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No short-term fix to cut court trials backlog, says leading prosecutor

The record backlog of Crown Court trials will not be dealt with in the next year, the director of public prosecutions has said. Max Hill KC, who is stepping down this month after five years in the role, said a shortage of barristers and judges was ...

28 Oct 2023 at 12:12

CPS updates guidance on mercy killings and failed suicide pacts

The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has updated its homicide guidance, specifically addressing mercy killings and failed suicide pacts, in order to increase transparency on “how prosecutors think and decide”. The new guidelines aim to give ...

05 Oct 2023 at 00:01

Stephen Parkinson named as new head of Crown Prosecution Service

A veteran lawyer with a “stellar” career has been appointed to lead the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS). Stephen Parkinson said he was “delighted and honoured” to take on the role of Director of Public Prosecutions. He was previously the ...

14 Sept 2023 at 10:45

Max Hill KC to step down as head of Crown Prosecution Service

Max Hill KC is stepping down as Director of Public Prosecutions later this year. The leading barrister, who took up the post for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in November 2018, confirmed his decision on Twitter. He posted a link ...

21 Mar 2023 at 15:26

Assisted dying should be about relieving suffering – ex-judge with Parkinson’s

Terminal illness should be redefined to focus on suffering, a retired High Court judge said as he told how he fears he will have to go to Dignitas rather than endure a “poor death” in the UK with Parkinson’s disease. Sir Nicholas ...

28 Jan 2025 at 18:03

Justice system can seem inexplicable to crime victims, minister says

The criminal justice system can seem “impenetrable and even inexplicable” to crime victims, a Government minister has admitted. Victims and sentencing minister Edward Argar was speaking at a summit in central London that was ...

10 Mar 2023 at 15:32

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Fewer mercy killings could be brought to court under proposed new legal guidance

Fewer mercy killing cases could be brought to court under proposed changes to guidance for prosecutors. The Crown Prosecution Service will launch a consultation on draft guidance, which sets out which factors lawyers should ...

14 Jan 2022 at 01:29

Barristers’ strike delays ‘may not be good enough reason to extend custody’

Delays to criminal trials affected by the ongoing barristers’ strike may not be a good enough reason to keep defendants in custody on remand if the dispute continues beyond the end of November, High Court judges have said. ...

28 Sept 2022 at 16:40

Jo Cox murder trial informed prosecutors of Sir David Amess’s killer – DPP

The prosecution of MP Jo Cox’s killer helped bring a “strong case” when tragedy struck for a second time, Max Hill QC has said. The Director of Public Prosecutions reflected on the murders of two MPs in five years as ...

11 Apr 2022 at 14:25

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