Coverage of the accidental early publication of the controversial justice bill

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Edinburgh court agrees to prosecution application for fresh trial of Nat Fraser, who had murder conviction quashed

Joanne Fraill pleaded guilty to contempt of court after contacting defendant, causing multimillion-pound drugs trial to collapse

Read a transcript of the Facebook chat

Richard Keen and Cameron Ritchie respond to first minister with allegations of interfering in judiciary’s independence

Joanne Fraill’s messages reveal an attitude towards jury service that would alarm even supporters of the system

Organisations must do more to avoid the expense and stress of appeals, says Richard Thomas

Victor Nealon, who is serving life sentence, might have his case referred to appeal court as new evidence emerges

CPS opens inquiry after claims prosecutors withheld undercover police officer’s surveillance tapes from defence lawyers

The recent furore over the Supreme Court in London, and its influence on Scottish court decisions, has produced a welter of scaremongering, misleading, and downright dishonest reports, claiming that the independence of Scottish justice is being undermined, and that the Supreme Court is “interfering” in matters which are rightly the domain of the Scottish Courts. [...]

The commission set up after the Birmingham Six case faces accusations of failing to help wrongfully convicted people