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Police to get extra training for Domestic Abuse Act
Funding to equip officers to assess psychological abuse and control
COPFS and Rape Crisis Scotland feedback agreement "will help service"
Victims' experiences to be used to improve support provision
Support shown for child and vulnerable witness evidence plans
Consultation responses back pre-recording strategy
Appeal allowed where guilty plea based on shared error of law
Faultless driving does not "cause" death by driving while uninsured
Edinburgh solicitors opt out of police station duty scheme
Bar Association votes to withdraw as new Act comes in
Complainer's right to anonymity upheld in extortion case
Court grants contempt order preventing disclosure of identity
Sentencing Council "mythbuster" page launched for public education
Popular misconceptions targeted with new web page
Labour domestic abuse court plan would undermine judiciary: Carloway
Lord President sees threat to independence in proposed bill amendment
Government concession to settle prisoner voting rights issue
"Temporary licence" change accepted by Council of Europe
SCTS survey finds further rise in court user satisfaction
92% declare overall satisfaction with court experience
Five year sentence upheld for possessing £12 disguised stun gun
No exceptional circumstances shown despite non-use over two years
Faculty "not convinced" of case for new hate crime law
Response to Bracadale review queries how to define further protected groups