Criminal

CPS non-compliance results in dismissed cases, write Nick Brett & Vicky Lankester. But is change on the way?

Writing in NLJ this week, Nick Brett and Vicky Lankester of Brett Wilson dissect the chronic failures of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in meeting disclosure obligations. From the Post Office scandal to the collapsed trial of Liam Allan, they highlight how systemic neglect has led to wrongful convictions and miscarriages of justice

Face-scanning artificial intelligence (AI) surveillance tech is to be used to remotely monitor offenders, under a Home Office pilot

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured £1.1m in its first use of an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO)

Lawyers have broadly welcomed plans to electronically tag up to 22,000 more offenders, scrap most prison terms below a year and make prisoners ‘earn’ early release

Lawyers have broadly welcomed the government’s Sentencing Bill, which bulks up community orders and scraps most prison terms below a year—as well as clipping the wings of the Sentencing Council

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has said a further five LIBOR convictions may be unsafe, following the Supreme Court appeals in July that quashed the 2015 convictions of former traders Tom Hayes and Carlo Palombo

Large companies and organisations risk hefty fines if their compliance procedures are not up to scratch, as of this week

The Law Commission has issued a call for evidence on murder and manslaughter laws, in its first major review of the area in 20 years

The Leveson review proposes mandatory judge-alone trials in serious & complex fraud cases: Lloyd Firth argues this runs counter to the interests of justice