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Criminals serving community orders for low level offences will be closely monitored by judges as part of a new pilot forcing offenders to clean up their acts or be put behind bars.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Three gang members who bought a gun intending to use it in a dispute against rival criminals have had their sentences increased.
Consultation on new 3-storey court in Blackpool needs your feedback on the proposals.
Prosecutions for misreporting Saithe catch, Newcastle magistrates court, June 2023
Rape victims will be given the opportunity to meet the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) staff involved in their case ahead of a trial in the latest move to guide them through the criminal justice system.
Dame Sue Carr has been appointed the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales from 1 October 2023.
Increase of interest rates for Court Funds Office special and basic accounts from today (13 June 2023).
Judges will be given greater powers to dismiss lawsuits designed purely to evade scrutiny and stifle freedom of speech through government amendments to the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Bill.
Today (12 June 2023) the Ministry of Justice has launched a new Online Procedure Rule Committee to help guide judges, legal representatives and litigants through online court procedures.
The Law Officers visited Nottingham prosecutors as part of the Law Tour 2023.
Over 6 million more people now eligible for legal aid advice and representation.
The parents of a 16-year-old girl who died after she was neglected have been ordered to serve longer in prison following a review of their sentences.
The Lord Chancellor, after consultation with the Lord Chief Justice, has announced the reappointment of Philip Brook Smith KC and Susan Humble as members of the Tribunal Procedure Committee.
Victims and Prisoners Bill will stop unnecessary and invasive access to personal materials such as therapy notes.
The Solicitor General, Michael Tomlinson KC MP, provides a statement on the case of Thomas Cashman.
A man who killed two passengers after driving under the influence of drugs and alcohol has been ordered to serve an extended sentence.
New rules will see up to 4,500 more lawyers from diverse backgrounds eligible to become judges under plans announced by the government today (11 May 2023).
A banned driver who killed a cyclist and left him for dead has his prison term increased after the Court of Appeal reviewed the original sentence.
Dangerous driver who killed another motorist before fleeing the scene has prison term increased after sentence was referred under Unduly Lenient Sentencing scheme
A further update on work MOJ is doing to respond to the CJEU judgment of November 2018 in O’Brien No.2 and the Supreme Court’s judgment in Miller of December 2019.
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