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CPS North East failing to get cases in magistrates' courts to trial

HMCPSI concludes the area faces considerable challenges, against a backdrop of reducing resources, if it is to reverse the decline in performance

Supreme Court dismisses QASA appeal to protect the public

Disappointed criminal barristers make new law but ultimately lose out in decision over quality scheme for advocacy

Citizens Advice agrees with Gove that victims should be empowered in courts

Charity applauds Gove's initiatives to make justice system victim and witness responsive

The case for the prosecution

Catherine Fischl and Kate Parker consider the future for the prosecution of journalists following R v Chapman and the use of hearsay in domestic violence cases

Human rights violations in South America: 'Through my words and poetry, I can transcend these prison walls'

The Republic of Ireland's former deputy prime minister, Eamon Gilmore, reflects on an eye-opening meeting with a human rights defender, persecuted for his work in Colombia

A public interest?

The failure of Operation Elveden is symptomatic of a lack of legal definition for what constitutes the public interest, says Mark Abbott

Naked before the law

It takes something special to upstage a courtroom full of robed and wigged barristers and jurists, yet a former marine has done just that and made legal history in the process.

Changes to confiscation law: Part one

David Winch discusses the recently introduced reforms, some of which may prove to increase the complexity of confiscation proceedings