All Criminal justice articles – Page 77
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NewsRape cases at risk over suspected mishandling of forensic examinations
Metropolitan Police directorate of professional standards is investigating allegations.
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OpinionBoard decision
If victims are to have reader access to challenge Parole Board decisions, offenders must too.
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NewsMeaning of the Worboys affair
The John Worboys affair throws up more questions than it answers. Is the case being hijacked by moral entrepreneurs and used to have sentences for rape increased? And will it open the floodgates for what amount to appeals by victims against Parole Board decisions? How will these be funded? Legal ...
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NewsParole Board must become a fully fledged court, ex-chief declares
Professor Nick Hardwick says the public body must be separated from the Ministry of Justice.
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NewsSolicitor tells court: This place is too busy to shut
Cambridge lawyer makes impassioned speech after client told to wait another six months for trial. ‘Powers that be are nowhere to be seen,’ she says.
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News'Nothing to lose': Bar ponders no returns policy to escalate protest
About 100 chambers are already refusing new work and the bar’s mood is hardening as the Ministry of Justice stands firm.
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NewsSenior presiding judge issues guidance on bar boycott
Lady Justice Macur says there should be no suggestion the judiciary are 'anything other than neutral' in the dispute between the profession and the government.
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NewsDefence handed 17,000 pages of material on first day of trial
Commons justice committee hears of the disclosure mountain practitioners have to climb for low - or no - pay.
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NewsJudge-led parole mechanism could spare victims 'onerous step'
Justice secretary David Gauke says the government must take a balanced approach to addressing shortcomings.
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NewsSociety updates bar boycott guidance after judges grant 'blanket permission'
Chancery Lane notes that defence solicitors attending a pre-trial preparation hearing will be permitted to address the court.
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NewsLeveson: Do we want Premier League or a non-league criminal justice system?
Sir Brian Leveson says criminal practice must be attractive career option for practitioners.
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Law Report23 April 2018
This week’s starred law reports - including landmark right to be forgotten case involving search engine giant Google.
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NewsLawyers unite to tell the government it's 'time for justice'
Vigil turns into rallying cry as solicitors, barristers and law centres tell the government that enough is enough.
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NewsCriminal defence solicitors facing extinction
Not enough young lawyers are specialising in criminal law, Chancery Lane says.
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NewsBe honest about pressure on the CPS, former chief prosecutor tells DPP
Nazir Afzal says he short-sightedly 'let go' his most experienced staff because he had to cut his budget by 30%.
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OpinionBe careful what you wish for
If we are to avoid open season on its decisions, the Parole Board must survive Worboys with the crucial test of safety for release intact.
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NewsSociety issues guidance to solicitors on bar boycott
The Law Society has said it will not be ‘surprising’ if solicitors also decline to undertake criminal work as a consequence of the bar boycott which began earlier this week. But Chancery Lane stresses that it is not calling for such action, as this could fall foul of competition law. ...
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NewsConcerns over 'threatening and abusive' responses to Worboys decision
Parole Board tells justice secretary identities of individual panels should not be disclosed.
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NewsPut court closures on hold, say solicitors and magistrates
Technology for 'remote justice' must be tested, evaluated and proven to work.