Crime

Articles

13 Oct 2016

Send in the clowns

What is scarier: a maniacal clown or a human rights lawyer?

12 Oct 2016

The usual suspects?

Melissa Colloff, Kimberley Wade, and Deryn Strange consider the implications of a study on how eyewitnesses' decision making is affected when suspects in a lineup have distinctive features

11 Oct 2016

Rearranging deckchairs on HMS Prosecution

Why is the CPS recruiting corporate lawyers who couldn't find a post after qualification rather than drawing from an experienced pool of defence lawyers, asks Jonathan Black

6 Oct 2016

Rearranging deckchairs on HMS Prosecution

Why is the Crown Prosecution Service recruiting corporate lawyers who couldn't find a post after qualification rather than drawing from an experienced pool of defence practitioners, asks Jonathan Black

5 Oct 2016

Truss to launch white paper on prison reforms

Protection of prison officers paramount for Lord Chancellor who looks to build on Michael Gove's plans

4 Oct 2016

The value of self-reporting

SFO v XYZ demonstrates that the approval of a deferred prosecution agreement is not merely a rubber-stamping exercise, explain John Bramhall and Jonathan Brogden

29 Sept 2016

Defence solicitors concerned by 28-day bail limit

New restriction 'so short' police will be reluctant to grant bail at all, predicts Hodge Jones & Allen partner

29 Sept 2016

Fact or fantasy?

The case of David Bryant highlights the dangers of uncorroborated victim testimony in historic sex offences, write Rupert Butler and Rachael Earle