| Publication date | Publication title | Recommendation | Reviewed | Status |
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| 3rd March 2026 | Citing witnesses in the sheriff court | 41. COPFS should implement effective quality assurance to consider why sheriff court cases are adjourned. |
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| 3rd March 2026 | Citing witnesses in the sheriff court | 42. COPFS should work with justice partners to ensure that, when a trial is adjourned, there are processes for ensuring that trial dates are checked with witnesses prior to being assigned by the court. |
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| 3rd March 2026 | Citing witnesses in the sheriff court | 43. COPFS should ensure that there is guidance for administrative staff on when copy documents from the citation storage system and the Legal Document Exchange should be uploaded to the case management system and what information should be provided to prosecutors. |
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| 3rd March 2026 | Citing witnesses in the sheriff court | 44. Police Scotland should: (a) ensure that all information on personal service of citations is recorded on the Legal Document Database; and (b) review the current data retention period for the Legal Document Database to ensure that the information is retained for the life of the case. |
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| 3rd March 2026 | Citing witnesses in the sheriff court | 45. Police Scotland, SPA, COPFS and SCTS should work together to widen the use of remote evidence for appropriate police and professional witnesses, to include summary, and sheriff and jury business. |
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| 3rd March 2026 | Citing witnesses in the sheriff court | 46. COPFS should use email or other electronic methods as the principal means of citing witnesses. |
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| 3rd March 2026 | Citing witnesses in the sheriff court | 47. COPFS should consider whether it is necessary for Police Scotland to complete and return paper executions of service in summary proceedings. |
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| 3rd March 2026 | Citing witnesses in the sheriff court | 48. COPFS and Police Scotland must develop and embed digital approaches to delivering citations to ensure the number of personal citations officers of Police Scotland require to serve on witnesses is kept to a minimum. |
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