Criminal law as it is actually practised: defence strategy, serious fraud and financial crime, regulatory prosecutions, investigations and appeals. Charging decisions, disclosure failures and sentencing reform are covered by the solicitors and counsel handling them. Court backlogs and legal aid pressure sit underneath most of it.
By Claire Mullaney
The Crime and Policing Act 2026 began coming into force on 29 June 2026. It is, by any measure, one of the most wide-ranging pieces of criminal justice legislation England and Wales has seen in years.
By Claire Mullaney
Until March this year, a foreign national who received a suspended sentence faced a very different set of immigration consequences to one who received the same sentence as an immediate custodial term.