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  1. Crown Prosecution Service launches scheme to attract lawyers back into criminal practice

    … and an opportunity for those looking to move between the self-employed and employed Bar. "We hope the CPS scheme will … the workforce. “Recruiting and retaining staff for the defence and prosecution is central to ensuring the criminal … and an opportunity for those looking to move between the self-employed and employed Bar. "We hope the CPS scheme will …

  2. Review of Prosecution Fees

    … in post as DPP. Since day one, I have been clear that the self-employed Bar is essential to the success of the CPS, and … should like to acknowledge the important contribution the self-employed Bar has made to the work of the CPS over the … new package: fixed fees were increased to the level of the defence Advocates’ Graduated Fees Scheme refreshers are now …

  3. Firearms

    … which uses, or is designed or adapted for use with, a self-contained gas cartridge system is a prohibited weapon: section 5(1)(af) . A self-contained gas cartridge system is one in which … brought by virtue of section 1 of the 1982 Act, it is a defence for the accused to show that “he did not know and had …

  4. Speech by Max Hill QC, DPP, to the Bar Council in Cardiff, 6 July 2019

    … our starting point must surely be that employed and self-employed barristers make an equal contribution to the delivery of justice? Having moved personally from the self-employed Bar to the CPS - some way into my career, … Graduated Fees Scheme, which sets payment levels for defence advocates; this significantly increases the fees …

  5. Memorandum of Understanding Between the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) and the National Police Chiefs’ Council (NPCC) concerning Section 46 Sexual Offences Act 2003

    … a person accidentally finding such an image already has a defence to that act of making. However, in some cases, it may … at section 46 an amendment to the 1978 Act of creating a defence to a charge of “making”. A defence is available where … flouted procedural safeguards, taken on an unnecessary self-appointed role as an investigator as cover for abuse, or …

  6. Disclosure - A guide to "reasonable lines of enquiry" and communications evidence

    … DMD allows prosecutors to be open and transparent with the defence and the court about how the prosecution has … material, including potential timings for this. 4. The defence must also play their part in defining the real issues … method(s) of examination.   A Digital Forensics Kiosk or Self Service equipment is officer operated equipment based …

  7. Protocol for Liaison and Information Exchange when criminal proceedings coincide with Child Safeguarding Practice Reviews in England

    … to change, is critical to the system being dynamic and self-improving. Consequently, reviews may be conducted … of undermining the prosecution case or assisting the defence case (and as such meets the “disclosure test”). The … meeting the disclosure test, is then provided to the defence in the course of the prosecution. Material held or …

  8. Disclosure of Previous Convictions of Prosecution Witnesses

    … or be inconsistent with it, irrespective of the particular defence being advanced by the accused, or indeed whether a defence is being advanced at all. Material has such potential … in an assault case (where the appellant was raising selfdefence) should have been disclosed. Material relating …

  9. COVID-19: Crown Prosecution Service planning and preparation

    … the Criminal Bar Association as follows: COVID-19: CPS and self-employed Bar Statement of Principles I wrote to you in … The CPS has a long tradition of working closely with the self-employed Bar and will continue to do so over the months … early, if appropriate, in conjunction with the court and defence; CPS Areas will also make use of remote facilities …

  10. Treasury Counsel (Crime) Pathway

    … at CPS Advocate Panel level 3 or the equivalent for defence practitioners. Give the aims of the Pathway places … Minority Ethnic background Those who are LGBT+ Those who self-declare as from a lower socio-economic background Those … Minority Ethnic background Those who are LGBT+ Those who self-declare as from a lower socio-economic background Those …

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