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Human rights welcome for police "stop and search" rethink
Commission calls for immediate end to practice
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Crown Office sets out key objectives in new strategic plan
Three year plan for 2015-18 published
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Whole life term not ECHR-incompatible, Strasbourg court rules
Human Rights Court accepts clarification of English legal position
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End non-statutory stop and search, says Human Rights chair
Alan Miller voices "serious concerns" over legality of practice
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More live court TV should be allowed, report recommends
News and live filming to happen for appeals, but not trials or proofs
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SLAB warns of PVG vetting need ahead of children's legal aid deadline
Alert to solicitors to allow enough time to process application
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Courts doing business despite industrial action
Civil servants strike as final round of closures takes effect
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Ministers abandon plans for replacement women's prison
Matheson promises different approach to tackling female offending
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Parole Board annual report reveals extensive workload
Release recommended in one in three cases
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Faculty questions OLR effects of auto-release changes
Judge would have to consider effect of later notional release date
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Successful rape appellant to have compensation claim reconsidered
Court rejects ministers' appeal that refusal letters not "irrational"
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Advocates rebrand specialist criminal body
Thomas Ross to be President of Scottish Criminal Bar Association
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Eyewitnesses remember better with eyes closed, study finds
"Building a rapport with witnesses" also a benefit
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SLAB wins ruling in dispute over fee following change of plea
Only half the fixed fee payable, even for plea to part of complaint
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Call for evidence goes out on Human Trafficking Bill
Justice Committee keen to hear from those directly affected
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Ministers' prison monitoring plans approved
New service will replace prison visiting committees
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Abuse accused fails to recover Crown psychiatric report on wife
“Fishing” diligence where accused had complainer's medical records
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Landowner becomes first one guilty of vicarious wildlife offence
Conviction follows criminal actions of employed gamekeeper
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Questions over witness pre-recording plans
Scottish Court Service exploring ways to speed up trials
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Twin attack in prospect on car smoking with children present
Legislation proposed on both sides of the border
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UK wins two Human Rights Court decisions
Hearsay evidence and anti-terrorism rulings in Government's favour
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Criminal convictions up 4% in latest year, new figures show
Driving offences behind first rise in seven years
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Ministers publish Human Trafficking Bill
Law enforcement and victim support central to new provisions
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Mixed success for prisoners claiming non-rehabilitation damages
Supreme Court declines to follow Human Rights Court approach