CPRC and MoJ publish guide to the updated Criminal Procedure Rules and new form

Article summary

The Criminal Procedure Rule Committee (CPRC) and Ministry of Justice (MoJ) have published a guide to the Criminal Procedure (Amendment) Rules 2024, SI 2024/62 and a 'notice and application for a serious disruption prevention order' form. The guide describes the amendments made to the Criminal Procedure Rules including new rules regarding prosecution disclosure management documents, independent domestic violence administrators and independent sexual violence advisors; amendment to the rules regarding applications to vary pre-charge bail conditions, property confiscation and seizure, search warrants, prosecution orders and comparable orders; the correction of court records; provision for editing of video recordings of pre-trial cross-examination; and to align the description of time limits in confiscation and restraint proceedings across all Criminal Procedure Rules. Additionally, the guide provides clarity on the application of existing rules about live links and the rules regarding prosecution and defence disclosure obligations. The guide provides further information on the implementation of the Law Commissions...