2005
Wednesday 28/12/2005
The Lord Advocate has pleasure in presenting the COPFS Review for 2004-2005 which reports on the department’s performance and progress from April 2004 to March 2005.
Wednesday 14/12/2005
The Lord Advocate for Scotland, Colin Boyd QC, welcomed legal professionals from throughout Europe, and beyond, to a meeting in Edinburgh of the European Judicial Network
Tuesday 13/12/2005
Cases and events we were involved in during December
Monday 28/11/2005
Les Brown has been appointed as the new District Procurator Fiscal for Kilmarnock by the Lord Advocate
Monday 14/11/2005
Two Lanarkshire Procurators Fiscal are set to expand their knowledge of the area when they they take up their new posts
Tuesday 25/10/2005
Lord Advocate attributes downwards trend in cases reported to Procurators Fiscal where no proceedings taken, to partnership between COPFS and ACPOS
Monday 24/10/2005
Kenny Donnelly appointed as new District Procurator Fiscal at Falkirk
Monday 17/10/2005
Changes to the Crown Prosecution team
Thursday 13/10/2005
The Lord Advocate speaks to police and criminal justice professionals on maintaining dynamism in the relationship between law enforcement and prosecution agencies
Friday 07/10/2005
Lord Advocate meets staff of the Cambeltown Procurator Fiscal service
Thursday 29/09/2005
Lord Advocate lifts 100 year order on Dunblane Papers
Lord Advocate signs a formal accession document
Tuesday 20/09/2005
Protocol outlines the procedures and practices that will be followed by the Scottish Police Service and the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service
COPFS will work closely with colleagues in the Justice Department in the course of the implementation process
Wednesday 14/09/2005
On 25 August 2005 Lord Carloway imposed a fine of £15m againstTransco Plc for breaches of health and safety legislation.
Tuesday 30/08/2005
Solicitor General Elish Angiolini QC will lead a workshop at a prestigious international prosecution conference in Denmark today.
Tuesday 16/08/2005
The Lord Advocate and Solicitor General are photographed with the new intake of legal Trainees
Tuesday 19/07/2005
Lord Advocate reviews decision regarding whether there should be a Fatal Accident Inquiry into the deaths of 2 off shore workers
Monday 18/07/2005
Lord Advocate appoints new Advocate Deputes bringing total to 23
Friday 10/06/2005
The Solicitor General met staff at the Paisley Procurator Fiscal Office to discuss progress in modernisation
Friday 20/05/2005
For the first time Civil Recovery Unit in Edinburgh, on behalf of Scottish Ministers, has recovered houses in an order to recover proceeds of crime
Monday 21/03/2005
The Lord Advocateaccepts all 12 recommendations in the first ever report by the independent Inspectorate of Prosecution in Scotland
Friday 18/03/2005
Lord Advocate has lodged an appeal against the 17 year punishment part of the life sentence imposed on Shaun Alexander
Friday 25/02/2005
The Lord Advocate has revised prosecution policy to allow test purchasing of age-restricted goods by children and young people
Tuesday 22/02/2005
The statement sets out the standards which victims and witnesses can expect when dealing with the prosecution service