All Criminal justice articles
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NewsJury foreman sentenced over internet research
Crown court conviction quashed after juror admitted asking 'How hard is it to break bones?'.
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CPS proposes new guidance on 'mercy killings'
Prosecutors should consider whether suspects are ‘wholly motivated by compassion’ in guidance proposed by the Crown Prosecution Service.
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Barrister jailed for understating income
HMRC investigators compared practitioner's VAT declarations with those of his chambers.
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Criminal bar explores appetite for action over legal aid
Representative body asks if barristers should take action if the government fails to make Valentine's Day commitment.
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Peers urged to back 'health needs screening' for remote proceedings
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill to be debated in House of Lords today.
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Joint practitioner group mooted to fight legal aid cuts
Edward Henry QC says Criminal Practitioner Association could wield the 'hard stick' during government negotiations.
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HMCTS spends £236m on troubled case management system
Figures for implementing Common Platform programme revealed in written parliamentary answer.
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Opinion
Criminal defence: dead in a decade?
Criminal Bar Association figures show that 22% of juniors and 46% of QCs have left the criminal bar during the last five years.
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Profile
My legal life: Saadiya Ahmad, UEL Legal Advice Centre
Director of the University of East London’s Legal Advice Centre, senior lecturer in law and senior solicitor at Dexter Henry Solicitors.
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Digital evidence in criminal cases can ‘obscure rather than illuminate’ – Sharp
The president of the Queen’s Bench Division warns ‘the scope for evidence that deals with the new technologies to obscure … must also be faced’.
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Domestic abuse victims to be given more time to go to the police
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will move six-month window for a prosecution to commence.
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Firm in private prosecutions row is to close
Widnes-based Parry & Welch Solicitors files notice that it is to go into administration.
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CPS ‘misunderstood’ law on illegal entry into UK, Court of Appeal rules
Investigators adopted ‘a heresy about the law’ on assisting unlawful immigration, which was ‘passed on’ to the prosecutors, defence and judges.
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Tougher criminal sentences contributing to the courts backlog - new bar chair
The public should be told ‘the true consequences’ of politicians' attempts to appear tough on crime, Mark Fenhalls QC says.
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New crime contracts a critical 'pressure point' for defenders
Bar chief says serious promises and decisions needed early next year to stop solicitors quitting criminal legal aid.
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Practitioners reminded to wear face masks in court
Judicial guidance reissued as coronavirus cases continue to surge.
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Opinion
County lines: How the state is failing our young
Without imaginative and constructive work there is little hope that county line gangs will be defeated.
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Direct access to barristers 'could improve justice outcomes' for ethnic minorities
Cross-party thinktank revisits Lammy Review recommendation to improve trust in criminal justice system.
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Law Commission to tackle 'rape myths'
Review will look at ways to improve the trial process for complainants and defendants.
