AYRSHIRE has a new top prosecutor following a restructuring which was carried out by the crown office and procurator fiscal service. John Dunn has been appointed as senior procurator fiscal for the ...

When the police charge someone for a crime, they send a report to the Procurator Fiscal (PF). The PF investigates the crime, considers the report and decides on what action should then be taken. The ...

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A new dedicated post of procurator fiscal for the Western Isles is to be created, it was announced today as new pro... A new dedicated post of procurator fiscal for the Western Isles is to be created, ...

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The cost of a project to make the procurator fiscal office in Elgin greener has jumped by £1.3m. The decarbonisation project budget was put at £2.2m earlier this year, but that has now risen 59% to £3 ...

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A FORMER depute procurator fiscal at Hamilton has returned to the town to take on the top job. Liam Murphy, who more recently led the Crown’s Specialist Units Division for Glasgow, was appointed to ...

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The report into Wendy Alexander's campaign donation starts with her admission of guilt in its title: "Impermissible donation". The rest of it requires textual analysis. "The Electoral Commission has ...

This study aimed to investigate bereaved family (or close friends') experiences of the inquest process when a person has died from mesothelioma. (1) Scoping review to establish what was already known ...

Mervyn Scott and Sarah Aitken with their sons Rhys and Shaun A police report into the deaths of twin brothers who drowned in a large fish tank at their family home in Fife has been handed to the ...