The estate of former first minister Alex Salmond is seeking sequestration – the Scottish legal equivalent of bankruptcy – due to costs linked to court action.
Salmond won a judicial review against the Scottish government over the handling of two harassment complaints against him by civil servants which were ruled to be “tainted with apparent bias”. He was awarded £512,000 in costs.
His former lawyers, Levy and McRae, are now acting for his wife, Moira, in winding up his estate.
Senior partner David McKie said “exposing the unlawful conduct of the Scottish government” had been “a matter of great satisfaction” for Salmond and his wife, but that success came “at a huge cost” personally and financially.
