All Criminal justice articles – Page 106
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Bar pushes for revamped advocacy fees
New graduated fee scheme aims to increase payments for complex and serious cases to redress 'imbalance'.
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NewsCriminal courts charge introducing plea-bargaining ‘through back door’
Defendants changing their pleas to avoid paying excessive penalties, thinktank warns.
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NewsChallenge legal aid contract decisions quickly, solicitors warned
Legal Aid Agency is expected to reveal outcome of its 2015 duty provider procurement tender this week.
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NewsHuman error blamed for opening of prisoners’ legal letters
Prisons and Probation Ombudsman upheld 16 complaints between April 2014 and June 2015.
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NewsLabour makes fresh pledge to review legal aid reforms
Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has asked former junior minister Lord Bach to lead the latest review.
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NewsPractitioner groups consider Gove’s legal aid offer
Gesture by lord chancellor ‘contingent upon profession continuing to engage constructively’.
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NewsCPS under pressure but not near collapse, says attorney general
Jeremy Wright QC tells MPs the prosecution service is coping well with the challenges it faces.
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NewsLord Falconer remains on shadow frontbench
New Labour party leader Jeremy Corbyn appoints Lord Falconer of Thoroton shadow justice secretary.
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FeatureCriminal law changes – part 2
New offences, including those related to improper use of police powers, private sexual photographs and juries.
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NewsCameron promises youth justice overhaul
Prime minister announces reform as part of vision of ‘smarter state’.
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NewsOne in five victims ‘dissatisfied’ with CPS – survey
Director of public prosecutions announces additional support for victims and witnesses in Crown court proceedings.
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NewsSolicitors have ‘appetite’ for new legal aid regime, says justice minister
Labour peer tables ‘regret motion’ over decision to introduce further fee cuts for solicitors.
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NewsDigital defence system ‘will cut red tape’
Criminal defence solicitors will be able to download initial disclosure of the prosecution case.
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OpinionProsecuting hate crime
The police must be given adequate training to improve the national response to hate crime.
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NewsScots solicitors boycott new court over legal aid fees
Falkirk group says it cannot afford to subsidise criminal appeals at 1992 rates.
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NewsDeadline extended for legal aid bid survey
Practitioner groups extend deadline as solicitors await outcome of Ministry of Justice talks.
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NewsCPS flags up Cayman Islands reform
More efficient criminal justice system will reduce money-laundering threat to UK, according to report.
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NewsEx-Leeds Utd boss Haigh jailed
Solicitor and in-house counsel held in custody for a year without charge is convicted of 'breach of trust'.
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OpinionArrested 17-year-olds need a fairer deal
The forthcoming Policing and Criminal Justice Bill should reform outdated procedures and help children in police custody.
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News‘Urgent review’ of appropriate adults needed
Government-commissioned report says inadequate provision risks creating miscarriages of justice.