All Criminal justice articles – Page 2
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NewsNew bar chair seeks solicitor backing for fairer allocation of briefs
In her inaugural speech, Kirsty Brimelow KC outlined 12 priorities - including addressing the earnings gap and protecting lawyers from abuse.
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NewsSolicitor cleared of telling client to fabricate defence in cricket match-fixing case
No evidence to show that criminal lawyer Shahid Ali encouraged his client, a former professional cricketer, to lie.
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NewsMinister admits jury trials would be curbed regardless of courts crisis
MPs call out comment by courts minister Sackman during fiery debate on jury reforms.
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NewsSFO returns £400,000 to victims - 24 years after email fraud
‘Groundbreaking’ case means victims in the UK, US and France have the ‘vast majority’ of their stolen funds returned to them.
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NewsBars unite to condemn Lammy’s jury curbs
Bar Council joins forces with the bars of Ireland, Northern Ireland and Scotland in calling on government to change course.
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OpinionA release from prison but not from pain
Lara Bazelon’s Rectify is not a book about victory — it’s about aftermath.
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NewsSFO secures £900,000 confiscation order against Axiom Fund adviser
Former practitioner has three months to pay £928,479.89 or he could face more years added to his sentence for fraudulent trading.
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NewsNew backlog record renews conflict on jury curbs
Law Society says justice secretary David Lammy's solution merely transfers problem from one court to another.
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NewsBindmans lodges super-complaint over lengthy rape investigations
Law firm highlights 'potential systemic breach' of ECHR obligations.
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News'We cannot shirk reform': Lammy refuses to budge on jury trials
Lord chancellor defends Leveson review and says Crown court backlog will exceed 100,000 by the time of the next election without reform.
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NewsMPs demand evidence behind Lammy's jury plan
Ministry of Justice says impact assessment will be published when the legislation is introduced in parliament.
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NewsRetired solicitor convicted of sexual offences against former clients
Crown court jury finds 72-year-old guilty of 10 of the 22 charges against him.
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NewsCPS 'retention policy' leaves judge in dark over abuser's previous convictions
Recorder's eyebrow was raised by a lack of detail regarding a defendant’s 2022 battery offence.
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NewsFormer solicitor appointed Parole Board vice chair
Her Honour Anne Molyneux was admitted in 1983 before her career took her to the judiciary.
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NewsSuspended sentence for former CPS paralegal who accessed case file without permission
The 27-year-old admitted misconduct in public office.
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OpinionJury reforms ‘not just crisis management’
Courts minister Sarah Sackman MP says it is 'also about fundamental modernisation of our criminal justice system from top to bottom.'
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OpinionLast rites for more rights
As I predicted last week, David Lammy’s jury curbs turned out not to be quite as draconian as the draft plans leaked to The Times indicated they would be. An old political ruse was surely in play.