Advanced Search

Home » Legal Resources » Legal Guidance

Legal Guidance

The CPS has completed a year long project to revise and improve the accessibility of our Legal Guidance and we hope that you will welcome the changes.

Legal Guidance is core to the decision making of the CPS and in making the guidance publicly available, we underline our commitment to open and transparent decision making. We will strive to keep apace of changes in the law and procedure and will regularly update Legal Guidance.

We hope that you will find the guidance informative and a useful form of reference in what is a fast moving and dynamic environment.

CPS Public Consultations

We want to hear your views about our prosecution policy and so we conduct consultations to help inform our policy making.

Please visit the consultations page to participate in our consultations and read our reports.

A to Z of contents

New and improved legal guidance

The newly refurbished Legal Guidance section has now been completed.

Latest updates include:

  • A full revision of Legal Guidance.
  • An A-Z search function ensuring the documents you require are stored in an easily navigable fashion.
  • An improved search facility allowing you to pinpoint legal guidance documents quickly and easily.
  • Details on CPS consultations.

We hope you find the guidance informative and a useful form of reference in what is a fast moving and dynamic environment.

How to use this Legal Guidance

The easiest way to search is through our handy A-Z menu (on the left side of the page). Simply think of the title of the Guidance you need and click on the appropriate letter. See the user guide for more information.