I was corrected by a poster on the point of the trial being held in Scotland. It wasn't.

(But it wasn't held in the US if that helps keep the thread on topic).

I was corrected by a poster on the point of the trial being held in Scotland. It wasn't.

(But it wasn't held in the US if that helps keep the thread on topic).

Scott, you and your anonymous poster are correct. Here is what Wikipedia has to say about the venue:

The Pan Am Flight 103 bombing trial began on 3 May 2000, 11 years, 4 months and 13 days after the destruction of Pan Am Flight 103 on 21 December 1988. The 36-week trial took place at a specially convened Scottish Court in the Netherlands set up under Scots law and held at a disused United States Air Force base called Camp Zeist near Utrecht.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pan_Am_Flight_103_bombing_trial

However, it does not alter the fact that Scots law and Scottish judges were used as the prevailing authority.

Otherwise, my mistake.