Procurators fiscal prepare monthly reports of workload and performance.
As a general rule, procurators fiscal do not provide copies of reports, but consent to the pathologist making the report available.
The information which is set out in the tables below refers to court proceedings as a percentage of reports submitted to procurators fiscal.
The details of the guidance issued to procurators fiscal about prosecution policy are confidential.
Offences under the relevant salmon fisheries legislation—like nearly all other offences—are now prosecuted by procurators fiscal.
Nor will clause 10 enable procurators fiscal to engage in cross-examination or to try to drag confessions out of the accused.
Pathologists are not employed by procurators fiscal but are instructed to perform autopsies in individual cases.
Is there not a case for more procurators fiscal and more accommodation?
