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The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is the principal public agency for conducting criminal prosecutions in England and Wales. It is headed by the Director of Public ...
The Prosecution of Offences Act 1985 created the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in 1986, a dedicated, nationwide prosecution service under the control of the DPP, then Sir Thomas Hetherington QC. This involved the recruitment of 3,000 new staff, which despite difficulties the DPP succeeded in doing.
The Crown Court is the criminal court of first instance in England and Wales responsible for hearing all indictable offences, some either way offences and appeals of the decisions of magistrates' courts. It is one of three Senior Courts of England and Wales. [1] The Crown Court sits in around 92 locations in England and Wales, divided into ...
The chief inspector of the watchdog which monitors the performance of the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) said its prosecutors are facing crown court caseloads in excess of 100 and some are even ...
In December 2019, the Crown Prosecution Service authorised Northamptonshire Police to charge her with causing Mr Dunn’s death by dangerous driving. On Thursday, she denied that charge but ...
The statement from the solicitors says: “We confirm that last week serious complaints were made to the Independent Office for Police Conduct (IOPC) and to the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) in ...
Between February 2004 and April 2005, the Crown Prosecution Service, then headed by DPP Ken Macdonald, charged ten men working for private detective agencies with crimes relating to the illegal acquisition of confidential information. [5] [17] [18] [20] No journalists were charged. [20] Whittamore, Boyall, King, and Marshall pleaded guilty in ...
Ononiwu qualified as a solicitor in 1991 and joined the Crown Prosecution Service. She became Chief Crown Prosecutor for Northamptonshire in April 2005 and Legal Director for North Region, CPS London, before becoming Deputy Chief Crown Prosecutor for all the London Districts. [2] [3] She was Chair of the National Black Crown Prosecution ...