All Criminal justice articles
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NewsSolicitor denies insider dealing charges
Practitioner enters not guilty pleas as trial date fixed for 2028.
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NewsProblem-solving courts divert four in 10 from immediate jail time
Intensive supervision courts designed to cut reoffending by focusing on addictions that drive criminal behaviour.
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NewsNHS AI tools could be repurposed to support jurors, committee told
Lords committee hears evidence from Her Honour Judge Kaly Kaul KC on juror support.
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OpinionPM’s conjuring trick may prove less than magic
Andy Burnham’s decision to exclude killers and some other offenders from the government’s early-release scheme for prisoners serving fixed sentences is a hostage to fortune.
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NewsLet a computer say yes to justice
‘All these cases now to be heard by the magistrates. They’ll never get through them.’
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NewsIPP sentences to be abolished 'by end of this parliament'
Justice secretary Alex Norris will work with former home secretary David Blunkett whose administration introduced the punishment.
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NewsMoJ reveals £1.5m cashpot to fund criminal bar pupillages
Ministry of Justice will invest money to widen access to 'prestigious' profession.
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NewsPrison laundry rooms to be converted into cells
Government to fast-track £110m from existing budgets to create more accommodation.
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News'Women will suffer' in criminal bar sustainability plan
Barristers say proposed fee reforms will benefit men more and drive lawyers out of doing rape and serious sexual offences work.
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NewsInspectors praise 'unseen' military court operation
Inspection report reveals significant operational differences between military and civilian court systems.
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NewsRape support charity awarded £8.7m to continue helpline
Ministry of Justice says funding reflects government's commitment to tackle horrendous crimes and support victims.
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NewsLawyers praised for securing IPP prisoner's release after 20 years
Jailed man had been through 11 parole hearings before solicitor spotted that indefinite sentence had been imposed unlawfully.
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OpinionWe need to rethink our approach to Football Banning Orders
Current regulations do not make a big enough distinction between organised disorder and lower-level offending.
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NewsRoad traffic victims unaware of compensation rights, report finds
People who do seek compensation often face a long, stressful and expensive process, says Victims’ Commissioner.
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OpinionThe government has toughened its fraud laws - now it must make them count
Jonathan Fisher KC’s Fraud in the Digital Age report delivers a clear warning about the scale of fraud in the UK.
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NewsSolicitor accused of insider dealing appears in court
Case adjourned until next month by His Honour Judge Baumgartner, recorder of Westminster.
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OpinionAlex Norris passes first big test
Norris has faced the modern politician’s greatest ordeal: an 11-minute prime-time interview with Nick Robinson on the Today programme.
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