Justice

Second coronavirus bill put before the Scottish Parliament

The bill includes extra funding for carers and the introduction of notice periods for students in purpose-built accommodation

Justice Committee calls for views on hate crime bill

The Scottish Government is proposing expanding on current hate crime laws

Jury-less trials are an opportunity to put victims at the centre of Scotland’s justice system

‘Milestone’ hate crime bill introduced to the Scottish Parliament

Some short-term prisoners to be released early due to coronavirus outbreak

'All of us are contemplating things we just never would have imagined': interview with Humza Yousaf

Jury trials must continue but protect participants, legal profession working group says

When staying home is unsafe: domestic abuse in lockdown

Spotlight: political scrutiny in the time of coronavirus

Exclusive: Scottish Government 'very unlikely' to push on with proposals for jury-less trials

Scottish groups call for inquiry into human rights implications of COVID-19 measures

Scrap ‘no recourse to public funds’ or make coronavirus spread worse, Priti Patel warned

In context: coronavirus emergency legislation

Gordon Jackson to resign as dean of the Faculty of Advocates

Scottish Police Federation calls for better advice on handling people spitting at police

What the Alex Salmond case was about, and what some people want it to be about, are very different things

Scottish Parliament to vote on emergency coronavirus bill

Police given powers to enforce social distancing rules ‘as early as today’

Howard League Scotland calls for release of low-risk prisoners

Scottish legal sector ‘may not be providing good outcomes for consumers’, Competition and Markets Authority says

Former First Minister Alex Salmond acquitted of all sexual assault charges

Holyrood passes new law against female genital mutilation

MSPs to nominate Stephen Boyle as new Auditor General

Scottish budget passed by MSPs

Prison chief to retire

UK Government 'not willing to consider' decriminalisation of drugs, says drug summit chair