All Criminal justice articles – Page 28
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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.
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NewsGray’s Inn ‘explosives’: accused businessman to give evidence
Defence opens in Old Bailey trial centered on two ‘devices’ placed in the legal heart of London.
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NewsMan spared jail after six-year delay in case coming to court
Judge cites time waiting for court hearing as a reason for non-custodial sentence.
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News'Comprehensively dishonest man' jailed for posing as solicitor in court
Judge tells Sheffield Crown Court that Richard Lipscombe’s offending was 'one of the most serious examples that has come before the courts of a bogus solicitor'.
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NewsCPS paralegal jailed for accessing case files
Assistant admitted misconduct in public office and perverting the course of justice.
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NewsInflation warning over legal aid reforms
Ministry of Justice publishes response to means test proposals nearly a year after consultation ended.
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NewsPublic Order Act prompts fresh call for devolved justice
Counsel general for Wales says legislation imposed by Westminster is authoritarian, undemocratic and dangerous.
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News'Rape myths' consultation floats curbs on barristers' conduct
Law Commission seeks views on whether judges should pre-approve certain lines of questioning in sexual offence trials.
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OpinionChalk off to a good start at Justice
Alex Chalk's unique selling point on the criminal justice system is that he knows whereof he speaks.
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NewsNo 'target' list of solicitors aiding traffickers - NCA
A Guardian 'Exclusive' reported that the NCA is preparing a ‘sweep’ of up to 100 lawyers believed to be helping organised crime groups.