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Guidance for criminal justice agencies on the new offence of squatting in a residential building.
Commencement of the new referral order provisions in Section 79 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
Commencement of sections 122 - 128 to and Schedules 18 - 22 to the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012.
The Information Commissioner and the Secretary of State for Justice have agreed on Memoranda of Understanding.
Guidance on supplying information about the death of a child, written for coroners and Local Safeguarding Children Boards.
Pilot Practice Direction 36W brings in new provision for communicating forced marriage and female genital mutilation protection orders to the police. It came into force on 26 April 2021.
Ministry of Justice (MOJ) seed funding competition.
Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules relating to PD 51O Electronic Working Pilot Scheme.
Terms of reference for a judicial working group advising on potential models for problem-solving courts.
Ofsted, HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP), and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) has triggered the Urgent Notification process for Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre on 18 June 2021.
The panel aims to identify key areas for improvement in our current approach to tackling problematic drug and alcohol use in the criminal justice system in England and Wales.
The Chief Inspector of Prisons triggered the urgent notification process for HMP Exeter on 18 November 2022.
Ofsted, HM Inspectorate of Prisons, and the Care Quality Commission triggered the urgent notification process for Rainsbrook Secure Training Centre on 18 December 2020.
Last updated 30 January 2017.
Public information materials for organisations to support the prison officer recruitment campaign.
Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules relating to PD 51R Online Civil Money Claims (OCMC) pilot.
The mid-grant report covers the findings of the Legal Support for Litigants in Person (LSLIP) grant.
Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules relating to Online Civil Money Claims in support of the Covid-19 effort.
Practice Direction update to the Civil Procedure Rules relating to PD 51R Online Civil Money Claims pilot.
Ofsted, HM Inspectorate of Prisons (HMIP), and the Care Quality Commission (CQC) triggered the urgent notification process for Oakhill Secure Training Centre on 31 July 2025.
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