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- Lord_Advocate's_Reference abstract "A Lord Advocate's Reference is a mechanism by which the Lord Advocate, the chief legal officer of the Scottish Parliament, can refer a point of law which has arisen during the course of solemn proceedings, to the High Court of Justiciary sitting as the Court of Criminal Appeal, for a determination. The opinions expressed by the court in response to the reference do not affect the original verdict of the court from which the reference originated, but rather, serve to clarify or develop the interpretation of a particular point of law for the benefit of future proceedings. Lord Advocates Reference's commonly arise out of criminal trials which involve the interpretation of new or complex issues of law. Crucially, there is no time limit for the reference to be submitted to the court.Lord Advocates References used to be particularly important, because prior to the coming into force of sections 73-76 of the Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010, a trial judge sitting alone in solemn proceedings and bound by appeal court precedent had to rule on points of law without a Crown right of appeal. This resulted in several controversial verdicts of acquittal, especially in relation to no case to answer submissions tendered under section 97 of the Criminal Procedure (Scotland) Act 1995.".
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- Lord_Advocate's_Reference subject Category:Evidence_law.
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- Lord_Advocate's_Reference subject Category:Scottish_criminal_law.
- Lord_Advocate's_Reference comment "A Lord Advocate's Reference is a mechanism by which the Lord Advocate, the chief legal officer of the Scottish Parliament, can refer a point of law which has arisen during the course of solemn proceedings, to the High Court of Justiciary sitting as the Court of Criminal Appeal, for a determination.".
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