All Criminal justice articles – Page 70
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NewsComing to a screen near you: Scotland juries to sit in Odeons
Courts service will have run of the cinemas from Monday to Friday, with movie-goers back at weekends.
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NewsJudge blasts MoJ's 'systemic failure' over Crown court backlog
Ruling over teenager held in prison for 321 days awaiting trial.
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NewsG4S ex-bosses charged with fraud against Ministry of Justice
Former executives will appear at Southwark Crown Court next month.
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NewsMPs' Covid-19 concerns prompt new legal aid inquiry
Commons justice select committee calls for written evidence on recruitment problems and the Legal Aid Agency.
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NewsMoJ tackles delays - by locking up defendants for longer
Lawyers raise concerns over two-month extension to custody time limits announced in recovery plan.
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NewsPerspex and Portakabin: HMCTS announces ‘ambitious’ safety drive
Court service to install screens in hundreds of courts and retiring rooms by end of October.
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NewsInquests 'more adversarial than criminal cases', says Grenfell QC
Allison Munroe QC supports legal thinktank's call for statutory duty of candour in inquests and inquiries.
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OpinionLaw regarding consent is not confused, wrong or unfair
Legislating the chasm between what is morally wrong and legally wrong is going to be a hard, but necessary, slog.
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NewsLegal Aid Agency to extend crime contracts
Law Society welcomes decision but says beleaguered firms cannot work another 12 months at 1990s rates.
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NewsMore Crown courts to allow pre-recorded video evidence
Vulnerable victims and witnesses would give evidence closer to the time the alleged offence happened.
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OpinionA-Level shambles has lessons for justice
In the age of algorithms we must insist that every individual has the right to a human judge.
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News£51m boost for criminal legal aid - but more needed say lawyers
Lord chancellor announces package of accelerated measures as well as plans for an independent review.
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NewsFour more Nightingale courts open
Six out of 10 temporary venues announced last month to clear justice backlog now hearing cases.
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NewsCourt rooms are sitting empty, says criminal bar
Number of trials being vacated remains persistently high, according to government figures.
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OpinionForgotten defendants and crumbling criminal justice
Radical action is needed to properly resource the justice system, deal with cases backlog, and start releasing low-risk defendants.
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OpinionDownward spiral of criminal defence continues
If lack of financial intervention from the government continues there is only one realistic outcome.
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NewsExtended hours: Society issues guidance for practitioners
Covid-19 operating hours pilot will begin at Liverpool Crown Court next week.
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NewsCPS prepares for office return
Premises are being made Covid-secure for 'limited' staff based primarily around wellbeing.
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NewsDiscount for early guilty pleas 'could be abolished' - report
Criminals currently get up to a third off their sentences if they plead guilty at the first opportunity.
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NewsCourt shortage: ‘Dozens of suspects may have to be released’
Crown court judge lambasts lack of investment to ensure cases come to trial.