzies
Lord Turnbull
OPINION OF THE COURT
delivered by LORD TURNBULL
in
PETITION TO THE NOBILE OFFICIUM
by
MR A
Petitioner
against
PROCURATOR FISCAL, DUNDEE
Respondent
For Petitioner: McBrearty QC, Young; Harper MacLeod
1st Respondent: A Prentice QC, AD (Sol Adv); Crown Agent
3rd Respondent: G Anderson; News Group Newspapers Ltd
4th Respondent: D Hamilton for BBC (Scotland)
4 October 2017
Introduction
[1] The petitioner in this application to the nobile officium of the High Court is the alleged
victim in a summary prosecution (“the prosecution”) brought by the Procurator Fiscal in
Dundee (the first named respondent). The accused person in the prosecution is the second

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