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The legal system in the balance

ALEX Salmond is to demand an end to convicted criminals appealing to the UK Supreme Court on human-rights grounds in the wake of the court quashing the murder conviction of Elgin businessman Nat Fraser last week.

The First Minister, his Cabinet and the Scottish Government’s law officers will meet on Tuesday to discuss how Scottish cases could be excluded from the scope of the London-based court in future.

The Sunday Herald understands Salmond is already considering two main options: pushing the UK Government to amend the Scotland Bill currently at Westminster, or making the Scottish issue a key part of Nick Clegg’s new commission on a British Bill of Human Rights, which is due to examine the role of the Supreme Court.