Police & Prisons

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Police need greater support from CPS as hate crime figures rise

Nottingham Law School finds police officers need far more resources to deal with hate crimes

Crime and creative punishment

US judges have become famous for issuing weird and wonderful punishments for wrong-doers.

Police and CPS told to improve charging decisions

Inspectors find inconsistencies across police forces and delays from the prosecutors on charging decisions in domestic abuse cases

Qualified barrister sentenced for tobacco smuggling fraud

Jeweller and non-practising barrister guilty of offences under the Customs and Excises Management Act 1979

Keeping PACE

Conflicts continue to arise over whether officers are breaching the code, explain Irene McMillan and Claire Hegarty

Solicitor convicted of providing illegal immigration advice

Court hears detailed evidence of the trail of destruction towards vulnerable people

DPP to face judicial review

'If a future DPP overturned the guidelines, he would be judicially reviewed'

Lawyers and insurers collaborate in fraudulent claim crackdown

Chester bus crash scam ringleader handed six and a half year prison sentence