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Joint enterprise, duress, murder and homicide reform
The Law Commission has issued a call for evidence on murder and manslaughter laws, in its first major review of the area in 20 years
20 August 2025
Judge or jury? Premium Content
The Leveson review proposes mandatory judge-alone trials in serious & complex fraud cases: Lloyd Firth argues this runs counter to the interests of justice
08 August 2025 / Lloyd Firth
NLJ this week: Jury still out on fraud reform
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
08 August 2025
IPP prisoners under review
The Criminal Cases Review Commission (CCRC) is revisiting historic applications for indeterminate sentences imposed on children and young adults
06 August 2025
LAA leak worse than thought
The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) data breach is worse than previously thought, it emerged last week
06 August 2025
Barristers reject Leveson plans
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
30 July 2025
Problem-solving courts to be rolled out
Texas-style courts offering tough justice are to be rolled out across England and Wales, the Ministry of Justice announced this week
30 July 2025
Stricter safeguards for sexual offences evidence
Stereotypes, myths and misunderstandings about consent continue to permeate the criminal justice system in rape and sexual offences cases, the Law Commission has said
23 July 2025
Another Post Office scandal brewing?
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)
23 July 2025
Single Justice Procedure labelled secretive and unfair
Campaigning charity Transform Justice has called for ‘radical reform’ of the Single Justice Procedure (SJP), the streamlined process for minor offences
23 July 2025
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Misconduct risk escalates
Lawyers have warned senior managers against complacency as the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) non-financial misconduct (NFM) rules come into force
Leaseholders win management rights
Landlords cannot rely on minor procedural defaults to defeat leaseholders’ right to manage (RTM) claims, the Supreme Court has held
Prince Harry costs battle could go on for years
Mr Justice Nicklin’s decision to order costs on an indemnity basis may be a ‘significant win’ but it’s still ‘far from game, set and match’ for Associated Newspapers, a former costs judge has said
Legal sector teams gear up for Festival of Sport 2026
The Law Society RFC Festival of Sport returns next month, bringing together legal and financial services professionals for one of the sector’s largest annual sporting events
The LexisNexis Legal Aid Deserts Report 2026
Legal aid deserts leave almost one in four without adequate access to justice
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