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How Nicola Sturgeon's court battle with Alex Salmond ran up £512k bill

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Nicola Sturgeon’s ill-fated court battle with Alex Salmond. Despite serious flaws in the case against the former first minister being identified on September 27, 2018, officials ploughed on at a cost of £127,000.

More than a month later, on October 31, the Scottish Government’s own lawyer, Roddy Dunlop, gave legal advice stating that to continue could be “defending the indefensible”.

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