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Calls to raise the age of criminal responsibility from 10 to 14 have been renewed, with the Bar Council arguing the current threshold criminalises children too early and risks pushing them towards lifelong offending

The Bar Council has urged Prime Minister Andy Burnham’s key Ministry of Justice picks to row back on plans to restrict jury trials

Businesses face a step change in sanctions compliance after sweeping UK reforms targeting proxies, shadow fleets and Russian oil exports

Ministers have launched a consultation on a potential 10% rise in Crown Court advocacy defence fees

Digital fraud is ‘baffling policymakers, investigators, prosecutors and enforcers’, leaving ‘a massive justice gap’, the author of a government-commissioned independent review has warned

Plans to have 21,000 magistrates in place by 2030 have moved a step closer, with an extra 2,312 new magistrates joining the benches since April 2025, bringing the current total to more than 15,000

A little-noticed provision of the Crime and Policing Act 2026 has fundamentally expanded corporate criminal liability

Robert Hargreaves explains how the Crime & Policing Act rewrites corporate criminal liability

The Sentencing Council has launched draft guidelines for facilitation and endangering another person during a sea crossing to the UK

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

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DAC Beachcroft—Clare Dewar

DAC Beachcroft strengthens Scottish real estate capabilitywith partner appointment

Womble Bond Dickinson—Brendan Ryan

Womble Bond Dickinson appoints Brendan Ryan as partner in Public Law Projects team

Parklane Plowden Chambers—five appointments

Parklane Plowden Chambers welcomes five new barristers

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NLJ this week: Pro bono’s silver lining

Pro bono is celebrating a silver anniversary, with initiatives putting businesses and students at the heart of access to justice

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Choosing the wrong expert can cost a clinical negligence claimant more than their case

NLJ this week: Time for judges to break their silence?

Judges risk weakening their own independence by staying silent over government reforms, a leading public lawyer argues

NLJ this week: Discounted damages, different costs

A discount on damages does not automatically mean an equivalent haircut for legal costs in military deafness claims

NLJ this week: Masks off—but police must follow the rules

Police powers targeting concealed identities at protests come with procedural conditions that could determine whether prosecutions succeed

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Criminal

MOVERS & SHAKERS

DAC Beachcroft—Clare Dewar

Womble Bond Dickinson—Brendan Ryan

Parklane Plowden Chambers—five appointments