Criminal practitioners can now buy the latest revised version of Archbold: Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice. The 2019 edition, available in print and as an e-book, has new sections, including on the sentencing of children and young persons; revised chapters; updates, for example, on the Data Protection Act and Criminal Finance Act; and caselaw from the past year. Judge Mark Lucraft QC, the Chief Coroner of England and Wales, and editor of Archbold, said: ‘Archbold returns, updated, improved and with a new judicial board.’
11 December 2018
Archbold 2019
MOVERS & SHAKERS
Bell Yard Kysen—Liz Giles
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Clarke Willmott—Lee Edwards
Clarke Willmott boosts Southampton commercial property team with addition of partner Lee Edwards
Lime Solicitors—four promotions
Lime Solicitors announces four promotions
NEWS
The Attorney General, Ellie Reeves KC MP, and Solicitor General, Andy Slaughter KC MP, marked the 25th anniversary of Pro Bono Week by joining lawyers, charities, students and parliamentarians at events celebrating voluntary legal work
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Possession claims are entering a new digital era, with procedural traps awaiting practitioners who assume familiar rules still govern every step
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An indemnity costs battle with a £20m gap could reopen an important question: what weight should an approved budget carry?
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