Police & Prisons

Articles

3 Nov 2015

A balancing act between landowner and squatter

The latest squatting scandal has seen a ?group of around ?30 people, including children, who call themselves 'Diggers', being evicted from Runnymede eco-village in Surrey.

27 Oct 2015

Joint enterprise is a 'lazy prosecutor's dream'

A review of the doctrine is long overdue, says solicitor advocate

27 Oct 2015

Criminal courts charge piles woe on defendants stuck in 'medieval' justice system

Ministry of Justice needs to look elsewhere to find funding for the courts, committee told

7 Oct 2015

'Obscenity lawyer' to use crowdfunding to create social change

I want to benefit society by challenging our arcane obscenity laws, says Myles Jackman

28 Sept 2015

Review needed over whether criminal courts charge is introducing US-style plea bargaining

Top professor says recent cases suggest charge is making innocent people plead guilty to avoid hefty fines

24 Sept 2015

Erroneous decision making by officers of the law

Claire Hegarty and Irene McMillan discuss an ongoing consultation on PACE code E, judicial review of arrests, and an officer's execution of duties

22 Sept 2015

Immigration controls

The government is conflating labour and immigration controls, which may encourage forced labour and poor living conditions, warn Sharmila Mehta and Alastair Logan

15 Sept 2015

Revenge porn offenders not getting off scot-free

When an offence is this broad, there will be significant variances in the sentences handed down, explains Dr Samantha Pegg