All Criminal justice articles – Page 89
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NewsAttorney general must explain CPS disclosure failings
Shami Chakrabarti says the findings by CPS inspectors 'amounts to a national scandal'.
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OpinionProsecuting victims of human trafficking: the sad reality
In the criminal justice system there is a particular tension where the defendant may be a victim of human trafficking.
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NewsPay defence practitioners earlier to improve disclosure - attorney general
Jeremy Wright MP QC tells Commons justice select committee that the process should be frontloaded as part of a culture change.
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NewsExpanded sentencing guidance on coercion and 'revenge porn'
Sentencing Council says guideline reflects the intimate and intrusive nature of intimidatory offences.
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NewsSix solicitors charged over alleged £12.6m legal aid fraud
Nine people will appear at Westminster Magistrates' Court on 17 July.
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NewsMoJ praised for 'listening to experts' over female offending
Lord chancellor David Gauke says sending women to prison can do more harm than good as he publishes long-awaited strategy.
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News'Better in my day': judges' verdict on advocacy standards
Independent barristers perform better than solicitor advocates, according to judicial feedback.
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OpinionBirmingham lessons
I have tried hard to promote the cause of the families of the 1974 Birmingham pub bombing victims.
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OpinionMore must be done for exonerees
Justice has long argued that the compensation regime for wrongful convictions is inadequate.
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OpinionA role for private prosecutions
Private prosecutions offer an important alternative for obtaining justice.
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NewsCommunications 'explosion' hampering disclosure
Sir Peter Gross says in one case police spent 630 hours reviewing data from three mobile phones.
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NewsRecords disclosure challenge reaches the Supreme Court
Human rights organisation Liberty says its client has been unable to move forward with her life due to minor offences committed in 1999.
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FeatureSpecimens, sentencing, terrorism, enforcement
Evidence Miller v DPP 2018 EWHC 262 (Admin) emphasises the importance of appropriate adults at the police station in relation to those with mental health disabilities and provides a welcome example of s78 Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE) being used to exclude all evidence obtained in breach of ...
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NewsCommission to consider regulation of artificial intelligence
Law Society launches year-long investigation into the impact of algorithm-driven AI on human rights and the justice system.
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Private prosecution secures eight-year sentence for fraudster
Mishcon de Reya was instructed to pursue co-conspirator in €100m bogus investment fraud.
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FeatureAn ‘appalling vista’
A newly established group of parliamentarians aims to counter widespread indifference to allegedly wrongful convictions. Lawyers are being urged to support them.
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NewsHow can we trust your data? MPs grill prosecution chief
Director of public prosecutions Alison Saunders told that data capture system is not fit for purpose.
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NewsVery English Scandal: if in doubt, cut the solicitor
Two larger-than-life characters made only passing appearances in the climactic episode of BBC's Thorpe drama.
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OpinionKeeping a civil tongue
Suddenly being thrust into civil law, including family cases, is no joke.