Scottish court in the Netherlands at Camp Zeist
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The Scottish court in the Netherlands at Camp Zeist was a special extraterritorial tribunal established under Scots law to prosecute those accused in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
All labels observed (5)
How this entity was disambiguated
This entity first appeared as the object of triple T3705646 — resolving that mention is where its identity was fixed. The disambiguator weighed these candidate entities and picked the highlighted one (or “None”, minting a new entity). This is how homonymy is resolved: the same surface form can point to different entities.
NED1
Entity disambiguation (via context triple)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scottish court in the Netherlands at Camp Zeist Context triple: [Pan Am Flight 103, trialLocation, Scottish court in the Netherlands at Camp Zeist]
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A.
Cupar Sheriff Court
Cupar Sheriff Court is a historic courthouse in Cupar, Fife, Scotland, serving as a local center for judicial and legal proceedings.
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B.
Ayr Sheriff Court
Ayr Sheriff Court is a historic judicial building in Ayr, Scotland, serving as the local sheriff court for the surrounding region.
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C.
Dornoch Sheriff Court
Dornoch Sheriff Court is a historic courthouse in Dornoch, Scotland, that also serves as a venue for sittings of Scotland’s supreme criminal court, the High Court of Justiciary.
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D.
Forfar Sheriff Court
Forfar Sheriff Court is a historic judicial building in Forfar, Scotland, serving as the local venue for sheriff court proceedings.
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E.
Dutch courts
Dutch courts are the judicial bodies of the Netherlands responsible for interpreting and applying Dutch law in civil, criminal, and administrative cases.
- F. None of above. chosen
- G. Unsure - the case is ambiguous/there is not enough information to decide.
NED2
Entity disambiguation (via description)
gpt-5-mini-2025-08-07
Target entity: Scottish court in the Netherlands at Camp Zeist Target entity description: The Scottish court in the Netherlands at Camp Zeist was a special extraterritorial tribunal established under Scots law to prosecute those accused in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
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A.
Cupar Sheriff Court
Cupar Sheriff Court is a historic courthouse in Cupar, Fife, Scotland, serving as a local center for judicial and legal proceedings.
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B.
Ayr Sheriff Court
Ayr Sheriff Court is a historic judicial building in Ayr, Scotland, serving as the local sheriff court for the surrounding region.
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C.
Dornoch Sheriff Court
Dornoch Sheriff Court is a historic courthouse in Dornoch, Scotland, that also serves as a venue for sittings of Scotland’s supreme criminal court, the High Court of Justiciary.
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D.
Forfar Sheriff Court
Forfar Sheriff Court is a historic judicial building in Forfar, Scotland, serving as the local venue for sheriff court proceedings.
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E.
Dutch courts
Dutch courts are the judicial bodies of the Netherlands responsible for interpreting and applying Dutch law in civil, criminal, and administrative cases.
- F. None of above. chosen
Statements (46)
| Predicate | Object |
|---|---|
| instanceOf |
Scottish court
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extraterritorial tribunal ⓘ special criminal court ⓘ |
| alsoKnownAs |
Lockerbie court at Camp Zeist
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Scottish High Court of Justiciary at Camp Zeist ⓘ |
| appealHeardBy | High Court of Justiciary sitting at Camp Zeist ⓘ |
| appliedLaw |
Scots law
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linked to:
Scots law (to a limited extent)
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| category |
Lockerbie bombing
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linked to:
Pan Am Flight 103
Scottish criminal law ⓘ courts and tribunals in the Netherlands ⓘ international criminal justice ⓘ |
| country | Scotland ⓘ |
| createdBy |
Netherlands government
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linked to:
Government of the Netherlands
United Kingdom government ⓘ
linked to:
UK government
|
| dateDissolved | 2002 ⓘ |
| dateEstablished | 1999 ⓘ |
| defendant |
Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
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Lamin Khalifah Fhimah ⓘ |
| establishedFor | Lockerbie bombing trial ⓘ |
| extraterritorialStatus | treated as Scottish territory for the purposes of the trial ⓘ |
| hearingLanguage | English ⓘ |
| hostFacility | former US Air Force base Camp Zeist ⓘ |
| judge |
Lord Coulsfield
ⓘ
Lord MacLean ⓘ |
| jurisdiction | Scotland ⓘ |
| legalBasis |
Order in Council under the United Kingdom law
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agreement between the United Kingdom and the Kingdom of the Netherlands ⓘ |
| location |
Camp Zeist
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Netherlands ⓘ |
| notableFor |
handling of Pan Am Flight 103 bombing case
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unique use of Scottish court sitting in foreign territory ⓘ |
| operatedAs |
sitting of the High Court of Justiciary
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linked to:
High Court of Justiciary
|
| panelType | three-judge panel without jury ⓘ |
| presidingJudge | Lord Sutherland ⓘ |
| purpose | to prosecute those accused in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing ⓘ |
| relatedEvent |
Pan Am Flight 103 bombing
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linked to:
Pan Am Flight 103
|
| relatedPlace | Lockerbie, Scotland ⓘ |
| securityArrangementsBy | Dutch authorities ⓘ |
| sentenceForAbdelbasetAl-Megrahi | life imprisonment ⓘ |
| significantEvent |
trial of Abdelbaset al-Megrahi
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trial of Lamin Khalifah Fhimah ⓘ |
| trialEndDate | 2001 ⓘ |
| trialStartDate | 2000 ⓘ |
| usedLegalSystem | Scottish criminal procedure ⓘ |
| verdictForAbdelbasetAl-Megrahi | guilty ⓘ |
| verdictForLaminKhalifahFhimah | not guilty ⓘ |
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Instruction
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Input
Subject: Scottish court in the Netherlands at Camp Zeist Description of subject: The Scottish court in the Netherlands at Camp Zeist was a special extraterritorial tribunal established under Scots law to prosecute those accused in the 1988 Lockerbie bombing.
Referenced by (5)
Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.
linked to: Scottish court in the Netherlands at Camp Zeist
Scottish court in the Netherlands at Camp Zeist
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appealHeardBy
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High Court of Justiciary sitting at Camp Zeist
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linked to: Scottish court in the Netherlands at Camp Zeist
linked to: Scottish court in the Netherlands at Camp Zeist
Scottish court in the Netherlands at Camp Zeist
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alsoKnownAs
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Scottish High Court of Justiciary at Camp Zeist
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linked to: Scottish court in the Netherlands at Camp Zeist