News
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Lord Advocate announces changes to Crown counsel team
The Lord Advocate welcomes a number of new additions to the Principal Crown Counsel team.
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Lord Advocate addresses Inspectorate report
The Lord Advocate has accepted a report into how domestic abuse is prosecuted, which has emphasised that the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service must speed up the work it is doing to improve the service it gives to victims.
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Digital platform for victims and witnesses launched by COPFS
An initiative to digitally transform how victims and witnesses in criminal cases can access information and guidance relevant to them online has been launched by the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS).
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Relocation of Dundee Procurator Fiscal Office
New contact information
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Lisa Gillespie KC named Deputy Principal Crown Counsel
Lisa Gillespie KC named Deputy Principal Crown Counsel
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Solicitor General for Scotland issues statement on safer sleeping for babies
A number of investigations into the sudden and unexpected deaths of babies has prompted the Solicitor General Ruth Charteris KC to urge families to follow the advice available on safer sleeping.
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Airdrie Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court
Please note that some trials scheduled to take place at Airdrie Sheriff Court and Justice of the Peace Court have been moved to other locations.
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Lord Advocate's statement to the Scottish Parliament on Post Office Horizon IT prosecutions
Statement on Horizon IT prosecutions made by Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC on 16 January 2024
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Statement from the Lord Advocate marking 35 years since the Lockerbie bombing
The Lord Advocate, Dorothy Bain KC, has reflected upon the 35th anniversary of the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie and the longest-running investigation in the history of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS). The Lord Advocate has ministerial responsibility for COPFS, Scotland’s sole criminal prosecution authority. COPFS works independently of government in the prosecution of crime and investigation of deaths.
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Crown Agent appointment confirmed
John Logue confirmed as Crown Agent and Chief Executive of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS).