News

  1. FAI court process begins for Low Moss prison death

    The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a First Notice to begin the court process for a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Kieran McGinley.

    06 Oct 2026 Death investigations
  2. FAI court process begins for Barlinnie prisoner death

    The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a First Notice to begin the court process for a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death Richard Stevenson.

    05 Oct 2026 Death investigations
  3. FAI into NHS 24 response to Covid-19 death

    The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a First Notice to begin the court process for a discretionary Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Ann Carrigan Weir.

    24 Sept 2026 Death investigations
  4. FAI court process begins for Barlinnie prisoner death

    The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a First Notice to begin the court process for a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Christopher Masson.

    10 Sept 2026 Death investigations
  5. FAI Determination published following Stonehaven farmer’s death

    The Procurator Fiscal notes the conclusion of the Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Stonehaven farmer David Coutts Dixon Ewan.

    09 Sept 2026 Death investigations
  6. FAI court process begins for the death of an electrician

    The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a First Notice to begin the court process for a Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) into the death of George Anderson.

    19 Aug 2026 Death investigations
  7. FAI Determination published after Edinburgh prisoner death

    The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) notes the determination in the Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Stuart Govan.

    19 Aug 2026 Death investigations
  8. FAI into ambulance service response to two Covid-19 deaths

    The Procurator Fiscal has lodged a First Notice to begin the court process for a discretionary Fatal Accident Inquiry into the deaths of Margaret Cawkwell and Shivraj Partab Singh.

    31 Jul 2026 Death investigations
  9. FAI court process begins following the death of estate employee

    The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a First Notice to begin the court process for a Fatal Accident Inquiry (FAI) into the death of Sheena McLure. 

    15 Jul 2026 Death investigations
  10. Court process begins for the FAI into the death of a West Dunbartonshire woman

    The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) has lodged a First Notice to begin the court process for a discretionary Fatal Accident Inquiry into the death of Karen Murphy.

    14 Jul 2026 Death investigations