Feature
24 May 2013
Jill Lorimer considers changes to the necessity
of arrest, 17-year-olds
in custody and police
retention of data
Comment
9 April 2013
Philip Rule explains why changing prisoner release dates in the court's back office cannot be considered lawful
News
3 April 2013
Cautions being used for violent and sexual offences, Magistrates Association says
Comment
13 March 2013
Eight month tariffs for Huhne and Pryce reflect ‘Victorian’ attitudes to sentencing in the UK, argues Andrew Church-Taylor
Feature
14 December 2012
With a ruling due from Strasbourg in the new year on whole-life prison sentences, David Rhodes considers
the various arguments
News
23 November 2012
He describes complaints about cost as 'a bit of scaremongering'
Comment
28 September 2012
The recent Strasbourg ruling that indeterminate sentences
breached human rights was not unexpected, yet the ramifications
for the UK government could be considerable, says Jill Lorimer
News
16 July 2012
'Significant costs at a time the government says there is no more money'
Feature
3 July 2012
The High Court has ruled that the policy on the retention of personal data is unlawful, and warned of its negative impact. So why, instead of issuing new guidance that would have cracked down on police overstepping the mark, has the government...
Feature
25 June 2012
TERS will reduce the caseload of the Parole Board and the cost of handling such cases, but it is in its early stages and practitioners should be prepared to start judicial review proceedings where they feel the secretary of state has acted...
News
11 June 2012
High Court decides suicide more likely after body found in lake
News
23 May 2012
Court rejects UK argument to revisit earlier ruling that blanket ban breached prisoners' rights
Feature
21 May 2012
Will the new crime reduction provisions in the
Legal Aid Act help prevent offending and speed up the justice system or are they no more than cost-cutting measures aimed at relieving the pressure on
courts and prisons? Jill Lorimer
Feature
11 May 2012
A Court of Appeal decision demonstrates the difficult balancing exercise the courts must carry out between upholding the right to protest and maintaining public order, says Seamus Burns
Feature
30 April 2012
Jill Lorimer and Caroline Day consider cases concerning grounds for arrest, confession evidence and challenges to the validity of search warrants
Reasonable grounds for arrest
The Court of Appeal’s decision in Alanov v Chief Constable of...
News
16 April 2012
Further appeal possible before extradition goes ahead
Feature
26 March 2012
Recent cases reinforce the proposition that police containment must only be used in exceptional circumstances, says Sophie Khan
