Support for Families in Deaths in Custody FAIs • Using existing powers, the Scottish Government has ensured that, from 7 April 2025, close family members involved in Fatal Accident Inquiries (“FAIs”) following deaths in custody have access to non-means-tested civil legal aid from the point they are notified that an FAI will be held. • Between 7 April and January 2026, 23 grants of legal aid were made to bereaved family members under these powers • Sheriff Principal Abercrombie’s Report of the Independent Review of Fatal Accident Inquiries relating to deaths in custody was published in January 2025.