Skip to content

Crime.Scot

A work-in-progress guide to Scottish criminal law

  • Scots Law Blog
  • Concepts
    • Causation
    • Common Law and Statutory Offences
    • Concert / Art and Part Liability
    • Possession
  • Offences
    • Assault
    • Breach of the Peace
    • Culpable and Reckless Conduct
    • Culpable Homicide
    • Embezzlement
    • Fraud
    • Murder
    • Rape
    • Reset
    • Sexual Assault
    • Sexual Assault by Penetration
    • Sexual Coercion (s4-6 of the 2009 Act)
    • Theft
    • “Threatening or Abusive Behaviour” – Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 s38
  • Defences
    • Alibi
    • “Automatism” – Involuntary Actions
    • Coercion
    • Consent
    • Incrimination
    • Insanity & Mental Disorder
    • Provocation
    • Self Defence
  • Sentences
    • Absolute Discharge
    • Admonition
    • Fines
    • Compensation Orders
    • Caution
    • Community Payback Orders
    • Restriction of Liberty Orders
    • Imprisonment and Detention
    • Order for Lifelong Restriction
  • Procedure
    • The Criminal Courts
    • COPFS and their initial options
    • Summary or Solemn Procedure?
    • Summary Procedure
      • 1. The Complaint
      • 2. The First Appearance
      • 3. The Intermediate Diet
      • 4. Trial
    • Solemn Procedure
      • 1. The Petition
      • 2. Appearance on Petition & Full Committal
      • 3. Pleading Guilty by Section 76 Procedure
      • 4. The Indictment
      • 5. The Preliminary Hearing / The First Diet
      • 6. Jury Trial
  • Contact

About

Share this:

  • Twitter
  • Facebook

Like this:

Like Loading...

ABOUT

I’m Andrew Crosbie, an Advocate at the Scottish Bar. You can view my Faculty of Advocates profile here.

I started this site in my spare time, with the aim of creating a free and accessible Scottish criminal law resource.

New pages are being added every month, so please bear with me. You can browse the site by using the drop-down menus at the top of the page.

Recent Posts

  • Cross-Examination For Journalists
  • My Corona, Your Corona (Part 2): The Regulations
  • My Corona, Your Corona (Part 1): The Coronavirus (Scotland) Act 2020
  • Double Jeopardy: Never Say Never Again
  • Fantastic Beasts and Where to Find Them

Follow me on Twitter

My Tweets

Enter your email address to follow this blog and receive notifications of new posts by email.

Join 23 other followers

  • Scots Law Blog
  • Concepts
    • Causation
    • Common Law and Statutory Offences
    • Concert / Art and Part Liability
    • Possession
  • Offences
    • Assault
    • Breach of the Peace
    • Culpable and Reckless Conduct
    • Culpable Homicide
    • Embezzlement
    • Fraud
    • Murder
    • Rape
    • Reset
    • Sexual Assault
    • Sexual Assault by Penetration
    • Sexual Coercion (s4-6 of the 2009 Act)
    • Theft
    • “Threatening or Abusive Behaviour” – Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 s38
  • Defences
    • Alibi
    • “Automatism” – Involuntary Actions
    • Coercion
    • Consent
    • Incrimination
    • Insanity & Mental Disorder
    • Provocation
    • Self Defence
  • Sentences
    • Absolute Discharge
    • Admonition
    • Fines
    • Compensation Orders
    • Caution
    • Community Payback Orders
    • Restriction of Liberty Orders
    • Imprisonment and Detention
    • Order for Lifelong Restriction
  • Procedure
    • The Criminal Courts
    • COPFS and their initial options
    • Summary or Solemn Procedure?
    • Summary Procedure
      • 1. The Complaint
      • 2. The First Appearance
      • 3. The Intermediate Diet
      • 4. Trial
    • Solemn Procedure
      • 1. The Petition
      • 2. Appearance on Petition & Full Committal
      • 3. Pleading Guilty by Section 76 Procedure
      • 4. The Indictment
      • 5. The Preliminary Hearing / The First Diet
      • 6. Jury Trial
  • Contact
Crime.Scot Powered by WordPress.com.
%d bloggers like this: