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The Government’s target of cutting the crown court backlog is “no longer achievable”, Whitehall’s spending watchdog has found. A report by the National Audit Office (NAO) said the Ministry ...
The commission is the only body in its area of jurisdiction with the power to send a case back to an appeals court if it concludes that there is a real possibility that the court will overturn a conviction or reduce a sentence. Since starting work in 1997, it has on average referred 33 cases a year for appeal.
Reference by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland of devolution issues to the Supreme Court pursuant to Paragraph 34 of Schedule 10 to the Northern Ireland Act 1998 (No 2) [2019] UKSC 1: 14 January Constitutional law, Devolution in the UK: R (Hallam) v Secretary of State for Justice and R (Nealon) v Secretary of State for Justice [2019] UKSC 2
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Constitutional law, Devolution in the UK: Providing postcode lists to the Secretary of State for Work and Pensions was not a "devolution issue" or capable of being incompatible with the European Convention on Human Rights. Therefore, the Supreme Court refused to accept the application by the Attorney General for Northern Ireland. [2]
Defendants are “taking advantage” of criminal court backlogs with delays leaving victims facing a three-year wait for some trials to start, the country’s top prosecutor has warned ...
The Law Commission can also take on additional projects that are referred directly by Government departments. At any one time, around 15 to 20 areas of law will be under review. Law Commission projects cover a wide range of subjects that belong to the criminal law, property law, family and trust law, public law, commercial law.
Judicial review is a part of UK constitutional law that enables people to challenge the exercise of power, usually by a public body. A person who contends that an exercise of power is unlawful may apply to the Administrative Court (a part of the King's Bench Division of the High Court) for a decision. If the court finds the decision unlawful it ...