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…
In January 2018 the CPS, National Police Chiefs’ Council and the College of Policing released the Joint National Disclosure Improvement Plan. The plan sets out the actions that we are taking, and will take, to improve how the criminal justice system deals with disclosure.
The plan includes a…
Please note: this is a consultation document. Prosecutors should apply the current Code 2013, seventh edition
To respond to this consultation, please see the main consultation page
Introduction
1.1 The Code for Crown Prosecutors (the Code) is issued by the Director of Public…
