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Involving children as young as ten years old in the criminal justice system is ineffective, punishes disadvantage and acts as a catalyst to increase the likelihood of future offending, barristers have warned

The Crown Court backlog stabilised at the end of March, reducing by 37 cases to 80,061—a slight fall on the previous quarter but a 5% rise on the same quarter last year

The Sentencing Council is making a series of amendments to its guidelines for the magistrates’ courts and Crown Court

The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has secured an extra £492,000 from a confiscation order in 2009 against Alan Edwin Gardner, after uncovering additional assets including equity in two UK properties

Government plans to curb jury trials have received only qualified support from Parliament’s Justice Committee, which has raised serious concerns about the Courts and Tribunals Bill

Michael Zander KC on the Justice Committee’s report on the Bill to cut jury trials

Murder could be split into first and second degrees, under Law Commission proposals for a historic overhaul of homicide offences

Judicial reviews and sentencing in terror, espionage and extradition cases could be televised by the end of this year, the Lord Chancellor, David Lammy has said

Cameron Brown KC & Sam Smart assess the evolving landscape of deferred prosecution agreements

Sweeping reforms to corporate criminal liability mean more organisations—and more senior staff—could find themselves under scrutiny, warns Simon Parsons

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mfg Solicitors—Samantha Evans

mfg Solicitors strengthens Contentious Probate team with new appointment

Ocean Legal—Brodie Collar

Ocean Legal welcomes new associate Brodie Collar

Ward Hadaway—Helen Badger & Gemma Lynch

Ward Hadaway expands healthcare employment team with two partners

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Angel ruling opens road to mass consumer litigation

Motor finance and consumer credit claims can be brought as a collective action or ‘omnibus’ claim, the Court of Appeal has held, in a landmark decision

Bar calls for end to criminalising children

Questions over whether magistrates’ courts can cope with reforms

The Crown Court backlog stabilised at the end of March, reducing by 37 cases to 80,061—a slight fall on the previous quarter but a 5% rise on the same quarter last year

SRA brings Post Office lawyer prosecutions

The Solicitors Regulation Authority (SRA) is taking former general counsel of the Post Office, Jane Elizabeth MacLeod, and another solicitor to the Solicitors Disciplinary Tribunal

Survey sets out multifaceted risks of doing business today

Businesses are operating in an increasingly volatile environment due to technology, geopolitical and regulatory threats, according to Clyde & Co’s annual corporate risk radar survey

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Criminal

MOVERS & SHAKERS

mfg Solicitors—Samantha Evans

Ocean Legal—Brodie Collar

Ward Hadaway—Helen Badger & Gemma Lynch