Crown Office

Lawyers have expressed concern over a new app intended to expedite criminal cases, The Herald reports. An app to schedule meetings between the defence and prosecutors so that cases can either be resolved quickly or proceed to trial has been described as “entirely unreliable”.

The Lord Advocate has been told to explain the “abject failure” of the Crown to disclose vital evidence to defence lawyers, The Courier reports. Prosecutors' failure to disclose information resulted in the collapse of an attempted murder trial last week in the High Court of Justiciary.