Crime

This section covers the latest developments in criminal law, including legal aid, evidence, and sentencing. Click on the sub-sections in the left-hand navigation bar to access material by topic, or browse this page to access material by type. To search the archive use the box at the bottom of the page.

News

DPP backs 'second degree murder' charge

8 September 2010
Assisted suicide charges prompt fresh demands for legislation

3 September 2010
Former City lawyer wins sex abuse limitation battle

31 August 2010
Abolishing trivial regulatory crimes 'will save millions'

25 August 2010
Sole practitioner referred to SDT over computer file sharing

25 August 2010
'Special discounts' for people pleading guilty in police stations

24 August 2010

Articles

Tough call

Vol 154 no 33 07-09-2010

Can a few unsourced text messages really build a case for bad character? Benjamin Newton reports

Update: police

Vol 154 no 33 07-09-2010

The decision to suspend stop-and-search powers is just the tip of the iceberg in a year full of significant developments in police law, writes Sophie Khan

The best medicine

Vol 154 no 32 17-08-2010

Do you ever sit across the table from a client and wonder why you are on one side of the table and they are on the other? I have this terrible anxiety that I shall come back to earth in another life and find myself as a career criminal,...

Case reports