Mandatory life sentencesThis Practice Note reflects the procedural code for sentencing offenders in England and Wales (Sentencing Code) that applies...
Stages of a summary trialCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Checklist contains guidance impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA...
Money laundering offences—concealing, disguising, converting, transferring and removingIP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end...
NMC Fitness to Practise Hearings—the impairment stageCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by...
Reporting restrictions in criminal casesGuide for the judiciary and the media on reporting restrictionsThe fourth edition of the guide for judges and...
Supplying a controlled drug and offering to supplyThe offence of supplying controlled drugs The section 4 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (MDA 1971)...
Procedure for making bail applications and appealsCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance impacted by the coronavirus pandemic....
Disclosure of evidence in Scottish criminal proceedingsCoronavirus (COVID-19): Scottish criminal procedure has been impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic....
Judicial review as a remedy in prison lawJudicial review of decisions affecting prisonersThe decisions of a public authority including prisons, Parole...
ECHR, art 5(4)—rights and dutiesThe scope of article 5(4) Article 5(4) of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) provides that: 'Everyone who...
Prisoner categorisationCategorisation is the process by which a prisoner’s security category is determined. This affects the type of prison in which...
Parole Board and the test for releaseCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by the response to...
What happens when a client receives a custodial sentence?This Practice Note reflects the procedural code for sentencing offenders in England and Wales...
Mandatory drug testing in prisonMandatory drugs testing—when and why?Mandatory drug testing (MDT) was introduced in 1995 through an amendment to the...
Challenging Parole Board decisionsScope of Parole Board decisionsThe Parole Board makes decisions on:•the release of life and indeterminate sentence...
Functions of the Parole BoardStatutory FunctionsThe parole board (Board) is a corporate body required to advise the Secretary of State in relation to...
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