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A majority of members on Holyrood’s Justice Committee have backed the Scottish government’s plan to integrate the British Transport Police (BTP) in Scotland into Police Scotland. The committee’s recommendations focus on ensuring that should integration go ahead, there is a seamless transfer of

SCTS is pleased to announce the programme of public events during April and May to discuss propositions for the radical transformation of the summary justice system, contained in the SCTS Proposition Paper: A New Model for Summary Criminal Court Procedure, published on 28 February this year. The pap

Pictured (L-R): Rhona Miller from Friends of Anchor, Liane Munro from Stronachs and Carol Crowther from Stronachs. Credit: First Photographics.

Long thin dagger, RCPE Artefacts, accessed April 28, 2017, http://artefacts.rcpe.ac.uk/items/show/19.

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Morag Jack The Mental Health Tribunal for Scotland has appointed Morag Jack, advocate, to the post of in-house convener.

Wes Streeting Royal Bank of Scotland is facing yet another blow to its reputation after MPs told bosses at the Edinburgh-based lender that they may face a parliamentary inquiry into the ballooning sums that the still 73 per cent taxpayer-own bank is spending to defend itself and disgraced former bos

Lord Pentland The Scottish Law Commission has launched a public consultation on the law reform work that it should carry out in the future.

A motorcyclist who was seriously injured in an accident has had a £250,000 damages action against a Scottish local authority over the council’s alleged failure to repair a damaged strip of road dismissed. A judge in the Court of Session ruled that the pursuer had failed to prove that the defender

Michael Matheson A group will meet for the first time today to look at how to improve and transform the clinical experience of all victims after reporting sexual assault.

The April edition of the Scottish Civil Justice Council (SCJC) newsletter is now available. Issue 9 includes information on committee work & membership, recent rules and consultations.

Margaret Mitchell MSP Following the publication of the Justice Committee's report on COPFS, committee convenor, Margaret Mitchell MSP, looks at the issues ahead for Scotland's prosecution body.

The death has been announced of the Rt Hon Lord Kirkwood, who served as a judge from 1987 until his retirement in 2005. He was 84. Ian Candlish Kirkwood joined the Faculty of Advocates in 1957, after graduating at the universities of Edinburgh and Michigan. He took silk in 1970. He was also a former

The Sheriff Appeal Court has refused an appeal against a personal injury sheriff’s decision to sanction the employment of counsel in an action by an electrician who settled a damages claim against his former employers for pleural plaques he developed as a result of exposure to asbestos. Sheriff Pr

Pictured (L-R): Professor Lorne Crerar, Paul Wheelhouse and David Bone