Crime

Anoushka Warlow and Annabell Hood take a look at the issues faced by Nick Ephgrave, the incoming director of the Serious Fraud Office.

Emelia Bezant-Gahan analyses the developing case law around ‘necessity to arrest’ – which has a high evidential burden and is highly fact-sensitive.

Detailed yet incomplete reforms to the trial of sexual offences may do more harm than good, says Sandra Paul.

Rebecca Hughes examines a case in which a parent who was party to an ongoing Children Act proceedings disclosed documents to a police officer recording harassment allegations.

For the third year in a row, the government will not cap judicial sitting times in an attempt to reduce backlog.

Compensation payments made to the wrongly convicted will no longer be reduced to account for ‘saved living costs’.

The government should address the issue of domestic abuse  enabled by smart technology, such as fitness trackers, MPs say.

Every crown and magistrates’ courts in England and Wales can now access the ‘Common Platform’ system, enabling more efficient information-sharing in criminal justice cases.