Ian Hamilton QC has challenged Elish Angiolini’s entry to the Faculty of Advocates; with one of the reasons given that she refused to reply to a Freedom of Information (FoI) request made by The Drum last year.
In a letter sent to Bruce McKain, communicatons manager at the Faculty of Advocates in Edinburgh, Hamilton said about the issue: “Dame Angiolini, although holding public office as Lord Advocate, persistently refused to answer questions put to her under the Freedom of Information Act.”
Angiolini threatened to sue The Drum’s then-sister legal magazine The Firm about the Hollie Greig case, which Angiolini said made defamatory remarks about her. The Drum put in a FoI request to find out who would foot the bill – Angiolini herself or the Crown Office – but she refused to reply.
The Scottish Information Commissioner also refused a request by The Drum to investigate further into the matter.
Other reasons cited by Hamilton for challenging Angiolini’s appointment include the fact she did not spend the usual nine months devilling and her shepherding of the Tommy and Gail Sheridan prosecutions.
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