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Writing in NLJ this week, Lloyd Firth of WilmerHale critiques Recommendation 44 of the Leveson Review, which proposes mandatory judge-alone trials for serious and complex fraud cases

The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is revisiting historic applications for indeterminate sentences imposed on children and young adults

The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) data breach is worse than previously thought, it emerged last week

Criminal barristers have firmly rebuffed Sir Brian Leveson’s proposals to restrict jury trials and move a tranche of cases to a judge sitting with two magistrates

Texas-style courts offering tough justice are to be rolled out across England and Wales, the Ministry of Justice announced this week

Stereotypes, myths and misunderstandings about consent continue to permeate the criminal justice system in rape and sexual offences cases, the Law Commission has said

A conviction based on evidence from the accounting software used by the Post Office prior to Horizon is being referred by the Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC)

Campaigning charity Transform Justice has called for ‘radical reform’ of the Single Justice Procedure (SJP), the streamlined process for minor offences

Charles Davey reports on the police’s duty of care to warn domestic abuse victims of an imminent attack

Writing in NLJ this week, Charles Davey of The Barrister Group examines the Court of Appeal’s ruling in Chief Constable of Northamptonshire Police v Woodcock, where police were found not liable for failing to warn a domestic abuse victim of an imminent attack

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NLJ this week: Driving test fraudsters steer towards jail

Cheating in driving tests is surging—and courts are responding firmly. Writing in NLJ this week, Neil Parpworth of De Montfort Law School charts a rise in impersonation and tech-assisted fraud, with 2,844 attempts recorded in a year

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NLJ this week: 40% penalty for coercive control

In a striking financial remedies ruling, the High Court cut a wife’s award by 40% for coercive and controlling behaviour. Writing in NLJ this week, Chris Bryden and Nicole Wallace of 4 King’s Bench Walk analyse LP v MP [2025] EWFC 473

NLJ this week: Mbappé row spotlights ‘ethics bonuses’

A €60.9m award to Kylian Mbappé has refocused attention on football’s controversial ‘ethics bonus’ clauses. Writing in NLJ this week, Dr Estelle Ivanova of Valloni Attorneys at Law examines how such provisions sit within French labour law

NLJ this week: CPR tweak closes third-party disclosure gap

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Criminal

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