Crime

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Regulators cracking down on company directors for pandemic fraud

Directors face bans and custodial sentences 

Barristers vote to strike over funding

81.5 per cent of barristers voted to strike

Ensuring client care after adverse outcomes

Jessica Everett on management of clients' needs and expectations if you lose

Crown Court backlog increases

'[T]he backlog is decreasing at a snail's pace' – The Law Society

Domestic Abuse Act 2021 introduces new non-fatal strangulation offence

Abusers may be imprisoned for up to five years

The metaverse: virtual offences, real world penalties?

Magda Zima considers online sexual offences and VR

The Puppy Pupil: On yer feet…

“They're... looking at 'their' 12 custody cases in the list (compared to my one) with seemingly unflappable assuredness. They're smiling.”

A criminal justice system on the brink

Abigail Ashford examines the criminal courts in crisis