Lord Advocate James Wolffe QC said the case against David Whitehouse and Paul Clark represented a "very serious failure" in the prosecution system. The financial experts were appointed when the ...

Giving a statement in Holyrood on Tuesday, Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC reiterated the timeline of events, which saw the Crown Office – Scotland’s prosecution service – halt proceedings ...

The search is on for a new lord advocate after James Wolffe QC announced he would be stepping down as the Scottish government's top law officer. Whoever gets the job will be faced by issues ...

Scotland’s top law officer will be quizzed by MSPs after a mum called for a change in the law to stop rapists under 16 ...

If no decision whether to proceed or not proceed is made early in the new year then the case will drag on into the Holyrood election period and that would surely raise issues of prejudice. So it is ...

James Wolffe KC was lord advocate when the Crown Office decided no-one should face charges over Sheku Bayoh's death. He said the Crown had missed an opportunity to investigate whether race had ...

Scotland's top law officer has apologised to victims of the Horizon scandal. Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain said Post Office workers had been failed by the criminal justice system. She said the Crown ...

A trailblazing lawyer who was Scotland's first female Lord Advocate has been appointed Lord High Commissioner to the 2025 General Assembly of the Church of Scotland.