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- 1 2 "Five new Senators of the College of Justice appointed". Scottish Legal News. 21 November 2019.
- ↑ "Clutha inquiry: Crown could call 85 helicopter crash witnesses". BBC News. 21 November 2019.
- ↑ "New judge Lord Harrower honouurs late mother". Scottish Legal News. 18 February 2020.
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