Commentary Solutions

Scots Crime

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A must-have for any Scottish criminal practitioner

Westlaw UK Scots Crime is brought to you by W. Green, The Scottish Law publisher, through Westlaw UK from Sweet & Maxwell.

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Case Law

Scots Law Times, W. Green's flagship title, publishes every Friday on Westlaw UK Scots Crime and is the only legal research source to cover every court including the Privy Council, High Court of Judiciary, Sheriff Court and the Court of Justice of the European Communities. With coverage dating back to 1893 Westlaw UK Scots Crime can take you straight to the full-text case report.

This service also offers seamless access to cases unreported elsewhere and early alerts of ground-breaking Scottish criminal cases, complied from Greens Weekly Digest, are available via Westlaw UK Scots Crime's Current Awareness Service.

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Case Analysis Service

This unique service (available for all cases on Westlaw UK) includes a digest of the case, with hypertext links direct to cited cases, legislation and journal articles. History relating to the case is also included with a red flag warning of a case overruling or reversal.

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Legislation - both UK and Scottish

Westlaw UK legislation, with a history dating back to 1267, is fully consolidated, in full text and updated on a weekly basis. A unique versioning facility dating back to 1992 allows you to see how the law stood both before and after amendments, and provides information about prospective amendments where available.

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Legislation Analysis Service

Available for every individual provision of legislation currently in force, this unique service includes hypertext links direct to the full text, historical and prospective law as well as links to cases, other relevant legislation and secondary sources. Westlaw UK Scots Crime legislation is in full text, fully consolidated, specific to Scotland, from Westminster and Holyrood and includes the legislation in the Parliament House Book. Statutes date back to 1708 and Statutory Instruments back to 1948. The service also includes UK legislation which is available on the full Westlaw UK service.

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Full Text Commentary

Renton & Brown's Criminal Procedure (6th Edition)

This leading work, updated three times a year, is the most regularly cited publication in the Scottish criminal courts today and an indispensable companion to Renton and Brown's Criminal Procedure Legislation. Hundreds of lawyers rely on this authoritative, comprehensive account covering both the practice and procedure of the courts in Scotland and all relevant topics - ranging from Human Rights to Appeals and from Bail to Evidence - when preparing for and during a trial.

Renton & Brown's Criminal Procedure Legislation

Provides Scotland's criminal law practitioners with the ideal companion to Renton and Brown's Criminal Procedure (6th Edition). This major work brings together all primary and subordinate criminal legislation, plus the Criminal Procedure Rules forms in rtf format, enabling you to complete the forms on screen and either e-mail or print them off.

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Legal Journals Index

Access abstracts of articles from over 800 legal journals from the UK and Europe.

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Current Awareness

Receive the day's legal developments (including official publications, legislative changes and news) by 9am and throughout the day as events happen. Sources include:

  • Criminal Statutes and Statutory Instruments, European Community legislation and proposals for legislation as applicable to Scotland.
  • The latest cases from the Sheriff Court, High Court, Privy Council and European Court of Justice compiled from Greens Weekly Digest.
  • Selected from the Times, Financial Times, Independent, Guardian, Daily Telegraph, Scotsman, Herald and directly from official, regulatory and professional organisations. Plus press releases from Government Departments and the Scottish Executive.
  • Selected Government, Executive Agency and Parliamentary, including White and Green papers and consultative documents.
  • Official documents, press releases and news from the European Commission and the European Parliament, plus any developments in Member States relevant to Scotland.

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