All Criminal justice articles – Page 52
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News‘Peaceful protest’ under scrutiny as statue case referred
Court of Appeal asked to clarify law following acquittals of ‘Colston four’.
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NewsCity solicitor to stand trial over SFO probe ‘tip-off’
William Osmond entered not guilty pleas at Southwark Crown Court.
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NewsPoint of no returns: barristers begin legal aid action
Hundreds of practitioners are withdrawing longstanding gesture of goodwill that has helped prop up criminal justice system.
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News‘We understand’: Law Society issues guidance on bar action
Chancery Lane says it understands why criminal barristers are taking industrial action next week.
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NewsPublicly-funded criminal barrister numbers drop by 11%
Bar Council says its analysis shows ‘the stark impact of the pandemic on the criminal bar’.
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OpinionSolicitor executed for murder – but did he do it?
The Poisonous Solicitor: The True Story of a 1920s Murder Mystery | Stephen Bates
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NewsNews focus: Criminal legal aid - point of no return?
With barristers preparing for ‘no returns’ and the Law Society withdrawing support for the government’s proposed reform package, what now for criminal legal aid?
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News‘Wild West’ warning on predictive policing
Lords committee calls for legislation to oversee innovations based on artificial intelligence.
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NewsTrial begins over collapsed £120m legal financing fund
Two solicitors facing charges following the 2012 collapse of Axiom, which was established to lend money to law firms pursuing no win, no fee claims.
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NewsMoJ defends legal aid offer following Law Society broadside
Ministry of Justice encourages legal sector to engage with consultation after Chancery Lane withdrew support for proposed reform package.
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NewsSFO director ducks questions on Unaoil investigation
Lisa Osofsky tells MPs she does not want to ‘impinge on’ review of disclosure failures.
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NewsMoJ has 'botched' criminal legal aid response - Society
Chancery Lane withdraws support and says solicitors should consider if they want to continue doing publicly funded work.
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NewsCourts case management system glitch as HMCTS resumes rollout
Common Platform working again after practitioners were notified this morning that the system was unavailable.
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NewsSecond conviction quashed in fresh blow for SFO chief
Solicitors for Paul Bond claim Serious Fraud Office director Lisa Osofsky’s position is now ‘wholly untenable’.
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NewsMagistrates to get half a day's formal training for new sentencing powers
Ministry of Justice says commencement regulations will be introduced 'in the coming weeks'.
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NewsBarristers to press ahead with legal aid action
CBA members will withdraw goodwill from 11 April unless Ministry of Justice shows 'substantial movement'.
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NewsNews focus: Is the government's criminal legal aid cash pledge too little, too late?
A cash injection is long overdue, but not everything is at it seems in the government’s response to the criminal legal aid review. Solicitors may get less than £60m a year and not everyone will receive a 15% rise
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OpinionMake or break
If Dominic Raab hoped to satisfy and appease criminal legal aid lawyers with his package of reform proposals, he failed.
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News'Being eligible is one thing': means test reform raises concern
Law Society welcomes measures to widen scope of legal aid but worries people may not be able to find a publicly funded solicitor.