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Smoking ban in cars with child passengers now in force
Fine of up to £1,000 for offenders, but questions over enforcement
Minimum criminal age to rise to 12 - by 2018
Ministers confirm long-awaited legal change
Justice Secretary hails pilot Aberdeen Problem Solving Court
First year progress in changing behaviour of those with chaotic lifestyles
"Incompetent" for sheriff to call case and not sentence in fiscal's absence
High Court rules attempt to "discipline" Crown wrong
Society welcome for continued Europol links
Cross-border cooperation "key" to combating crime
Youth survey finds gender stereotype link to violence
Minister pledges further action to root out gender violence
Ministers looking to remove "offender" tag after sentence served
National strategy seeking other descriptions to help rehabilitation
Community justice national strategy seeks shift away from custody
New document sets out Government's priorities
Lord Advocate to give Human Rights Day lecture
Faculty/JUSTICE Scotland event looks at prosecution and human rights
Lord President declines Justice Committee invitation over COPFS inquiry
Letter states judges "cannot make contribution of assistance"
Supreme Court could sit round the UK, Neuberger hints in speech
President "in process of trying to change" London-only hearings
Bonomy proposes tightening of hunt legislation
Review finds weaknesses in ban on hunting with dogs