Criminal justice
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Criminal courts backlog: independent Leveson review
Sir Brian Leveson has published part two of his Independent Review of the Criminal Courts.
All resources
- Advocacy in the youth court03 Nov 2025
- Appeals against Crown Court decisions28 Jan 2025
- Criminal legal aid report – key recommendations27 Jan 2022
- Criminal legal aid work: options your firm should consider now07 Oct 2024
- Crown court advocacy procedure tips15 Apr 2020
- Part five: appendix and acknowledgements03 Nov 2025
- Part four: information and resources03 Nov 2025
- Part one: planning developing and maintaining a programme03 Nov 2025
- Part three: precedents and pro formas03 Nov 2025
- Part two: procedures and practice issues03 Nov 2025
- Pro bono manual03 Nov 2025
- Tendering for legal aid contracts10 Oct 2024
- Tipping off and prejudicing an investigation27 Feb 2023
- Transparency in the family courts28 Jan 2025
- UK economic crime regime30 Apr 2024
- Victims of modern slavery – guidance for solicitors30 Apr 2020
- Are our courts fit for purpose?19 Dec 2022
- Crown Court backlogs: how would case increases impact practitioners?24 Feb 2022
- Improving the legal aid means test as living costs rise22 Jul 2024
- More affordable justice: legal aid means test report30 May 2022
- Perfect storm for policing, law and order by 202714 Jun 2023
- Reframing justice – our research02 May 2025
- State of the courts – three years after our five-point plan25 Sep 2025
- The growth of legal deserts in Wales02 Feb 2026
- Anti-terrorism24 Nov 2025
- Communication with prisoners by mobile phone05 Dec 2019
- Conflicts of interest in criminal cases05 Dec 2019
- Criminal Finances Act 201724 Nov 2025
- Criminal Procedure Rules 2025: solicitors’ duties06 Oct 2025
- Criminal plea in absence of sufficient prosecution case information06 Oct 2025
- Criminal prosecutions of victims of trafficking20 Nov 2023
- Defence costs orders18 Mar 2021
- Defence witness notices16 Jan 2026
- Mazur and the conduct of litigation31 Mar 2026
- Protection for client accounts28 Nov 2025
- Rejecting un-remunerative publicly funded criminal work27 Nov 2023
- Representing clients at section 2 CJA interviews20 May 2020
- Statutory defences available to asylum seekers charged with document offences03 Aug 2023
- Use of interpreters in criminal cases21 Oct 2025
- Virtual court first hearings07 Jul 2021
- Advocacy for vulnerable people and children (crime) training10 Oct 2025
- How to talk about access to justice and the rule of law02 May 2025
- Nightingale courts status interactive map07 May 2025
- Youth Justice Charter07 Aug 2025
- Advocacy standards02 Apr 2025
- Court closures29 Jan 2025
- Court reform16 Jun 2025
- Courts and Tribunals Bill11 Mar 2026
- Criminal legal aid01 Dec 2025
- Domestic Abuse Act 202128 Jan 2025
- Economic Crime Act: what does it mean for law firms?07 Apr 2025
- Independent review of the criminal courts05 Mar 2026
- LASPO Act 28 Jan 2025
- Mazur v Charles Russell Speechlys: what it means for litigators31 Mar 2026
- Operation Early Dawn: what it means for solicitors19 Aug 2024
- Professional court users' access scheme20 Aug 2024
- Remote hearings24 Jul 2024
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