Criminal Procedure Rules 2005

The Law Society has produced a practice note to help you understand your duties under the Criminal Procedure Rules 2005. In R v K , the Court of Appeal recently underlined the importance of these rules, stating that they:

'impose duties and burdens on all the participants in a criminal trial, including the judge, and the preparation and conduct of criminal trials is dependent on, and subject to, these rules?'

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31 March 2008
From 7 April 2008, the Rules change to make explicit a court's power to impose proportional sanctions for failure to comply. Our practice note has therefore been updated. The changes are in section 3 - Sanctions for non-compliance.
Practice note: Criminal Procedure Rules (PDF, 170kb) - 31 March 2008

Criminal Procedure Rules 2005

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