All Criminal justice articles – Page 6
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NewsRapist loses human rights case over right to vote
European Court finds prisoner’s disenfranchisement in 2019 general election was not ‘disproportionate’.
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ProfileLawyer in the news: Annalisa Moscardini, TBI Scanlans
Represented Justin Plummer, whose murder conviction was quashed by the Court of Appeal after he spent 28 years in prison.
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NewsCrown court canteens on menu for wellbeing body
Trio behind Legally Lifelong reveal goals to improve the everyday lives of people working in criminal justice.
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OpinionMore ius commune than common law
James E Hurford reviews 'Foundations of American Criminal Due Process at Trial'.
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NewsMemory lane
Fixed fees for crime work, Enduring Powers of Attorney Act and the first woman to sit on the High Court bench: a stroll down Gazette memory lane.
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NewsTrials disrupted as prison video link fails
Ministry of Justice warns problems could continue this week.
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NewsAI will monitor offenders to 'prevent crime before it happens'
Technology is being tested in four probation regions and will see those on licence kept under additional surveillance.
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News'The best ****ing night of our lives'
Following on from the park baseball boys (1 August), I did defend other brothers who were a bit more venal. They lived near the old cinema in the Caledonian Road, which seemed to show endless Randolph Scott double bills. It was also conveniently near Pentonville Prison, from which another client, ...
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NewsCity lawyers attack Leveson jury plan
Fraud proposals ‘risk an absolute and eternal abolition of fundamental rights to ostensibly fix a relatively short-term problem’.
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NewsLegal aid solicitor reprimanded over accounts rule breach
Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal also orders long-serving practitioner to pay £8,000 costs.
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NewsNew victims’ commissioner appointed
Claire Waxman will replace Baroness Newlove who was appointed on an interim basis.
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NewsMahmood defends sentencing veto
Lord chancellor asked at House of Lords Constitution Committee about row with Sentencing Council.
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NewsSolicitor struck off for stealing £85,000 from vulnerable clients
Swindon solicitor who was jailed for two years misappropriated cash through ATM withdrawals and bank transfers to her own account.
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OpinionSolicitors need to take more seriously their duty to uphold open justice
In our adversarial system we increasingly have nobody advocating on behalf of the media in court.
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OpinionProvocative essays that anticipated modern concerns about courtroom psychology
Hugo Münsterberg boldly critiques the justice system in 'On the Witness Stand', a series of essays published in 1908.
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NewsSRA shuts down firm touted as UK's 'best criminal law specialists'
Solicitor-manager failed to comply with SRA principles, accounts rules and Code of Conduct.
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OpinionLimiting jury trials will not fix the criminal justice system
Rather than addressing the issues, setting up a new bench division and limiting jury trials merely shifts the burden from one place to another.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency seeks peer review independent experts
Procurement process is expected to open later this year.
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NewsFirm wins trial fee in 'eunuch-maker' case
Costs judge finds that the equivalent of a Newton hearing took place following guilty plea.
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NewsCrown court case listed for 2029 as backlog mounts
Long wait for court hearing could be in breach of human rights convention, barrister says.