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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
    • Attempting to Pervert the Course of Justice / Attempting to Defeat the Ends of Justice
    • Breach of the Peace
    • Carrying Bladed or Pointed Articles (s49 CL(C)(S)A 1995)
    • Carrying Offensive Weapons (s47 CL(C)(S)A 1995)
    • Culpable and Reckless Conduct
    • Culpable Homicide
    • Embezzlement
    • Fire-raising
    • Fraud
    • Grossly Offensive Messages (etc): Communications Act 2003 s127(1)
    • 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
    • Necessity
    • Provocation
    • Self Defence
  • Sentences
    • Absolute Discharge
    • Admonition
    • Caution
    • Compensation Orders
    • Community Payback Orders
    • Drug Treatment and Testing Order (DTTO)
    • Fines
    • Imprisonment and Detention
    • Order for Lifelong Restriction
    • Restriction of Liberty Orders
  • 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

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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.

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Carrying Offensive Weapons (s47 CL(C)(S)A 1995)

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  • “Automatism” – Involuntary Actions
  • About
  • Absolute Discharge
  • Admonition
  • Alibi
  • Appearance on Petition & Full Committal
  • Assault
  • Attempting to Pervert the Course of Justice / Attempting to Defeat the Ends of Justice
  • Breach of the Peace
  • Carrying Offensive Weapons (s47 CL(C)(S)A 1995)
  • Causation
  • Caution
  • Coercion
  • Common Law and Statutory Offences
  • Community Payback Orders
  • Compensation Orders
  • Concert / Art and Part Liability
  • Consent
  • COPFS and their initial options
  • Culpable and Reckless Conduct
  • Culpable Homicide
  • Drug Treatment and Testing Order (DTTO)
  • Embezzlement
  • Fines
  • Fire-raising
  • Fraud
  • Grossly Offensive Messages (etc): Communications Act 2003 s127(1)
  • Having Bladed or Pointed Articles (s49 CL(C)(S)A 1995)
  • Imprisonment and Detention
  • Incrimination
  • Insanity & Mental Disorder
  • Jury Trial
  • Murder
  • Necessity
  • Order for Lifelong Restriction
  • Pleading Guilty by Section 76 Procedure
  • Possession
  • Provocation
  • Rape
  • Reset
  • Restriction of Liberty Orders
  • Self Defence
  • Sentences
  • Sexual Assault
  • Sexual Assault by Penetration
  • Sexual Coercion (s4-6 of the 2009 Act)
  • Summary or Solemn Procedure?
  • Summary Procdure
  • The Complaint
  • The Criminal Courts
  • The First Appearance
  • The Indictment
  • The Intermediate Diet
  • The Petition
  • The Preliminary Hearing / The First Diet
  • The Trial
  • Theft
  • “Threatening or Abusive Behaviour” – Criminal Justice and Licensing (Scotland) Act 2010 s38
  • Contact
  • Scots Law Blog
  • Concepts
    • Causation
    • Common Law and Statutory Offences
    • Concert / Art and Part Liability
    • Possession
  • Offences
    • Assault
    • Attempting to Pervert the Course of Justice / Attempting to Defeat the Ends of Justice
    • Breach of the Peace
    • Carrying Bladed or Pointed Articles (s49 CL(C)(S)A 1995)
    • Carrying Offensive Weapons (s47 CL(C)(S)A 1995)
    • Culpable and Reckless Conduct
    • Culpable Homicide
    • Embezzlement
    • Fire-raising
    • Fraud
    • Grossly Offensive Messages (etc): Communications Act 2003 s127(1)
    • 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
    • Necessity
    • Provocation
    • Self Defence
  • Sentences
    • Absolute Discharge
    • Admonition
    • Caution
    • Compensation Orders
    • Community Payback Orders
    • Drug Treatment and Testing Order (DTTO)
    • Fines
    • Imprisonment and Detention
    • Order for Lifelong Restriction
    • Restriction of Liberty Orders
  • 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
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