Following on from the terror attacks at Fishmongers Hall on 29 November 2019 and in Streatham on 2 February 2020 the government has annou...

Increase in sentences for aggravation related to disability, sexual orientation or transgender identity Section 146 of the Criminal Justi...

For some new drivers, six penalty points mean resitting a driving test, for other drivers twelve points may mean disqualification. It is ...

In a recent case, the Court of Appeal dealt with an appeal by the Attorney General against a sentence of 30 months imprisonment imposed f...

Changes to the prison adjudication rules came in to force on 15 May 2020 and will remain in place until 25 March 2022, unless revoked ear...

It is quite common to read in a newspaper that someone has been arrested. Local papers will cover almost any story of interest, and natio...

For the last few weeks, since the Coronavirus 'lockdown', all jury trials in England and Wales have been stopped. This is not at all surp...

When people hear reference to the far-right many would think of racism rather than terrorism. Alice Cutter and Mark Jones were members of...

On Wednesday 25th March 2020 the Coronavirus Bill completed all its parliamentary stages, and Royal Assent was signified, bringing in to ...

The local authority has the power to prosecute in respect of a number of types of crime. This could be certain types of benefit fraud, fl...

When a judge makes a ruling at a crown court trial relating to one or more of the offences faced, the prosecution may have a right to app...

There are several types of criminal appeals. Appeals against conviction or sentence Cases start in the Magistrates Court. If you want to ...

Before a prosecution is commenced, the Crown Prosecution Service must apply two distinct tests. The first is whether there is sufficient ...

The courts are provided with guidelines to assist in determining the appropriate sentence for a wide, and ever-expanding, range of offenc...

Expert evidence is used to provide information to the court, which is likely to be outside of the knowledge of the magistrates, judge or ...

The Health Protection (Coronavirus, Restrictions) (England) Regulations 2020 imposes several restrictions. Over the last week, the police...

At 2 pm on Saturday 21 March 2020, a law came into force which forced the closure of some businesses. This law was enacted by virtue of T...

The Forensic Science Regulator regulates forensic scientists in England and Wales. The Regulator ensures that the provision of forensic s...

If you ask most people how many people are selected to sit on a jury hearing a criminal case, the answer from most if not all will be 12....