All Criminal justice articles – Page 127
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NewsChancery Lane seeks further changes to legal aid reforms
The Law Society has responded to the government’s second legal aid consultation.
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NewsCrime victims to get right to address courts directly
From December, judges will take into account victims’s personal statements when determining sentences, the victims’ minister says
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Law Report
Criminal law
Defendant appealing against conviction – Whether insanely held delusion on part of defendant being attacked or threatened causing him to respond violently entitling him to acquittal on basis of reasonable self-defence
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NewsBoycott could cause cases to collapse
Major trials could collapse from next month if barristers carry out a threat to boycott criminal legal aid work in protest over proposed fee cuts in very high cost cases.
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NewsCost-cutting axe falls on pioneering court
North Liverpool Community Justice Centre will close its doors next spring.
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NewsSociety backs challenge to advocacy quality scheme
The High Court will hear the challenge to QASA at the end of November.
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NewsMinistry stands by Grayling evidence after bar chief challenge
Justice secretary’s evidence on the pay for a typical VHCC case is ‘not inaccurate’, says the Ministry of Justice.
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MoJ cancels £75m in unpaid court fines
Shadow justice secretary attacks 50% two-year increase in cancelled fines.
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OpinionGrayling faces a new problem
The lord chancellor says all the bar’s problems are not down to him. But the government must prepare for a looming issue.
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NewsBar chair challenges Grayling’s sums
Lord chancellor under fire for claiming QC’s fees average £135,000 on high cost cases.
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NewsGrayling rejects ‘Europeanisation’ of justice
The justice secretary has defended the government’s intention to opt out of EU law and order measures.
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Law Report
Criminal law
Appellants being editors or journalists of News of the World newspaper – Appellants facing criminal charges resulting from phone voicemail-hacking activities – Appellants appealing on preliminary issue concerning transmission of voicemail messages
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NewsRoom for ‘only 300 criminal firms’
There are too many criminal law firms and too many criminal lawyers, according to a Tuckers senior partner.
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EU access directive
Directive will guarantee people facing criminal proceedings the right to the effective assistance of a lawyer.
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OpinionNational Crime Agency: the big picture
Does the National Crime Agency have the budget to justify its headline-grabbing remit?
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FeatureJudicial recusal
The doctrine of judicial recusal dictates that a judge may recuse himself from proceedings if he decides that it is not appropriate for him to hear a case listed to be heard by him.
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NewsVara gets legal aid brief following MoJ reshuffle
Portfolio includes judicial policy, civil law and justice, international business, legal services and claims management regulation.
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NewsSociety tackles ‘false impressions’ over MoJ engagement
Chief executive’s letter to profession defends engagement with the Ministry of Justice.
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NewsCriminal bar gets green light to challenge QASA
The High Court has granted the Criminal Bar Association permission to proceed with its legal challenge to advocacy assessment.
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NewsNational Crime Agency opens for business
The home secretary has published the government’s strategy to ‘relentlessly pursue’ organised and serious crime.