All Criminal justice articles – Page 138
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NewsMoJ awards tagging contracts to new companies
The Ministry of Justice is to award its criminal tagging contract to four new companies.
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NewsPrison reform plans backed
Campaigners say prison should be reserved for people convicted of violent, threatening or sexual crimes.
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OpinionJacques Vergès: avocat de la rupture
Michael Cross chronicles the unusual life of controversial French lawyer Jacques Vergès, who died yesterday. You probably know him as the ‘devil’s advocate’.
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NewsGovernment to propose new custodial powers for magistrates
New measures to ensure that more offences involving custodial sentences are handled entirely in magistrates’ courts feature in plans to overhaul the justice system.
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Prosecutors need training in maturity, says charity
All prosecutors, defence lawyers and police should be given training about assessing the maturity of offenders
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FeatureScience of mixed results
Ian Evett and Sue Pope consider the issue of what may safely be put to the jury when it comes to complex DNA mixtures
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NewsDPP to review ‘predatory’ abuse case
The director of public prosecutions today started a review into a case in which a 13-year-old sexual abuse victim was described as ‘predatory’ by a prosecutor
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NewsList of approved judges for child abuse cases
Rules governing how serious sex cases and proceedings involving vulnerable witnesses are heard will be tightened up.
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Criminal defence firm closes its doors
A leading criminal defence firm has applied to go into voluntary administration, sparking fears that other firms will follow suit.
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ProfileAlison Saunders
Alison Saunders, the next director of public prosecutions, inherits a Crown Prosecution Service whose lawyers have scant faith in its management.
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Banks win mis-selling case at appeal court
The Court of Appeal has dealt a blow to businesses bringing claims against banks for allegedly mis-selling interest rate swaps products by dismissing a claim against the Royal Bank of Scotland.
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Law Society: ‘legitimate role’ for private investigators
The Solicitors Regulation Authority has yet to be told which 22 law firms are named in a dossier on private investigators suspected of illegal practices.
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Law Report
Disclosure
Norwich Pharmacal order – Claimants various victims of phone hacking carried out by defendant company
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Saunders welcomed as new DPP
Lawyers have welcomed the appointment of a Crown Prosecution Service insider as the next director of public prosecutions.
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OpinionGovernment bank sanction plans are flawed
The Treasury has accepted the recommendation of the Parliamentary Commission on Banking Standards
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Saunders is new DPP as job goes to insider
Alison Saunders will succeed Keir Starmer QC as director of public prosecutions at the Crown Prosecution Service, the attorney general announced today. She joined the CPS in 1986, the year it was set up, and is the first DPP to be appointed from within the ranks of the prosecuting agency. ...
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Law Report
Police powers
Police executing search warrants on claimants' premises during period immediately prior to Royal Wedding – Warrants obtained based on information regarding stolen goods at premises
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OpinionChannel 4 is wrong to screen The Murder Trial
The strangest moment I ever faced while reporting a murder trial was some years ago in Braintree. The victim had been killed outside a nightclub and the DJ was giving evidence about the last time he saw the accused: dancing enthusiastically to ‘Oops Upside your Head’ (this really does constitute ...
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OpinionChannel 4 was right to screen The Murder Trial
Last night’s two-hour TV documentary about the Scottish trial of fruit and veg seller Nat Fraser for the murder of his wife Arlene offered a fascinating insight in the reality and banality of the courtroom. Despite the horrific and extraordinary nature of the offence, the programme, even with its sometimes ...
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MoJ contracts reviewed as G4S referred to SFO
Justice secretary Chris Grayling has asked the Serious Fraud Office to investigate contractor G4S after telling parliament that it and rival Serco had overcharged the government by ‘tens of millions of pounds’ for tagging criminals. Grayling said the firms had charged the government for tagging people who were in prison, ...