All Criminal justice articles – Page 16
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Man sentenced for harassing MP and her solicitor husband
Michael Bedford sent hundreds of emails to Kinglsey Napley, where Dame Maria Miller’s husband works.
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Barrister jailed for four years for rape
Robin Jacobs, 39, repeatedly shouted at the jury ‘I didn’t do it’ after he was convicted.
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Duty solicitor scheme 'close to collapse', lord chancellor told
Practitioner group outlines solicitors' concerns in open letter to Brandon Lewis CBE MP.
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KCs pay tribute to Queen's 'steadfast and true public service'
Criminal bar walked through the streets of London before laying a wreath outside Gray's Inn Chapel.
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Law centre secures crime contract to support vulnerable clients
Staff report an increasing number of clients who are victims of crime or at risk of being wrongly criminalised.
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Lord chancellor postpones meeting with criminal bar chiefs
Revised arrangements announced within the legal sector following the death of Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II.
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SFO disclosure reviews cost nearly £450,000
Serco review cost nearly £360,000 while Unaoil report cost at least £85,000.
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Criminal bar demonstrations cancelled - but strike continues
Public gatherings called off this week out of respect for Queen Elizabeth II as leader of the Criminal Bar Association prepares to meet new lord chancellor.
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Arson and robbery suspects released after long wait for trials
Another judge joins chorus of disapproval at failings in the criminal justice system.
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New justice secretary agrees to meet criminal bar
Criminal Bar Association chief Kirsty Brimelow QC hopes 'introductory' meeting will pave the way for negotiations to open.
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'Substantial positive movement from government' could end bar strike
Justice committee hears evidence from criminal bar chiefs on reasons behind long-running action over legal aid funding.
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Judge blames chronic underfunding as he refuses custody extension
Government ’has had many, many months in which to resolve the current dispute’, recorder of Bristol tells court.
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Crown courts back to ‘business as normal’, senior judge says
Lady Justice Macur allows challenge to extension of custody time limit.
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Osofsky calls for reform of disclosure rules
SFO director says disclosure is ‘one of the biggest challenges’ the agency faces.
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Criminal bar demands to meet new justice secretary this week
Kirsty Brimelow QC says Dominic Raab's successor must open negotiations as soon as they enter office.
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Criminal bar begins 'historic' strike
Barristers escalate action over legal aid funding on day new prime minister is announced.
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Magistrates' court staff to strike for nine days this month
PCS union has also served notice of a second ballot of members over the Common Platform.
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Raab made 'direct request' for striking barristers' names, CBA claims
The MoJ says it is ‘categorically untrue’ that names were requested by Raab or department.
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Axiom financial adviser faces March 2024 retrial
David Kennedy, 69, denies one count of fraudulent trading in relation to the Axiom Legal Financing Fund.
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Opinion
When Crown court judges start to look young
The wheels of justice kept turning - just - on day one of the defence barristers’ indefinite walk-out.