All Criminal justice articles – Page 3
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NewsSentencing Council v lord chancellor: 'two-tier' guidance shelved
Lord chancellor is preparing draft bill that would make new guidelines unlawful.
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NewsCCRC sets up case study hub to 'assist potential applicants'
Review body says it hopes the new hub will support its work investigating possible miscarriages of justice.
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ProfileLawyer in the news: Katy Colton, Mishcon de Reya
The firm has been instructed to pursue legal action to secure a pardon for Ruth Ellis, the last woman to be hanged in the UK.
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NewsExceptions to the cab rank rule
In 25 years of practice, I never met a clerk who, if he or his master did not want a case, could not evade it.
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NewsNew threat to legislate as Sentencing Council row escalates
Mahmood 'extremely disappointed' by rejection of her request for new guidance to be revised.
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News'This is an emergency': Crown court backlog reaches record high
Law Society says government cannot wait until criminal courts and sentencing reviews report back to take action.
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News'Intermediate courts' will complicate legal aid, Leveson review told
Practitioner group says solicitors will struggle to split their time between three sets of courts.
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NewsTop civil servants' union fires justice warning ahead of spring statement
FDA says headline savings announced by the chancellor will have significant ramifications for the Ministry of Justice.
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News‘IBOR two’ appeal begins at Supreme Court
Supreme Court will hear criminal appeal brought by former City traders Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo.
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NewsBarristers to quit RASSO work, survey suggests
Barristers cite poor pay and emotional exhaustion for wanting to quit rape and serious sexual offences work.
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NewsFirm wins legal aid appeal over 10,000 pages of prosecution evidence
Legal Aid Agency’s determining officer conceded only 882 pages of the 10,000 claimed by Wakefield-based firm.
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ProfileMy legal life: Patrick Geddes, Allington Hughes Law
Director and head of the criminal and regulatory department at Allington Hughes Law, Wrexham.
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OpinionAdolescence is brilliant TV but Jamie should have sacked his brief
Realism of the portrayal of the criminal justice system in the Netflix series has been somewhat overlooked.
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OpinionJudging the morality of death
James E Hurford reviews 'Act and Omission in Criminal Law' by Roni Rosenberg.
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NewsThree-and-a-half-year wait for machete trial sets new record
A 31-year-old man will have to wait until 16 October 2028 for his trial at Snaresbrook Crown Court.
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OpinionPuncturing penal populism
Sentencing, Public Opinion, and Criminal Justice – Essays in Honour of Julian V. Roberts.
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NewsOn course to find your feet
In the 1960s young solicitors who wanted to do a bit of advocacy were thrown in at the deep end.
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NewsCriminal bar in crisis: one in three intends to quit
Half of respondents to CBA survey work over 60 hours a week and overwhelming majority spend weekends preparing cases.
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NewsSolicitor suspended following stalking conviction
‘Serious nature’ of former City lawyer’s conduct meant ‘there was a need to protect the public’, SDT judgment says.
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NewsPre-recorded evidence has no impact on rape conviction rates, MoJ claims
Independent research found 20% drop in convictions in trials relying on pre-recorded evidence.