Publications
Showing 41-50 of 61 results filtered by Agreement or Code of practice or Prosecution policy
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Lord Advocate’s guidelines: Driver improvement scheme
Lord Advocate’s instructions to chief constables on policing the driver improvement scheme.
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Lord Advocate's guidelines: Incidents at sporting events
Lord Advocate guidelines to chief constables regarding incidents between sports people during sporting events, especially those in front of crowds or televised.
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Lord Advocate's guidelines: Citation of witnesses
Lord Advocate's guidelines to police on procedures to be followed in the citation of witnesses for attendance at court.
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Lord Advocate’s rules: Review of a decision not to prosecute
Read the Lord Advocate's rule regarding a victims' right to review following a decision not to prosecute.
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Investigation of crime MOU
A memorandum of understanding between the Scottish Information Commissioner, COPFS and Police Scotland in relation to the investigation of crime.
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Code of practice: Interpreters and translators in court
Code of Practice setting out responsibilities and obligations of organisations relating to interpreters and translation in the Scottish criminal justice system.
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Disclosure manual
The Disclosure Manual outlines the disclosure practice prosecution teams must follow in criminal cases in Scotland. View the web version here.
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Transgender accused policy
Prosecution policy explaining how prosecutors will deal with cases in which the person accused of a crime is transgender.
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Prosecution policy on the sexual transmission of infection
Prosecution policy explaining how COPFS deals with cases involving an allegation of intentional or reckless sexual transmission of, or exposure to, infection.
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Competition and Markets Authority MOU
MOU between Competition & Markets Authority and COPFS in relation to the investigation/prosecution of the cartel offence established by the Enterprise Act 2002.