All Criminal justice articles – Page 93
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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.
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NewsUnion defends Crown prosecutors over AG's disclosure comments
FDA says the nature of unused material that police provide to the CPS has transformed.
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OpinionA flawed forensics model
Blaming the parlous state of forensic science on ‘privatisation’ is far too simplistic – quality standards can only achieve so much.
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OpinionLifting the lid on Worboys
Bar is set high for a successful bid to halt former taxi driver’s release.
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NewsUnrepresented must be told about surcharges on sentencing, Society says
Law Commission has suggested that the imposition of surcharges should become an automatic consequence of conviction.
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NewsCarillion provided helpline service to Legal Aid Agency under £15k-a-month contract
Lord chancellor David Gauke says the risk assessment for the contract is 'minimal' following construction giant's collapse.
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NewsTerror laws 'don't always provide the right answer', watchdog says
Independent reviewer Max Hill QC says murder was the correct charge for the terrorist killing of Jo Cox MP in first annual report.
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Endangered lawyers: Climate of intimidation 're-emerging' in Northern Ireland
Death threats, and abuse on the streets and online, follow hostile press and parliamentary comment.
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NewsLaw firm prepares to issue Worboys judicial review claim
Birnberg Peirce has sent a letter before claim while the Centre for Women's Justice has raised over £54,000 to challenge the Parole Board's decision.
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NewsTough questions over hard cases
The very disparate cases of John Worboys, Jon Venables and Ben Stokes (pictured) highlight some of the topical problems of the criminal justice process. James Morton Taking Stokes’ case first, last week the England cricketer was charged with affray over an alleged incident outside a nightclub in ...
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NewsWorboys judicial review 'inappropriate', lord chancellor says
David Gauke acknowledges his decision will disappoint victims but is expanding transparency review to include parole challenges.