Our fundraiser to bring a judicial review of Police Scotland’s decision not to charge anyone with embezzlement in the case of the SNP’s missing £700,000 indyref fund is now live, and can be reached by clicking on this image, or here.
The target of £30,000 represents the cost of the initial application (with contingency for the other side’s costs should it fail).
As the page explains, our intention is to then apply for a Protected Expenses Order which would place a relatively low ceiling on the costs of the case itself. To that end our KC is working pro bono and our solicitors at a greatly reduced rate, because they believe, like we do, that this is a crucial matter to the integrity of Scotland as a nation.
Is it to be the case that the powerful of our country are simply immune from the law, and the police and prosecution service able to refuse any sort of explanation – even when the First Minister himself has publicly admitted the embezzlement took place – and cynically blame each other for the decision? We’re about to find out.
