Police & Prisons

Articles

25 Nov 2015

MoJ spending plans will see ageing prisons on 'prime real estate' sold off

Ministry of Justice must halve its administrative budget over next five years

17 Nov 2015

Funding cuts lead to reduction in white collar crime investigations

City of London police ill-equipped to deal with economic crimes, says Pinsent Masons partner

10 Nov 2015

Operation Tuleta: 'Justice delayed and denied

Amjid Jabbar discusses the collapse of the high-profile hacking trial and

3 Nov 2015

A balancing act between landowner and squatter

The latest squatting scandal has seen a ?group of around ?30 people, including children, who call themselves 'Diggers', being evicted from Runnymede eco-village in Surrey.

27 Oct 2015

Joint enterprise is a 'lazy prosecutor's dream'

A review of the doctrine is long overdue, says solicitor advocate

27 Oct 2015

Criminal courts charge piles woe on defendants stuck in 'medieval' justice system

Ministry of Justice needs to look elsewhere to find funding for the courts, committee told

7 Oct 2015

'Obscenity lawyer' to use crowdfunding to create social change

I want to benefit society by challenging our arcane obscenity laws, says Myles Jackman

28 Sept 2015

Review needed over whether criminal courts charge is introducing US-style plea bargaining

Top professor says recent cases suggest charge is making innocent people plead guilty to avoid hefty fines