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The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (Scottish Gaelic: Oifis a' Chrùin agus Seirbheis Neach-casaid a' Chrùin) is the independent public prosecution service for Scotland, and is a Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government.
The office most likely originates in the Roman-Dutch and French manorial or seignorial administrator (Dutch: procurator-fiscaal, French: procureur fiscal), who, as the fiscal in the title suggests, was originally an officer of the sheriff (the local law enforcement officer and judge) with financial (fiscal) responsibilities: the procurator fiscal collected debts, fines, and taxes.
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service is headed by the Lord Advocate and the Solicitor General for Scotland, and is the public prosecution service in Scotland. It also carries out functions which are broadly equivalent to the coroner in common law jurisdictions. Incorporated within the Crown Office is the Legal Secretariat to the Lord ...
Dr Emma Forbes, procurator fiscal for domestic abuse at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COFPS) said: "I acknowledge that Ms Price feels let down and have offered to meet with her ...
The family of Emma Caldwell has expressed concern over who will lead the inquiry – stating it should be a judge who has not served the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service in Scotland ...
The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (COPFS) said it had been decided there should be no criminal proceedings. Tributes were left at the scene after the fatal accident [BBC]
Crown Office may refer to: Crown Office in Chancery , a department under the Ministry of Justice in the United Kingdom Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service , a department of the Scottish government
He has held senior posts at the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, the body which normally carries out prosecutions in Scotland. He became an assistant Principal Advocate Depute in 2009, and then the Principal Advocate Depute. After the office restructured in 2011, he became the senior crown counsel. [1]