This fees bulletin details the changes and implementation arrangements in respect of the CPS Graduated Fees Scheme F (Scheme F), which will come into effect on 2 May 2023.

Introduction Entry to the CPS Proceeds of Crime Specialist Panel at Level 4 is through this application process and is open to appropriately qualified barristers, and solicitors who have a Higher Courts Advocacy qualification.

A man who was dealing drugs on the streets of Newport has been sentenced for murder after he stabbed another man in the chest.

A man who caused life changing injuries to another by throwing a corrosive liquid over his face and head has been jailed at Swansea Crown Court.

A man has been jailed for more than two years after being involved in widespread unrest in Blackpool.

A former vet has been given an extended prison sentence totalling 31 years and 10 months for drugging and sexually abusing a group of young boys on a Christian summer camp he was leading. Jon Ruben, 76, from Ruddington in Nottinghamshire, ran the camp at Stathern Lodge in Leicestershire, using a position of responsibility in his church community. He laced sweets with sedatives he had purchased online and tricked the children into eating them by encouraging them to take part in what he called ‘the sweet game’. He gave the boys the contaminated sweets and offered a prize to whoever ate them the quickest.

Domestic abuse can inflict lasting trauma on victims and their extended families, especially children and young people who may not see the violence or abuse, but may be aware of it, sense it, or hear it occurring.

Gender Pay Gap (GPG) legislation introduced in 2017 requires all employers with 250 employees or more to report annually on their gender pay gap. Government departments are covered by the Equality Act 2010 (Specific Duties and Public Authorities) Regulations 2017 which came into force on 31 March 2017. These regulations underpin the Public Sector Equality Duty and require the relevant organisations to publish their gender pay gap data by 30 March annually.