Crown Prosecution Service fees (further update) – The Bar Council
“Crown Prosecution Service fees (further update).”
The Bar Council, 16th December 2011
Source: www.barcouncil.org.uk
Category: Crown Prosecution Service
Firms in revolt over CPS ‘paperless’ plan – Law Society Gazette
“The Crown Prosecution Service’s ambitious plan to go paperless by April could be in peril following a refusal by defence firms to engage with it.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 8th December 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Sir Christopher Rose’s Report Published into Ratcliffe-on-Soar cases – Crown Prosecution Service
“Ratcliffe-on-Soar report finds that CPS did not delibrately withold information in prosecution case.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 6th December 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Lawyers to get tablet computers in move towards paperless courts – The Guardian
“Judges, jurors and barristers are set to replace their traditional bundles of papers with iPad-style devices in an attempt to create paperless courts. Prosecutors will be given tablet devices that will contain all the evidence and documentation needed to conduct court hearings.”
The Guardian, 2nd December 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Spectator article on Stephen Lawrence trial referred to DPP – The Guardian
“The attorney general has referred a Rod Liddle comment piece in the Spectator about the Stephen Lawrence trial to the director of public prosecutions, after concluding that it may have breached a court order.”
The Guardian, 29th November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
CPS has not seen all US evidence against Babar Ahmad – The Independent
“The Crown Prosecution Service has admitted it has never seen much of the evidence prosecutors are using against Babar Ahmad, who has spent seven years in prison, Green MP Caroline Lucas has revealed.”
The Independent, 25th November 2011
Source: www.independent.co.uk
Successful prosecutions for violence against women and girls up by 6,500 cases in 2010-11 – Crown Prosecution Service
“The Crown Prosecution Service is successfully prosecuting more cases than ever of offences of violence against women and girls.”
Crown Prosecution Service,
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Courts to sit in evening to ease pressure on justice system – Daily Telegraph
“Magistrates courts could hold evening sittings to ease the pressure on the justice system, the head of the Crown Prosecution Service has said.”
Daily Telegraph, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Chris Huhne case: prosecutors close to decision – The Guardian
“Prosecutors are ‘very close’ to making a decision on whether to pursue the cabinet minister Chris Huhne over claims he dodged a speeding penalty, the director of public prosecutions has said.”
The Guardian, 22nd November 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Director of public prosecutions backs right to challenge bail orders – The Guardian
“The director of public prosecutions has said he would welcome a right to appeal against crown court judges’ decisions to grant bail. Keir Starmer last week met the parents of nurse Jane Clough, who was stabbed to death by her ex-partner, to discuss their campaign to amend bail laws.”
The Guardian, 23rd October 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
CPS to go paperless by April, says Starmer – Law Society’s Gazette
“The Director of Public Prosecutions has committed to making the Crown Prosecution Service entirely digital by April 2012.”
Law Society’s Gazette, 7th October 2011
Source: www.lawgazette.co.uk
Phone hacking: Met failed to consult before invoking Official Secrets Act – The Guardian
“Scotland Yard officers failed to consult either the director of public prosecutions or the attorney general before invoking the Official Secrets Act to try to force the Guardian to reveal journalistic sources, it has been revealed.”
The Guardian, 19th September 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
Legal team delays stalling trials, new figures reveal – BBC News
“Nearly a third of crown court hearings in the East of England which do not go ahead as planned are adjourned due to legal teams not being ready on the day of the trial, the BBC can reveal.”
BBC News, 12th September 2011
Source: www.bbc.co.uk
Victims of crime ‘kept in dark’ despite promises – Daily Telegraph
“Only half of those preyed on by criminals are kept up to date on their case while one in three never hear anything again after first reporting an offence, according to the charity Victim Support.”
Daily Telegraph, 11th September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
Crown Prosecution Service to strengthen support to victims of Female Genital Mutilation – Crown Prosecution Service
“The Crown Prosecution Service has today issued new guidance that sets out the legal elements of FGM and the challenges prosecutors may face in bringing a case to court, particularly when a victim may retract her evidence due to social and cultural pressures.”
Crown Prosecution Service, 7th September 2011
Source: www.cps.gov.uk
Keir Starmer interview: still set fair, even in the eye of the storm – Daily Telegraph
“Riots, hacking and MPs’ expenses present a daunting case file but the Director of Public Prosecutions is unbowed, says Mary Riddell.”
Daily Telegraph, 2nd September 2011
Source: www.telegraph.co.uk
IPO is training prosecutors on IP crime – OUT-LAW.com
“Crown prosecutors are receiving special training from intellectual property experts on how to construct legal cases against counterfeiters and pirates, the Intellectual Property Office (IPO) has said.”
OUT-LAW.com, 24th August 2011
Source: www.out-law.com
Assisted suicide prosecutions – CPS News Brief
“A report in the Guardian this evening (18 August) states ‘the case of Debbie Purdy in 2009 established that friends and family could help someone who is terminally ill travel to Dignitas without fear of prosecution on their return.'”
CPS News Brief, 18th August 2011
Source: http://blog.cps.gov.uk
Transcript: Judge criticises prosecutors over disclosure of evidence – The Guardian
“This is the transcript of the judge’s comments in one of the three cases in which the Crown Prosecution Service has been accused of withholding evidence.”
The Guardian, 17th August 2011
Source: www.guardian.co.uk
