All Criminal justice articles – Page 84
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NewsGovernment proposes single court order to fight domestic abuse
Home Office and Ministry of Justice also call for new statutory definition for abuse.
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NewsFluctuating hate crime figures prompt CPS and police to reexamine cases
Director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders tells MPs that prosecution and conviction figures appear to be too low.
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News'From the conventional to the cunning': Gauke takes on criminal gangs in prisons
Justice secretary says pages of letters purporting to be from solicitors are soaked in drugs.
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OpinionSidestepping Strasbourg
Landmark judgment in Worboys case shows our human rights legislation is working as it should.
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NewsFirst 100 years: largest ever census of women in law
Law Society vice-president welcomes new Women in Criminal Law network and announces events to mark suffrage centenary.
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NewsTrending on Twitter: Parole Board chief highlights transparency constraints
Professor Nick Hardwick says prisoners, psychiatrists and psychologists must be able to speak candidly.
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NewsDon't let urgency compromise terrorism sentencing guidance, MPs urge
Commons justice select committee says Sentencing Council must carefully consider its consultation responses.
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NewsEvidence disclosure failure rife in criminal practice, survey finds
More than half of the 1,200 respondents to BBC poll encountered problems every day or every week.
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Law Report26 February 2018
This week’s starred Law Reports - including two landmark human rights decisions in the Supreme Court.
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NewsSociety seeks views on disclosure failures
Chancery Lane says case studies will highlight extent of the problem as MPs begin inquiry.
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NewsNew sentencing guidelines reflect seriousness of domestic abuse
Crown Prosecution Service says domestic abuse accounts for one in 10 crimes.
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NewsWorboys: Supreme Court dismisses police appeal
Judgment says article 3 of European Convention on Human rights imposes positive duty to investigate reported crimes.
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NewsBe more upbeat to stop junior lawyers quitting, criminal bar chief urges
Angela Rafferty QC says barristers and solicitors should join forces to tackle recruitment crisis rather than give in to despair.
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NewsEvidence? Then spill the beans
The quarrel over non-disclosure, particularly in rape cases, rumbles on. I see that austerity is now being blamed for the failure of the police and Crown Prosecution Service to realise that, in some cases, complainants are not being wholly frank. I also see a suggestion that bobbies are to be ...
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OpinionJustice needs protecting
The appointment of yet another lord chancellor is indicative of the low regard in which the present administration holds the role of justice secretary.
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OpinionSignal problems
Despite Whitehall dragging its feet on an online court, digital processes are being piloted.
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NewsLegal advice fears over on-the-spot fingerprint scanning
Home Office says police officers will be able to identify suspects in less than a minute on their smartphones.
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OpinionAn unfair trial, motivated by malice
The Home Secretary and his colleagues have disgraced and degraded themselves.