Lord Advocate

British

noun

(in Scotland) the chief law officer of the Crown: he acts as public prosecutor and is in charge of the administration of criminal justice

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The Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain wrote to the family in November saying the investigation into Ethan's death had been reopened.

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A report to the IJB states if a smoking/inhalation room is added then the statement of prosecution policy may need to be amended, requiring further discussions with the Crown Office and the Lord Advocate.

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But Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC said safeguards "remain firmly in place".

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Lord Advocate Dorothy Bain KC told campaigner Jules Rose in a letter that the probe "has not progressed as it should have".

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Yousaf, who served as Scottish justice secretary for three years, has written to the Lord Advocate to request the publication of a prosecution policy to clarify the COPFS' position.

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