In Focus

There are new sentencing guidelines for firearms offences, which apply to all defendants sentenced from 1 st January 2021 onwards, irrespective of the date of the offence. In essence, they effectively collate and distil the leading authorities on sentencing...

An examination of Confiscation proceedings and civil recovery,  proportionality and abuse of process. Those accused of fraud by state agencies, private bodies and individuals, continue to face asset recovery measures and draconian legal...

An analysis of how Covid has affected prison conditions and what can be done to address this. The nation is finally moving on from lockdown three, and with the government’s road map, we are promised a way out of the Covid restrictions we’ve...

The Court of Appeal has reminded judges that in ‘short and simple cases’ they should still provide the jury with a summary of the evidence. In Ravinskiy [2021] EWCA Crim 191, the Court of Appeal has (once again) had to remind judges that,...