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Simplified victims' code published for learning disability users

Tool also to be designed for adult supporters to assess communication needs

Vulnerable Witnesses Bill goes out to views

Justice Committee issues call for evidence ahead of stage 1

Report finds success in tackling offensive weapons crime

Offender age increases as 10 year figures show big reduction

High number of remand prisoners is concern, Justice Committee reports

Criticism voiced over lack of data to explain recent increase

Bill will control online sales of offensive weapons to under-18s

Scottish ministers to seek Holyrood consent to UK measure

Angiolini to review police complaints handling procedures

Former Lord Advocate commissioned to deliver independent report

Justice co-operation post-Brexit must be on different basis: Barnier

European arrest warrant "cannot apply" without freedom of movement

Keep on reporting, minister urges, as hate crime figures show mixed picture

Different patterns emerge for different categories of victim

Judge annuls criminal injuries compensation refusal in historic rape case

"Exceptional circumstances" for not applying to be reconsidered

Government paper warns of post-Brexit cross-border crime challenges

Ministers call for direct links with European enforcement agencies

Bill published to bring in more pre-recorded evidence

Further measures for children and vulnerable witnesses in criminal trials