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Crime brief: 7 October 2022
Elaborate lies on a CV are never a good idea, especially when the Supreme Court gets involved: David Walbank KC reports on some tall tales & costly consequences
07 October 2022 / David Walbank KC
LNB NEWS: Sentencing Council launches consultation on proposed changes to Totality guideline
The Sentencing Council has launched a consultation on proposed changes to its ‘Totality guideline’, which sets out the approach for sentencing an offender for more than one offence or where the offender is already serving a sentence. 
06 October 2022
Criminal Bar votes as solicitors look to the exit
Barristers will vote this week on whether to suspend their strike following an offer from the Lord Chancellor, Brandon Lewis.
05 October 2022
Party pledges from Conservative & Labour conferences
Home secretary Suella Braverman is considering giving suspects anonymity to prevent ‘trial by media’ where suspects are well-known, she told Young Conservatives at the party conference in Birmingham.
05 October 2022
LNB NEWS: Sentencing Council publishes review on effectiveness of sentencing options
The Sentencing Council has published a review that collates evidence on the effectiveness of different sentencing options on reoffending. 
03 October 2022
Croydon hosts historic first deaf juror
Legal history has been made at Croydon Crown Court, after the first deaf juror served in a trial aided by British Sign Language (BSL) interpreters
03 October 2022
LNB NEWS: Justice Secretary agrees deal with CBA to end strikes
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced that the new Justice Secretary, Rt Hon Brandon Lewis MP, has reached an agreement with the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) to get criminal barristers back to work. 
30 September 2022
Criminal Bar to vote on offer as Law Society poised to advise solicitors to cease work

Criminal barristers are voting on whether to suspend their strike following an offer from the Lord Chancellor, Brandon Lewis

30 September 2022
Money laundering crackdown
Solicitors are prime targets for those who want to wash their ‘dirty’ money, says Paul Philip
30 September 2022 / Paul Philip
IPP sentences condemned by Justice Committee
Nearly 3,000 prisoners subject to an Imprisonment for Public Protection (IPP) sentence, an indeterminate sentence introduced in 2005 and abolished in 2012, should be resentenced immediately, the House of Commons’ Justice Committee has urged in a withering report published this week. 
28 September 2022
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The Supreme Court’s decision in Dillon highlights a central tension in modern public law: rights may be recognised without being fully realised
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