A pilot scheme found victims were "reassured" to see the process of offenders being held to account before the Parole Board ...

The tough-on-crime approach is a costly policy failure that has overcrowded prisons and brought the justice system to its knees, writes leading rule of law and migration expert Andi Hoxhaj ...

Shoplifting has soared to such to “epidemic” levels with reports of 17,000 incidents-a-day while attacks on shopkeepers are ...

The lack of automatic enforceability of PNAs is often cited as a key issue. Critics argue that without legal certainty, PNAs fail to provide their intended protection. However, the reality is that ...

The Sentencing Council for England and Wales, which provides guidelines to judges on punishments, suspended on Monday plans ...

The MoJ says a pilot scheme in some courts has reduced the average duration of cases from 29 weeks to 18.

The criminal bar in England and Wales is facing a retention crisis ... The findings have raised concerns about the impact on the substantial Crown court backlog, The Law Society Gazette reported. The ...

The change follows a pilot scheme in the South West and Greater Manchester. Victims will be able to attend parole hearings of ...

The Sentencing Council confirmed tonight that these guidelines have been suspended - after Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood said she would introduce legislation to block them coming into effect.

The national rollout of the scheme, which comes into force across England and Wales on Tuesday 1 April, is hoped to boost ...

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has said that, despite announcing a record level of sitting days for crown court judges to ... The rising backlog in England and Wales has almost doubled in ...

The newly sworn-in High Sheriff for County Durham was reassured that he is much less likely to be at risk of execution than many of his ...