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The House of Lords rejected the Government’s controversial amendments dealing with extreme climate protest on Monday, the sixth and last day of the Report stage of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Bill

Jon Robins considers the origins & consequences of the sentencing fiasco that was imprisonment for public protection

Imran Khodabocus reports on the rise in honour-based abuse cases, and reflects on the similarities and differences with domestic abuse

Writing in NLJ this week, Jon Robins looks at imprisonment for public protection (IPP), which has left thousands of prisoners locked up past tariff

The Criminal Bar Association (CBA) is polling its members on taking direct action or ‘as a minimum’ adopting a no returns policy should ministers fail to commit to increase fees

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is delighted to share with you that the next CPS Legal Trainee Scheme (LTS) is open for applications

The Law Commission has begun a project to review and find ways to improve the trial process for sexual offences, including countering ‘rape myths’

The Sentencing Council has provided a software tool to support judges sentencing convicts in the Crown Court

Lawyers have called for ‘urgent’ funding for the criminal justice system, in the wake of the publication of the Independent Review of Criminal Legal Aid

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DWF—Jenny Leonard

Former Metropolitan Police director joins police, care and justice team

Charles Russell Speechlys—Ed Morgan

Corporate real estate and funds expertise expands with partner hire

Hill Dickinson—Helen Foley, Charlotte Fallon & Gary Parnell

Firm grows London business services team with trio of partner hires

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Conveyancing Awards to celebrate industry excellence

The first-ever Conveyancing Awards are set to take place on Thursday 14 May 2026 at The Londoner Hotel in Leicester Square. The awards will recognise professionals and organisations across the conveyancing industry, including law firms, housebuilders, PropTech companies and other property sector specialists

Tackling violence through the family court

Violence against women and girls (VAWG) ‘is now a public emergency’, Barbara Mills KC, a family silk and chair of the Bar Council, has warned

Poor timing scuppered personal injury claim

A judge was ‘plainly right’ to time-bar a personal injury claimant despite the county court delaying posting the claim form until nearly four months after it was sealed ‘for reasons that have never been ascertained’, the Court of Appeal has held

Reasons to be cheerful at the Bar

Barristers are happier this year than in 2023, according to the latest wellbeing survey

Crunching the numbers on costs salaries

Thinking of becoming a costs lawyer or costs draftsperson? The former is worth an extra £10,000 in salary, according to figures collated by the Association of Costs Lawyers

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Criminal

MOVERS & SHAKERS

DWF—Jenny Leonard

Charles Russell Speechlys—Ed Morgan

Hill Dickinson—Helen Foley, Charlotte Fallon & Gary Parnell