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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Craig Paton

SNP trust breach claim over donations ‘nigh on irresistible’, says senior lawyer

The party claimed donations to the fund had been ring-fenced (Jane Barlow/PA) - (PA Archive)

A civil claim against the SNP for an alleged fraudulent breach of trust in its handling of more than £600,000 in donations is “nigh on irresistible”, the Dean of the Faculty of Advocates has said.

The party has been under pressure in recent years over the crowdfunded cash, which it had initially said had been “ring fenced” to fight an independence referendum, which was never called.

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