The criminal justice system in England and Wales is facing a backlog of 40,000 criminal cases, which will not be solved even if all crown courts are brought into service under physical distancing rules, the Criminal Bar Association has warned. Even before the pandemic, some criminal cases were being listed more than a year ahead […]
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Most of the people wrongly charged under the Coronavirus Act were probably not legally represented, the director of public prosecutions has said. Max Hill QC told the House of Commons justice select committee today that 44 cases were incorrectly charged under the act, of which 31 were noted and stopped at the first hearing. Hill
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Individuals under investigation by law enforcement bodies have a reasonable expectation of privacy up to the point they are charged, the Court of Appeal has confirmed. Dismissing an appeal by a news agency barred from revealing the identity of a US businessman identified in documents concerning a bribery probe, the court ruled that the fact that
Offenders who commit alcohol fuelled offences may now be forced to wear ‘sobriety’ tags following the introduction of new legislation as of 19 May 2020. The ankle tags, which are to be rolled out across England and Wales, perform around-the-clock monitoring of an offender’s sweat to determine whether alcohol has been consumed. If they drink
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The head of judiciary in England and Wales has given his backing to cutting the number of jurors in response to the Coronavirus pandemic. ‘It is going to be necessary to look at more radical measures to enable jury trials to continue,’ Lord Chief Justice, Lord Burnett. Cases were already backing up prior to the
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The High Court has ruled the National Crime Agency was wrong to claim that three London properties worth £80m owned by the daughter and grandson of Kazakhstan’s former president were purchased with ill-gotten gains. The NCA lost a legal challenge to three unexplained wealth orders (UWO’S) that targeted the homes of relatives of ex-president Nursultan Nazarbayev.
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The Home Office has announced today that from next month new powers to tackle knife crime will be piloted by the Metropolitan Police. Knife Crime Prevention Orders (KCPOs) were introduced through the Offensive Weapons Act 2019 and will give officers an additional tool to steer those most at risk away from violent crime. The civil
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Serious Fraud Office Under Fresh Scrutiny Following Acquittal of Barclays Bank Three following Seven Year Investigation The Serious Fraud office were dealt a new blow yesterday following the acquittal of three former Barclays Executives; Roger Jenkins, Tom Kalaris and Richard Boath all of whom were acquitted of conspiracy to commit fraud by false representation after
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Location monitoring tags will be introduced in Youth Courts across England and Wales from 30 March 2020. This significant change follows a successful pilot scheme amongst under 18s in London at the end of November 2019. Youth Offending Teams have provided positive feedback on outcomes and indicated that using the tags has helped with the
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