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Please find the Scotland Legal Advice Handbook 2018 attached below.

COLLEAGUES, AS I WRITE THIS ARTICLE ON 8TH MARCH 2018, POA MEMBERS AT HMP LINDHOLME WALKED OUT AND REFUSED TO RETURN TO WORK IN THE DANGEROUS CIRCUMSTANCES THAT THEY REASONABLY BELIEVED TO BE IMMINENT AND SERIOUS.

POA NATIONAL CHAIR, MARK FAIRHURST, UPDATES US ON THE FALL-OUT OF THE CARILLION COLLAPSE AND HOW THE POA WILL CONTINUE TO SUPPORT ALL MEMBERS, WHEREVER THEY WORK.

POA NATIONAL CHAIR, MARK FAIRHURST, BRINGS US UP-TO-DATE WITH THE WAYS THAT THE POA CONTINUES TO SUPPORT ITS MEMBERS.

STEVE GILLAN, POA GENERAL SECRETARY, REPORTS THAT ALL TOO OFTEN AT POA HQ, WE RECEIVE CONTACT FROM A LOCAL BRANCH OFFICIAL INDICATING THAT A MEMBER IS REQUIRED TO ATTEND AT A POLICE STATION TO BE INTERVIEWED BY THE POLICE UNDER CAUTION, FOLLOWING AN INCIDENT AT WORK.