Deaths in custody - Independent Review of Fatal Accident Inquiries 2025: report

Footnotes

1 Foreword of the revised Minnesota Protocol, 2017, MinnesotaProtocol.pdf

2 A joint minute of agreement is a way for parties to an FAI, who agree on particular evidence or information, to show the Sheriff that there are agreed matters which do not need to be tested during the Inquiry.

3 Independent Review of the Response to Deaths in Prison Custody | HMIPS

4 INQUEST Family Listening Day Report: A “brutal” system: Families’ experiences following a death in custody in Scotland

5 A First Notice is how COPFS lodge the FAI in court and begin the FAI process.

6 Two or more inquiries can be heard together when the circumstances of the deaths raise similar issues.

7 Act of Sederunt (Fatal Accident Inquiry Rules) 2017

8 Act of Sederunt (Fatal Accident Inquiry) Rules 2017, Rule 4.10(4)

9 A bench book is a guide to procedure and practice that can be used by a Sheriff conducting an FAI.

10 Chief Coroner’s Guidance No 41 Use of Pen Portrait material

11 Determination for the FAI of Katie Allan and William Brown

12 Preventable Deaths Tracker: An evidence-based vigilance platform to learn lessons following death investigations

13 Determination for the FAI of Katie Allan and William Brown

14 2025 Fatal Accident Inquiry Review: terms of reference

15 Inquiries into Fatal Accidents and Sudden Deaths etc. (Scotland) Act 2016

16 A Death in Custody file is collated by SPS and provided to Police Scotland in every death in a Scottish prison.

17 Memorandum of Understanding between PIRC, Police Scotland and Scottish Police Authority | Police Investigation & Review Commissioner