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English profession needs further support, MPs report
Commons committee warns of risk to viability, and access to justice
Kirkcaldy court annexe opens for business
Two new criminal courtrooms provided for custody and jury cases
Virtual summary trials should be the norm: Pyle
Sheriff principal's report recommends Scotland-wide rollout
Greenpeace fined £80,000 for oil rig interdict breach
Director spared jail as judge decides to "exercise leniency"
Shopworker protection bill backed in stage 1 report
Committee supports general principles but calls for further work
Dogs livestock-worrying bill goes out to views
Holyrood committee begins stage 1 scrutiny of member's bill
1m suspect email reports in service's first two months
Suspicious Email Reporting Service proving valuable in stopping scammers
Hypothetical cause of death not enough for homicide
Conviction quashed on evidence that assault only potential cause
Dual purpose weapon can still be disguised: High Court
Jury wrongly directed over torch that was also stun gun
Lord President issues new warning on jury trials
Praise for progress on remote courts, but "major problem" ahead with trials
Complainers should have voice in s 275 hearings: report
Paper calls for independent legal representation when application heard
Animals and Wildlife Bill passes final Holyrood stage
MSPs approve bill to increase cruelty penalties and provide new protections
COVID factors should not affect sentence: Appeal Court
Four months unduly lenient for man who coughed in faces of police
Latest survey finds crime stable at reduced level
Scottish Criminal Justice Survey finds crime levels down 45% over 10 years
Legal aid consultation analysis published
Responses back user centred approach but differ on change agenda
COVID police powers review group calling for evidence
Public invited to report their experiences under emergency powers
First jury citations sent out for new-look trials
Leaflet published setting out what court users can expect
Hate crime figures on the rise in Scotland
All categories of hate crime show increase in 2019-20
Disclosure Bill passes final Holyrood stage
New law changes requirements on revealing criminal history
First remote summary trial results in acquittal
Fiscal drops drug case after conflicting evidence
Last door shut on Sheridan perjury conviction challenge
Supreme Court refuses permission to appeal in SCCRC decision review
Conviction quashed on sheriff's untested view of video
Parties should have been heard ahead of decision
Legal aid rates should rise due to halted business: GBA
Letter calls for general increase to keep firms afloat during shutdown
Member's bill seeks to reform corporate homicide
Claire Baker's measure would allocate responsibility for fatalities