Crime

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29 Jan 2021

Nightingale courts

29 Jan 2021

Jury trials

27 Jan 2021

Payment proposals for criminal lawyers 'favour prosecution'

There are warnings that plans for criminal lawyers to be paid for work done before suspects are charged could tip the scales in favour of the prosecution 

20 Jan 2021

Hidden but unprotected

Jennifer Twite warns lawyers to be cautious if they suspect a child client is passing information to the police

19 Jan 2021

Critical system failure: no CJS recovery without government support

The risks facing the criminal justice system have reached a critical point, a report warns

1 Jan 2021

From Bosnia to the Home Office

When Malcolm Simmons left his role as president of EU international judges and returned to England and set up as a consultant, his chief concern was practice development

23 Dec 2020

Brexit: An easy escape?

Gemma Lindfield considers the impact of Brexit on the extradition of fugitives between the UK and the EU

11 Dec 2020

Crown court backlog grows

There is an increasing backlog of cases in the crown courts, new government figures have revealed