In the case at the centre of this judgment, a Crown Court judge stayed proceedings after ruling the failure to seize a mobile telephone belonging to one of the complainants meant the defendant could not have a fair trial.
The CPS appealed this ruling and the Court of Appeal has ruled in favour…
The Code for Crown Prosecutors 2018 is available to download in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. All currently-available translations of the Code can be found below.
Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) has today [23 October 2018] issued a report following its inspection of the performance of CPS London South. This is the CPS response.
Her Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) has today [23 October 2018] issued a report following its inspection of the performance of CPS London North. This is the CPS response.
This is the tenth Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) hate crime report, and brings together information on CPS performance in prosecuting racist and religious hate crime, homophobic and transphobic crime, crimes against the older person and disability hate crime. Underlying data contained in this…
Inspectors from HM CPS Inspectorate and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services analysed the handling of disability hate crime cases by the police and CPS.
This is the CPS response to the report.
Introduction
Possible offences
The Obscene Publications Act 1959
Evidential considerations
Public interest considerations
Article 10
Seizure and forfeiture
Jurisdiction
Handling of evidence/disclosure
Sentencing
Introduction
1. This Legal Guidance identifies…
