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The Crown Office and Procurator Fiscal Service (Scottish Gaelic: Oifis a' Chrùin agus Seirbheis Neach-casaid a' Chrùin, Scots: Croun Office an Procurator Fiscal Service) is the independent public prosecution service for Scotland, and is a Ministerial Department of the Scottish Government. The department is headed by Her Majesty's Lord Advocate, who under the Scottish legal system is responsible for prosecution, along with the area Procurators fiscal. In Scotland, virtually all prosecution of criminal offences is undertaken by the Crown. Private prosecutions are extremely rare. The Service's responsibilities extend to the whole of Scotland, and include: The Service employs both civil servants who carry out administrative and other duties and solicitors and advocates who represent the Crown in Court.
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CENTRAL OFFICE OF INFORMATION BEING SCRAPPED. CABINET OFFICE. ATTOURNEY GENERAL. Is it possible to sue government departments? (UK) Yes it is.
You can sue a government departments in the UK courts, and you can sue the UK government in the European Court of Human Rights, and in the European Court of Justice. You cannot sue the government for certain things. You can't sue them just because you don't like government policy. You cannot sue them for failing to deliver on an election pledge (this has been tried before and failed, on the grounds that election promises are mere aspirations, and can change from day to day in different circumstances.)
You can sue the government for failing to protect your human rights under the European Convention on Human Rights, if you have exhausted all legal channels in the UK, in the European Court of Human Rights. People often sue the department for health, the ministry of defence, the home office etc. You can also sue a police force, which is a branch of the Home Office, a government department. Assets Recovery Agency. The Assets Recovery Agency (ARA) was a non-ministerial government department in the United Kingdom.
It was established under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA) to reduce crime by confiscating the proceeds of any crime. It was granted a new power of civil recovery through the High Court, and could also take over the powers of the HM Revenue and Customs (HMRC) to levy tax without identifying a source for taxed income. The ARA became operational in February 2003, but it failed to meet its targets for the confiscation of criminal funds.[1] It was announced in January 2007 that it would be merged with the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA), which was established in 2006. Provisions to achieve this were contained in the Serious Crime Act 2007. Background[edit] The setting up of the ARA was a key aspect of the POCA, which the Government intended to take the profit out of crime, aiming to dismantle and disrupt organised crime gangs by confiscating the financial proceeds of criminal acts.