Updated: 15/5/2019; amended 13/08/2021

Applications for judicial review and appeals by way of case stated are the proceedings in the Administrative Court that most affect the CPS. The law, practice and procedure are contained in:

updated 9 January 2019 and 09 September 2022

From 1 October 2009, the jurisdiction of the Judicial Committee of the House of Lords has been exercised by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom following the coming into force of paragraphs 13(5) and 16(6) of Schedule 9 to the Constitutional Reform Act 2005.

Updated: 26 Apr 2023; 17 Jul 2023; 21 Nov 2023; 22 Mar 2026

The decisions on bail, in criminal proceedings, represent an important stage in the prosecution process. The results of these decisions can have far reaching consequences for victims of crime and the public in general.

Updated : 13 February 2025 (minor)

Updated 3 April 2024

Updated 30/09/2019

8 February 2022; 22 July 2025

This leaflet tells you about your meeting with The Crown Prosecution Service.

Updated: 28 January 2022; minor revision: 1 March 2023; 12 August 2024; 2 October 2024

The conservation of wildlife is an area in which the police play an investigative and enforcement role and where the CPS are called upon to prosecute in accordance with the provisions of the Code for Crown Prosecutors. See also Relations with Other Prosecutions Agencies, elsewhere in the legal guidance.