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Old 2nd Aug 2015, 21:37
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Davef68
 
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They have the power to hold an FAI into any death in the workplace, or where there is a belief of suspicion regarding the circumstances of death, including service deaths.

I don't beleive, based on the Crown Office interpretation of employment, that discrecionary power extends to service deaths where there is no suspicion, where as a 'normal' workplace death would invoke an FAI.

I'm interested to see if COPFS manage to cite the cases they mention, there is sometimes a tendency to rely on Stair et al without double checking.
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