All Criminal justice articles – Page 121
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NewsJudgment reserved on criminal legal aid reforms
Judicial review into crime duty tender process heard at the High Court.
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NewsWitnesses to be warned of questions under DPP plans
Guidance from director of public prosecutions proposes ‘pre-trial special measures meeting’ with witnesses.
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NewsLawyers and MPs round on ‘absurd’ JR reforms
Widespread alarm over the government’s revised plans to change the rules on granting permission for judicial review.
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NewsCab rank rule still a ‘cardinal principle’ – minister
Faulks accepts fees have fallen in real terms and remain ‘extremely modest’.
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NewsGrayling's legal aid reforms 'irrational', Law Society argues
Judicial review of crime duty tender process began today.
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NewsAG considers unduly lenient sentence scope after teacher case
‘It’s important the public can challenge what they believe to be exceptionally low sentences’
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NewsAuction raises £8k for JR on legal aid cuts
Judicial review into legal aid crime duty contract tender process to be heard this week.
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OpinionDuty contracts: what firms need to know
Law Society roadshow looks at details of the legal aid crime duty tender process.
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FeatureDNA and case preparation
What the criminal practitioner needs to know about changes to forensic DNA testing.
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Opinion
Jefferies: a cautionary tale
The ITV docudrama about Christopher Jefferies must stir concern about access to justice.
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Opinion
EU rights to information ‘roadmap’
Online training programme explains how to apply new directive in everyday practice.
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OpinionFootball, celebrity and justice
What the Ched Evans case tells us about justice in the age of new media.
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News‘Weak’ appraisal of magistrates harming courts – report
Charity calls for improvements in assessment and training of magistrates.
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NewsKeep working on tenders, criminal practitioners told
Judicial review into legal aid crime duty contracts to be heard this month.
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NewsCourt puts legal aid contract process on hold
Crime duty contracts tender process suspended until the result of judicial reviews sought by Law Society and practitioner groups.
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NewsGrayling faces new year test over legal aid
Hearing date set for practitioner groups' challenge over criminal legal aid tender process.
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OpinionCounting the cost of cuts
There are many knock-on consequences of civil legal aid cuts, as a recent National Audit Office report notes.
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NewsMPs urge review of joint-enterprise use
Evidence to committee of MPs warns of ‘dragnet’ disproportionately affecting young black men.
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NewsCriminal defence tendering ‘arbitrary and anomalous’
Law Society believes ‘highly problematic’ process unfairly favours outsourcing giants.