Crime

Articles

16 Jun 2020

Criminal legal aid firms folding at 'alarming rate'

Immediate action is required to save the criminal justice system, the Law Society has warned, as figures reveal a 10% drop in legal aid firms since 2019

15 Jun 2020

Ex senior crown prosecutor backs private prosecution of Dominic Cummings

Nazir Afzal, a solicitor and former regional chief prosecutor, throws his hat into the ring saying the law is to be applied equally and fairly to all

10 Jun 2020

QC identifies 'gender brief gap'

Jaime Hamilton QC has called out “sexism” in the appointment of lawyers to high-profile cases

9 Mar 2020

COVID-19 emergency laws to trigger virtual courts

28 Feb 2020

MoJ criminal legal aid proposals: 'Fiddling while Rome burns'

19 Feb 2020

Losing blind justice

David Kirwan ponders whether filming in the criminal courts could lead to the nation's new 'X Factor'

11 Feb 2020

'Enough is enough': no early release for terrorists

6 Feb 2020

Calls to criminalise cyber-attacks on automated passenger vehicles