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Peers warn of risks from unregulated justice system AI
Report calls for strict regulation to ensure benefits from informed use
Kennedy report calls for new misogyny offences
Working group proposes statutory aggravation and three new crimes
Extradition invalid due to failure to introduce defence
Supreme Court allows appeal based on lack of forum bar in Scotland
Ministers revise serious and organised crime strategy
Increased collaboration intended to enable more flexible response
Book launch event to raise awareness of domestic abuse
March launch for work on victims' experiences of criminal justice response
More than 100 lawyers abandon legal aid duty scheme
40 firms and 110 solicitors have quit scheme since 2019: FOI answer
Ministers publish justice system plan through to 2026
Paper sets out vision and planned reforms for current Parliament
Sex offence summary case amendment can be retrospective
Appeal Court rules no unfairness if summary jurisdiction added
USA extradition case limits scope of Convention rights
Mandatory life sentence no bar in kidnapping and attempted murder case
MSPs seek early action on gender conversion therapy
Report on petition calls for full and comprehensive new law
MSPs' justice report sets out priorities for action
Criminal Justice Committee makes wide list of calls to Government
Local bars quit duty schemes in legal aid protest
Borders and Aberdeen solicitors announce withdrawal from all schemes
Review ordered of Crown handling of sex offence cases
Lord Advocate announces inquiry as case numbers rocket
Legal aid spending falls £31.8m in first COVID year
SLAB accounts for 2020-21 show unprecedented fall in payments
Domestic abuse incidents continue to rise
Scottish figures up for fifth year in a row in 2020-21
MSP report seeks substantial justice system investment
Call for "joined-up action" by Government to address challenges
Age of Criminal Responsibility Act in force next month
New investigation and protection powers commence as age limit raised to 12
Progress despite COVID: Sentencing Council annual report
Report for 2020-21 records substantial work on guidelines since approved
Bail and release from prison reform proposals published
Consultation opens on balancing reintegration and public safety
Restore former legal aid values, Society tells minister
Joint letter with SSBA sets out specifics to secure future of system
Miners' Strike Pardons Bill brought to Holyrood
Pardon for those convicted of three specified offences
Sentencers want more flexible community options: study
Sentencing Council study finds gaps in resource provision
Fewest recorded homicides in 2020-21
Official figures show growing proportion of male victims
Defence bar unites against minister's COP26 response
Letter defending Government's position rejected as patronising