Supreme Court landmark ruling on childhood criminal records
R (on the application of P, G and W) (Respondents) v Secretary of State for the Home Department and another (Appellants) [2019] UKSC 3 The…
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Law Society recommendations for improving the criminal justice system
The Law Society have published a report which sets out various problems within the criminal justice system and proposes 11 recommendations for change.
Youth Justice Summit 2019
The Youth Justice Legal Centre’s annual Youth Justice Summit took place on 17 May 2019. The Summit’s theme was Children and the Criminal Courts and…
A report on the future of the Youth Court
The Michael Sieff Foundation and The Nuffield Foundation facilitated a Roundtable event to discuss where Parliament, Government and the Judiciary are planning to go or should be going next on youth justice, particularly in relation to the youth court. The report following the Roundtable has now been published.
Deferred prosecution – Outcome 22
Outcome code 22 is a police outcome code which was introduced in April 2019.
Briefing on children, knife crime and the impact of custody
The College of Policing briefing is a summary of evidence on factors associated with carrying knives, as well as strategies and interventions to tackle knife crime. It aims to inform decisions about approaches to tackling knife crime.
High Court ruling on arrest following voluntary interview
The High Court found that arresting a volunteer at the police station was not a reasonable course of action by the police.
Criminal Practice Directions Amendment no 8
The eighth amendment to the Criminal Practice Directions 2015 was issued by the Lord Chief Justice on 28th March 2019 and comes into force on 01 April 2019.
Custodial sentences passed for breaching anonymity injunction
Three individuals admitted contempt of court for publishing information about Thompson and Venables in breach of an injunction and were sentenced to suspended custodial sentences.
