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