“Second annual report to the Home Affairs Select Committee on progress made in taking forward the recommendations of its inquiry.”
Ministry of Justice, 10th December 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Court of Appeal (Criminal) Review of the Legal Year 2008/2009.”
Judiciary of England and Wales, 11th December 2009
Source: www.judiciary.gov.uk
“Solicitors and barristers have reacted with anger to last-minute ‘cost-cutting’ proposals on pay for the most serious criminal cases, which they say ‘drive a coach and horses through two years of patient and careful negotiation’.”
Law Society’s Gazette. 10th December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“Major changes are being made to the way that courts may sentence young offenders. On 27 April, provisions were brought into force to increase the use of referral orders. These are mandatory if the offence is imprisonable and a first-time offender admits the offence and all connected offences, and the court does not deal with the matter by way of an absolute discharge, hospital order or custodial sentence.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 3rd December 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
“This circular contains information on the Youth Rehabilitation Order as well as other youth justice related changes.”
Ministry of Justice, 30th November 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
” ‘Vulnerable Defendants in the Criminal Courts’ reviews the provision of support in the court system for adults with learning disabilities or learning difficulties. The second half of the report examines the situation for children.”
Prison Reform Trust, 1st December 2009
Source: www.prisonreformtrust.org.uk
“The Ministry of Justice and Legal Services Commission have today responded to the National Audit Office’s report into procurement of criminal legal aid in England and Wales.”
Ministry of Justice, 27th November 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The framework, developed with the Department for Children, Schools and Families, sets out key tasks for criminal justice agencies and local services to support the children and families of offenders at each stage of the criminal justice system and beyond.”
Ministry of Justice, 3rd November 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“Justice Secretary Jack Straw has given the ‘Issues in Criminal Justice Lecture’ at the University of Birmingham.”
Ministry of Justice, 29th October 2009
Source: www.justice.gov.uk
“The Lord Chief Justice has said public confidence in the justice system will be ‘undermined’ if prosecutions are abandoned because they cost too much.”
BBC News, 20th October 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“A ‘total shambles’ over official figures means the Government cannot say how many offenders are escaping with soft penalties and cautions.”
Daily Telegraph, 9th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“A planned extension of on the spot fines has been scrapped in a Government about turn amid concerns that criminals are escaping with financial penalties instead of being dealth with by the courts.”
Daily Telegraph, 5th October 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“Jack Straw will today pledge to put victims first in the criminal justice system as he launches the country’s first national programme to support them.”
Daily Telegraph, 29th September 2009
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
“The Bar Council and the Criminal Bar Association welcome the publication of the House of Commons Justice Select Committee’s report on the Work of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). The report, entitled The Crown Prosecution Service: Gatekeeper of the Criminal Justice System, highlights areas for attention which include consistency, the piecemeal way in which its functions are developing and the proportion of cases taken by in-house advocates.”
The Bar Council, 6th August 2009
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
“Government claims that victims of crime are at the heart of the criminal justice system have raised ‘damaging’ expectations, says a report by MPs.”
BBC News, 5th August 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“The director of public prosecutions, Keir Starmer, plans revamp of criminal justice system, with victims and witnesses to be the focus of changes.”
The Guardian, 23rd July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
“The criminal justice system is ‘broken’ and ‘failing’ because decision-making is excessively centralised, according to a thinktank report published today.”
The Guardian, 20th July 2009
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Court of Appeal
“Where the Court of Appeal was determining whether it was in the interests of justice for an acquittal to be quashed on an application by the Crown, the factors specified in section 79(2) of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 were not exhaustive.”
The Times, 9th July 2009
Source: www.timesonline.co.uk
“The father of a French student murdered in London has begun legal action against British authorities over failures in the justice system.”
BBC News, 8th July 2009
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
“Government proposals for Crown court means testing could deny vulnerable people access to justice and are being ‘rushed in’ too quickly, the Law Society said today.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 11th June 2009
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
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