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The Law Society has drawn attention to the government’s lack of funding of the criminal justice system, following the publication of the criminal court quarterly statistics.

Permission has been granted for a legal challenge against the Ministry of Justice (MoJ) for failing to raise solicitors’ criminal defence rates by the minimum 15% recommended by Lord Bellamy’s independent review on criminal legal aid

The construction of HS2 has provided work for criminal lawyers as well as construction engineers, writes NLJ columnist David Walbank KC, of Red Lion Chambers, in this week’s ‘Crime Brief’. Walbank looks at the recent case concerning protestors who tunnelled beneath Euston Square Gardens in central London.

Thus far, arguably the most significant output of the HS2 project has been a stream of litigation: David Walbank KC charts the path to judicial review

The Home Office has announced plans to modernise the identification doctrine, which holds companies criminally liable for offences.

"Both of these eminent works are needed more than ever before as trusted guides through the untamed jungle of criminal law"

The government is legislating against SLAPPs (strategic lawsuits against public participation) for the first time in the UK, via amendments to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill.

The backlog of criminal cases in the courts is getting worse, the latest figures have revealed.

Nothing is ever certain in litigation: David Walbank KC assesses the Court of Appeal’s reversal of a first-instance decision on state immunity

The Sentencing Council will publish new and revised guidelines according to its business plan for 2023-24, published in May.

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Arc Pensions Law—Richard Meers

Pensions litigation team announces senior associate hire

Burges Salmon—Neil Demuth

Firm appoints new chief financial officer

Anthony Collins—Sue Bearman

Social purpose firm announces director hire plus eight promotions

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AlphaBiolabs donation boosts men’s mental health charity Sean’s Place

AlphaBiolabs has made a £500 donation to Sean’s Place, a men’s mental health charity based in Sefton, as part of its ongoing Giving Back initiative

Tribute to Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC

Human rights lawyers, social justice champion, co-founder of the law firm Bindmans, and NLJ columnist Sir Geoffrey Bindman KC has died at the age of 92 years

NLJ this week: Law Society calls for clarity on AML

The government’s plan to introduce a Single Professional Services Supervisor could erode vital legal-sector expertise, warns Mark Evans, president of the Law Society of England and Wales, in NLJ this week

NLJ this week: Turning corporate liability into opportunity

Writing in NLJ this week, Jonathan Fisher KC of Red Lion Chambers argues that the ‘failure to prevent’ model of corporate criminal responsibility—covering bribery, tax evasion, and fraud—should be embraced, not resisted

NLJ this week: A prince no more?

Professor Graham Zellick KC argues in NLJ this week that, despite Buckingham Palace’s statement stripping Andrew Mountbatten Windsor of his styles, titles and honours, he remains legally a duke

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Criminal

MOVERS & SHAKERS

Arc Pensions Law—Richard Meers

Burges Salmon—Neil Demuth

Anthony Collins—Sue Bearman