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  1. Case processing statistics 2021 to 2026

    Read the COPFS statistics on case processing for the last five years from 2021 to 2026

    Document Published: 02 Sept 2026
  2. No action cases 2021 - 2026

    COPFS statistics on cases in which no action was taken in the last 5 years, 2021-22 to 2025-26)

    Document Published: 02 Sept 2026
  3. Man who embezzled £124,000 of technical devices earmarked for vul­ner­able people sentenced

    Council manager Bobby Lee Smith, who stole high-end laptops worth more than £120,000 earmarked to help vulnerable people during Covid, has been sentenced.

    News Published: 01 Sept 2026
  4. Your personal data and rights

    This guide explains the rights you have in relation to your personal information (personal data) and what you can ask the COPFS to do with it.

    Guide
  5. Practice notes published on arrangements for information sharing with constitutional office holders and recusal in cases involving politicians

    Arrangements for information sharing with constitutional office holders and recusal in cases involving politicians.

    News Published: 26 Aug 2026
  6. Recusal of law officers in cases involving politicians

    The arrangements for the Lord Advocate and Solicitor General to recuse themselves from prosecutorial decision-making where an accused is a politician.

    Document Published: 26 Aug 2026
  7. Practice statement on notification and information sharing in significant cases with constitutional office holders

    The arrangements for the Lord Advocate to provide notification or share information concerning cases to constitutional office holders.

    Document Published: 26 Aug 2026
  8. Hospital deaths linked to COVID-19 as per records held by the COVID Deaths Investigation Team (CDIT): August 2026

    Hospital deaths linked to COVID-19 as per records held by the COVID Deaths Investigation Team (CDIT): August 2026

    Document Published: 26 Aug 2026
  9. Care home deaths linked to COVID-19 as per records held by the COVID Deaths Investigation Team (CDIT): August 2026

    Care home deaths linked to COVID-19 as per records held by the COVID Deaths Investigation Team (CDIT): August 2026

    Document Published: 26 Aug 2026
  10. Father and son jailed over £900,000 airport drug smuggling attempt

    Father and son Bradley and Stephen Harding, who failed in an attempt to smuggle more than £900,000 worth of drugs into Scotland from East Asia, are jailed.

    News Published: 21 Aug 2026