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- in the category: criminal law
Faculty queries domestic abuse definition
Submission to MSPs argues coercive control not properly set out
Hate crime questionnaire offered by Bracadale review
Views invited on legislation in brief survey
Reconviction rates hit 18-year low
Fall in rates for under-25s drives improvement
Justice Committee split over Railway Policing Bill
Stage 1 report favours general principles but notes evidence against
COPFS "just about managing", Holyrood committee reports
Prosecution service inquiry calls for improvements in key areas
Delay new criminal code until advice fees agreed, Society tells SLAB
Consultation response criticises impacts on professional regulation
Sexual offence reforms come into effect today
Aggravation, extended powers and prescribed jury directions now in force
Appeal fails against £30,000 fine for employing illegal workers
Takeaway owner fails to reduce penalty for two employees
Roadside drug tests coming to Scotland
Ministers to set specific limits for drug types
Posting naked image online not necessarily sexual deviancy: Appeal Court
Sexual offence element of Communications Act conviction quashed
No place for report from Sheriff Appeal Court on further appeal: High Court
Judges reject self-defence claim based on police statement
Holidaymaker fails to cut five year sentence for disguised stun guns
Appeal Court rules no exceptional circumstances to avoid minimum term