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Megrahi family begins further appeal against conviction
Case lodged following Scottish Criminal Cases Review Commission reference
Courts to begin to open up from next week
"Incremental" increases in business planned as lockdown starts to lift
Inspectors flag serious concern over Barlinnie failings
Report highlights overcrowding, poor living conditions and severe disrepair
Appeal court condemns conduct of indecent assault trial
Crown, defence and sheriff all criticised for failing to follow rules
Jury trials should restart in July: Lord Justice Clerk
Multi-court solution proposed for first trials in Edinburgh and Glasgow
No misdirection in rape conviction, Appeal Court rules
Grounds refused regarding docket and what corroboration needed
Fines payments can be altered for COVID reasons: SCTS
Warning that enforcement will still happen if offenders do nothing
Sheku Bayoh inquiry terms of reference published
Date and appropriate venue still to be decided
Jury trial to resume "as soon as practical": SCTS chief
Warning that judge-only trials must remain an option to reduce backlog
SHRC "deeply concerned" over prisoners' rights breaches
Commission writes to Yousaf over reports of "unacceptable" conditions
Lady Dorrian to chair group on restarting jury trials
Working group to look at constraints and practicalities
Guilty pleas among further restarts in Scottish courts
Updated guidance notes published for Court of Session and sheriff court
Jury trials to resume in England & Wales
Small number to take place from next week under vetted arrangements
Prisoner release regulations laid before Holyrood
Phased release of short term prisoners to take place over this month
Justice Committee calls for views on Hate Crime Bill
Stage 1 scrutiny opens on bill to restate law
Lord Chief Justice proposes jury trial modifications
Smaller juries and larger venues put forward to ease post-COVID-19 backlog
Scam warning around Government COVID-19 packages
Cybercriminals try to cash in on people's need for support
Police powers review group members and scope set out
Fourteen named to assist John Scott QC in overseeing COVID-19 enforcement
Most crime down but fraud up since lockdown: police
Assault and housebreaking lead falls in reported crime during COVID-19
Hate Crime Bill introduced to Holyrood
Further work to take place on how law deals with misogyny
Fixed penalty regime is ECHR compliant: Inner House
Judges reject appeal by youth whose father forgot to deal with notice
Victim organisations call for judge-only solemn trials
Letter to MSPs argues against smaller juries
Prisoners to be released early under COVID-19 scheme
Justice Secretary confirms category of up to 450 short-term prisoners
US ruling requires unanimity for guilt of serious crime
Justices rule against the two states permitting majority verdicts