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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.
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
From 43 offices throughout Scotland, 1,300 Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service staff use FOS to streamline the complex procedures required to handle in excess of 300,000 reports of crime and sudden deaths per year. Anite created the FOS system at their Glasgow office with development starting in the year 2000.
Alex Prentice KC is a leading Scottish lawyer. 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.
Like the Lord Advocate, the Solicitor General is a member of the Scottish Government and one of the Law officers of the Crown in Scotland. The Solicitor General is a member of the Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service, and may be instructed by the First Minister to investigate matters on their behalf rather than the Lord Advocate. [9]
“The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service recognises the devastating impact of domestic abuse and is committed to the robust prosecution of offences, regardless of who the offender is.
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 ...