All Criminal justice articles – Page 21
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NewsSolicitors face tougher sentence for perverting course of justice
Those obliged to facilitate justice will be deemed to have high level of culpability if offence linked to their job.
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NewsCommon Platform inflexibility 'causing issues', admits government
Court staff have had to 'check in' barristers given a case at short notice.
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NewsFirm considers challenge to unlawful dismissal ruling
Case raises questions over the way duty solicitors are able to switch firms mid-contract.
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NewsMPs criticise HMCTS for 'burning through' £1.3bn court reform budget
Damning report from public accounts committee reveals only £120m left but programme nowhere near complete.
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NewsJudge urges harmonisation of ‘arbitrary’ rules on embargoed draft judgments
High Court judge bemoans the ‘ongoing confusion’ surrounding contempt of court and which judgments can be shared.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency speeds up billing process
Defence solicitors no longer have to wait until a case ends to submit claim for police station work.
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OpinionReforming the criminal justice system: juryless trials
With rape conviction rates low across the UK, is it time to ditch juries?
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OpinionLegal aid expansion threatened by an antiquated IT system
Legal Aid Agency's digital system is a barrier to many proposals for legal aid reform. The government must invest in it now.
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NewsAccess to justice 'should be every lord chancellor's mission', says Chalk
Legal aid barrister 'spending a little time in politics' promises parliamentarians that he will do his best.
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NewsOver 2,000 duty solicitors lost in a decade, Law Society warns
Chancery Lane chief says projections suggest 'perfect storm' awaits criminal justice system.
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NewsIdentification doctrine reform could put more corporates in the dock
Senior managers will be treated as 'directing mind and will' of a business under amendment to economic crime bill.
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NewsRape complainants to be offered pre-trial prosecutor meetings
Ministry of Justice says new obligation will be included in updated Victims' Code.
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OpinionCovid inquiry: mixed messages over disclosure
There are a lot of questions Boris Johnson needs to answer.
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OpinionCould exemplary damages discourage corporate wrongdoings?
A 'punishment tax' would change attitudes of current and prospective wrong-doers towards litigation risk.
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OpinionPolice Procedure and Evidence in the Criminal Justice System
Unlike many books in the field of policing, Police Procedure and Evidence in the Criminal Justice System is incredibly interactive and arguably visionary in its method of incorporating an online presence at the end of each chapter.
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NewsJudge removed from office for deleting data
Judicial Conduct Investigations Office finds ‘misconduct of the utmost seriousness’.
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NewsI had no knowledge of Gray's Inn 'explosive plot', businessman tells court
Jonathan Nuttall denies ever being aware of the incident which caused building evacuations and road closures.