All Criminal justice articles – Page 45
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News'Unwarranted hostility': Magistrates' chief fires back at critics
Bev Higgs says reaction to sentencing power increase 'disappointing' as government seeks to recruit 4,000 new magistrates.
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NewsNews focus: Criminal barristers are poised for action over pay - what about solicitors?
The criminal bar will not wait any longer for the lord chancellor to pump more money into legal aid. Solicitors are uniting behind barrister colleagues, but Dominic Raab appears in no mood to budge.
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NewsRecord proportion of Crown court backlog outstanding after a year
Representative bodies say problem will get worse if government does not implement recommended 15% funding increase.
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NewsCPS denies suggestion it shrinks font to reduce page count
Pages of prosecution evidence are used to determine how much defence solicitors are paid.
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NewsExtremist told to read classic literature jailed by Court of Appeal
Ben John, 22, is ordered to surrender himself to custody by 4pm tomorrow after his suspended sentence was ruled to be unduly lenient.
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NewsMoJ criticised for not prioritising work to support female offenders
National Audit Office chief says lack of clear goals makes it hard to evaluate progress.
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NewsJury foreman sentenced over internet research
Crown court conviction quashed after juror admitted asking 'How hard is it to break bones?'.
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NewsCPS proposes new guidance on 'mercy killings'
Prosecutors should consider whether suspects are ‘wholly motivated by compassion’ in guidance proposed by the Crown Prosecution Service.
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OpinionA system that has reached breaking point
Criminal legal aid reports show that the profession as it stands has recruitment, retention, diversity and sustainability problems.
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NewsCriminal bar explores appetite for action over legal aid
Representative body asks if barristers should take action if the government fails to make Valentine's Day commitment.
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NewsPeers urged to back 'health needs screening' for remote proceedings
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill to be debated in House of Lords today.
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NewsJoint practitioner group mooted to fight legal aid cuts
Edward Henry QC says Criminal Practitioner Association could wield the 'hard stick' during government negotiations.
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NewsHMCTS spends £236m on troubled case management system
Figures for implementing Common Platform programme revealed in written parliamentary answer.
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ProfileMy legal life: Saadiya Ahmad, UEL Legal Advice Centre
Director of the University of East London’s Legal Advice Centre, senior lecturer in law and senior solicitor at Dexter Henry Solicitors.
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OpinionCriminal defence: dead in a decade?
Criminal Bar Association figures show that 22% of juniors and 46% of QCs have left the criminal bar during the last five years.
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NewsDigital evidence in criminal cases can ‘obscure rather than illuminate’ – Sharp
The president of the Queen’s Bench Division warns ‘the scope for evidence that deals with the new technologies to obscure … must also be faced’.
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NewsDomestic abuse victims to be given more time to go to the police
Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill will move six-month window for a prosecution to commence.