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Evening Standard
Politics
Craig Paton

Salmond’s estate seeks effective bankruptcy over costs of court action

The former first minister died last year (Robert Perry/PA) - (PA Archive)

Alex Salmond’s estate has been forced to seek the equivalent of bankruptcy over the costs of court action taken during the former first minister’s later life.

Mr Salmond successfully sued the Scottish Government, winning £512,000, after it was found the process in handling two harassment complaints against him by civil servants was “tainted with apparent bias”.

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