Weekly roundup of Scots law in the headlines including calls to scrap Lord Advocate's dual role — Monday July 6

You weekly roundup of Scots law in the headlines including an announcement by the Law Society of Scotland calling on the government to consult on changing the role of the Lord Advocate.

‘Time is right’ for public consultation on reforming the Lord Advocate's dual role

The Law Society of Scotland has called for the Scottish Government to proceed with a public consultation on whether the dual role of the Lord Advocate should be reformed with separate roles advising the Government and leading Scotland's independent prosecution service.

• ‘Time is right’ for public consultation on reforming the Lord Advocate's dual role (Law Society of Scotland)

• Law Society of Scotland calls for public consultation on dual role of Lord Advocate (Scotsman)

• Law Society of Scotland urges SNP to honour pledge on Lord Advocate (The National)

Police officer who raped two women and abused a third jailed for 10 years

A police officer who raped two women and subjected a third to a campaign of abuse has been jailed for 10 years, reports the BBC.

Cameron Ross carried out attacks in Stornoway on the Isle of Lewis in 2012 and 2014, before abusing another woman in Inverness between 2019 and 2022.

• Police officer who raped two women and abused a third jailed for 10 years (BBC)

• Former officer sentenced for violent and non-recent sexual offences in Highlands and Western Isles (Police Scotland)

• Police officer convicted of rape and domestic abuse sentenced (Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service)

• Former Police Scotland officer who raped two women and violently abused a third jailed (Sky News)

• [£] Police officer who raped two women jailed for 10 years (Times)

And in other news

Legal headlines from across the UK and beyond:

• Man arrested over £1.3m car transporter heroin haul (BBC)

• University of Aberdeen’s Dr Graeme Brown awarded rare doctor of laws by research (Scottish Legal News)

• Edinburgh tourist tax funding for new city centre police officers (BBC)

• Allowing rapist taxi driver to keep operator licence is 'harmful message' (BBC)

• Scotland bans ‘cruel’ glue traps in landmark animal welfare law (Independent)

• Teen rapists spared jail by 'soft justice' judge in case which shocked the nation are finally locked up after Appeal Court decides original sentences were too lenient (Daily Mail)

• [£] Lady chief justice warns politicians over criticising sentencing (Times)

• Two teenage boys detained for rape as court of appeal overrules ‘lenient’ sentences (Guardian)

• A US military worker killed my son in Britain, and still we fight for justice. I’m angry that others are waiting too - Charlotte Charles (Guardian)

• Paul May obituary - Tireless campaigner against miscarriages of justice (Guardian)

• Criminal Cases Review Commission told to urgently improve after Malkinson failings (Guardian)

• [£] Russell Brand settles £220,000 legal claim over failure to write books (Times)

• [£] Criminal lawyers shocked at contempt of court charge for KC (Times)