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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has reported that conviction rates are not used when deciding whether or not to charge a case, and that it will always prosecute where there is sufficient evidence, if it is in the public interest to do so

Who put the civil into proceeds of crime cases? Civil remedies such as account freezing (AFOs) and forfeiture orders have come to dominate what was once an overwhelmingly criminal concern, Hickman & Rose partner Andrew Katzen and associate Olivia Dwan write in this week’s NLJ.

Andrew Katzen & Olivia Dwan analyse what the growing dominance of civil proceedings in proceeds of crime means for practitioners

“The policing of protest has been conducted in a routinely violent way for more than four decades”

Judges and magistrates have for the first time been given sentencing guidelines for the most serious animal cruelty offences, including tail docking, ear cropping, fighting and causing unnecessary suffering.

A ‘child violence diversion order’ should be created to deal with cases of children arrested on suspicion of committing terrorist offences, the Independent Reviewer of Terrorism Legislation, Jonathan Hall KC, has recommended.

The Home Office is consulting on proposals to ban SIM farms, as part of its Fraud Strategy.

London mayor Sadiq Khan has called for a review of policing during the coronation of King Charles III, after more than 60 anti-monarchy protesters were arrested.

Baroness Casey’s review into the Metropolitan Police: Hannah Disselbeck considers some learning points for investigators

Discarded nitrous oxide (laughing gas) canisters are a familiar sight in towns and cities across the UK, but should the law on their use be changed?

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NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson

Daniel Burbeary, office managing partner of Michelman Robinson, discusses launching in London, the power of the law, and what the kitchen can teach us about litigating

Joelson—Jennifer Mansoor

West End firm strengthens employment and immigration team with partner hire

Sidley—Jeremy Trinder

Global finance group strengthened by returning partner in London

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MPs dissent but deliver on jury trials

The controversial Courts and Tribunals Bill has passed its second reading by 304 votes to 203, despite concerted opposition from the legal profession

Bill to repeal presumption of parental involvement

The presumption of parental involvement is to be abolished, the Lord Chancellor David Lammy has confirmed

No Mazur exception in family court

A highly experienced chartered legal executive has been prevented from representing her client in financial remedies proceedings, in a case that highlights the continued fallout from Mazur

No to interest plans, says CILEX

Plans to commandeer 50%-75% of the interest on lawyers’ client accounts to fund the justice system overlook the cost and administrative burden of this on small and medium law firms, CILEX has warned

Consultation opens on assault of police officers

Lawyers have been asked for their views on proposals to change the penalties for assaulting a police officer

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Criminal

MOVERS & SHAKERS

NLJ Career Profile: Daniel Burbeary, Michelman Robinson

Joelson—Jennifer Mansoor

Sidley—Jeremy Trinder