All Criminal justice articles
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Victims of crime doubt fairness of system
Victims' commissioner says people will stop reporting crimes if they lose faith in the criminal justice system.
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Opinion
China 'spy' prosecution: perplexing questions
Crown Prosecution Service statement on the abandoned case has baffled most legal observers.
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Misfiring miscarriage of justice body submits to independent review
Chair of Criminal Cases Review Commission believes inspection by CPS inspectorate will help to restore confidence.
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Advocate immunity applies to police conduct, CoA finds
Bar Council, which intervened in case, says core immunity ‘critical for access to justice and the administration of justice’.
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Barrister wins £9,000 uplift in murder appeal fee
Senior costs judge finds KC’s ‘reasonable renumeration’ is £9,000 more than that decided by determining officer.
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Conservatives would abolish Sentencing Council
Shadow justice secretary will tell party conference that law should brought into with public wishes.
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'Two trials' barrister disbarred over lie to court
'Matter is so serious we cannot come to any conclusion other than she must be disbarred', Bar Tribunal & Adjudication Service rules.
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Labour conference: Calls for IPP sentences to be fully abolished
Campaigners say indefinite sentences put lives at risks and abolition could be added to the Sentencing Bill.
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Lammy opens legal year with promise of more sitting days
Deputy prime minister and lord chancellor announces an extra 1,250 Crown court days.
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Labour conference: PM opens speech with Hillsborough Law
Keir Starmer says legislation is wider recognition of injustice faced by victims of other tragedies and scandals.
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Labour conference: Lammy attacks 'destructive myth' of ‘fat cat’ lawyers
Justice secretary used first major speech in new role to talk about what legal aid lawyers actually earn.
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Labour conference: Tory attacks 'putting judges at personal risk'
Attorney general and justice minister say attacks are putting lives in danger and threatening UK prosperity.
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Memory lane
Law Society Gazette, 28 September 2015 VW emissions scandal Revelations that motor giant Volkswagen fitted diesel cars with software that would manipulate the results of US emissions tests are set to prompt a global wave of litigation and possible criminal charges in Germany. In the UK, national firm Slater and ...
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'English Law Panel' to promote legal services sector
Justice secretary wants to reinforce Britain's position as a global leader.
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Crown court offers trial date in October... 2029
Lord chancellor David Lammy relying on Leveson recommendations to slash the number of outstanding cases.
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Opinion
The criminal justice system matters, yet its very future is in peril
With huge court backlogs and prisons at breaking point, the very future of our criminal justice system is in peril.
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Rapist loses human rights case over right to vote
European Court finds prisoner’s disenfranchisement in 2019 general election was not ‘disproportionate’.
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Profile
Lawyer in the news: Annalisa Moscardini, TBI Scanlans
Represented Justin Plummer, whose murder conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal after he spent 28 years in prison.
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Crown court canteens on menu for wellbeing body
Trio behind Legally Lifelong reveal goals to improve the everyday lives of people working in criminal justice.
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Memory lane
Fixed fees for crime work, Enduring Powers of Attorney Act and the first woman to sit on the High Court bench: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.