Children to Receive Swifter Justice Under Revised Victims’ Code
New Victims’ Code reforms aim to support child victims through the justice system, with clearer rights, faster processes and stronger safeguards.
New Victims’ Code reforms aim to support child victims through the justice system, with clearer rights, faster processes and stronger safeguards.
Plans to scrap non-crime hate incident records raise concerns for victims and defendants. We examine the legal and criminal defence implications.
Government prison reforms avert a capacity crisis. What sentencing changes, recall rules and prison expansion mean for criminal defence cases.
Armed Forces justice reforms expand police powers and victim protections, with major implications for service personnel accused of serious or sexual offences.
Plans for a “British FBI” could transform policing in England and Wales, raising major questions about surveillance, accountability and criminal defence.