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September 1, 2008

Guidelines for JPs
New guidelines require court records to show sentence before and after discount.

July 1, 2008

Consultation in Tayside Central and Fife
Consultation document issued - responses due by 30 September 2008

June 30, 2008

Personal Development Log
Personal Development Log Books have been sent to all Justices of the Peace today

May 26, 2008

Consultation for Glasgow and Strathkelvin
Consultation document issued - responses due by 12 August2008

May 1, 2008

Web site launched
Today was the "soft launch" of the SJA web site.

March 14, 2008

New Executive Committee member
At their meeting today, the SJA Executive committee accepted the nomination of Andrew Leven to represent the Sheriffdom of Glasgow and Strathkelvin. Welome, Andrew.

January 17, 2008

Communications Committee
The SJA Communications and Membership committee held their third meeting on 17 January 2008.

December 10, 2007

Benchbook published and distributed
The Justice of the Peace Court Bench Book has now been distributed to JPs and is available through the Judicial Studies Committee web site - click here - supplied for personal use. It was prepared by Sherriff Frank Crowe and Ewan Hawthorn, JP and thanks are expressed to the Justices and members of the Scottish Justices Association who read and made comments on the drafts.

December 1, 2007

Scheme for appraisal of JPs
The consultation paper has now been issued to individual Justices of the Peace and relevant bodies in Scotland.

November 27, 2007

Reception for Shrieval and JP Bench
Members of the SJA executive attended a reception hosted by First Minister Alex Salmond on 27th November 2007.