Holyrood has inflicted more damage on the law since devolution than Westminster did in 300 years, a leading lawyer has claimed.
Alistair Bonnington, a solicitor advocate, said "huge damage" had been done to Scots law since the Scottish Parliament was established in 1999.
He hit out at the ending of double jeopardy – a centuries-old tradition that prevented a person being tried twice for the same crime – as well as accusing MSPs of conducting a "sustained campaign" to erode legal aid.
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