COPFS monthly listing for August 2008
August 2008
Thursday 21/08/2008
Some helpful information on disabled access arrangements is now available for each of our Fiscal offices.
Friday 15/08/2008
Mr McGowan, previously District Procurator Fiscal for Greenock, will now hold a commission for Aberdeen Sheriff Court District and will act as the personal representative of the Lord Advocate on a day to day basis. He will have local responsibility for the investigation and prosecution of crime and the investigation of sudden, suspicious and unexplained deaths
Thursday 14/08/2008
Causing Death by Driving
The Lord Advocate, Elish Angiolini QC, today wrote to the Justice Spokespersons in the Scottish Parliament to provide information on the implementation of the new offences introduced to the Road Traffic Act 1988 of Causing Death by Careless, or Inconsiderate, Driving (Section 2B) and Causing Death by Driving: Unlicensed, Disqualified, or Uninsured Drivers (Section 3ZB).
The letter reads:
Wednesday 13/08/2008
The Lord Advocate, The Right Honourable Elish Angiolini QC has appointed David Spiers to the post of District Procurator Fiscal for Dumbarton and Campbeltown.