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MSPs call for more effective action on wildlife crime
Committee says rates of prosecution and detection "must be improved"
Crown cuts drink drive margin of error as new limits come in
New guidelines could mean drivers prosecuted when just over limit
Crown reveals policy for social media prosecutions
Illegal online if illegal in the street: Lord Advocate
Mixed picture emerges as Government claims 40-year crime low
Sharp falls in some categories outweigh rises in others
May reveals new counter-terrorism measures
Increased powers still restrained by coalition deal
Heads up for solicitors over Counter Terrorism Week
Awareness campaign highlights reporting duties for suspected offences
"Clare's law" Scots pilot begins next week
Ayrshire and Aberdeen to trial disclosure of partners' offending
Royal Commission needed to rethink penal policy, report argues
Louis Blom-Cooper and Seán McConville say politicians need outside help
High Court releases "World's End" double jeopardy ruling
New DNA techniques opened up new investigation possibilities
Justice Committee backs drink-drive change – with awareness campaign
Report says public must be fully informed and prepared
Labour to hold further EAW debate after Commons voting farce
Ministers accused of breaking promise of separate vote
Lords, Faculty join backing for European arrest warrant
Report calls for improvements but sees “no realistic alternative”
Leading legal figures call for European arrest warrant retention
Law Society Presidents join senior judges, QCs and professors
Society paper proposes "root and branch" legal aid overhaul
Discussion document aims to provoke debate on civil and criminal funding
SLAB reports static cost of legal aid in 2013-14
Criminal grants up but total cost stays at £150.5m
Experts to study electronic tagging of offenders
Improvements and awareness raising tone considered
Report raises questions over UK drug enforcement approach
Coalition divisions emerge as Lib Dem minister calls for rethink
Further support to come for care abuse survivors
Fund, and commemoration for victims, announced at event for survivors
Threat levels justify standing authority for police firearms, HMICS finds
But report calls for better communication to increase public confidence
Trial judge not required to summarise evidence for jury: appeal court
No duty either to give warning regarding child's evidence
Scots drink-drive limit to be lowered from 5 December
Order introduced for maximum 50mg blood alcohol level
Sentencing Council could bring major change: Carloway
Howard League lecture canvasses priorities in sentencing goals
"Revenge porn" offence likely for Scotland
Ministers respond to calls to follow England & Wales
Crown Office reviewing stalking laws after "mental health" case
Claim that justice denied as sheriff unable to make order