ForewordIntroductionRole and Responsibilities of the Prosecution AdvocatePre-Trial PreparationAction on receipt of instructionsCase SummariesCase Management PlanKeeping the Prosecution Advocate InformedVictims and WitnessesAppealsPDH and other Preliminary HearingsWithdrawal of InstructionsProper…
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PrefaceForewordIntroductionBasic ObligationsProfessional Conduct in GeneralProfessional Conduct in the Context of Criminal ProceedingsPublic Prosecutors who hold Judicial AppointmentsFailure by External Advocates to observe the Statment of Ethical PrinciplesReview of the StatementPrefaceThe Crown…
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July 2024Independent Assessor of Complaints for the Crown Prosecution Service: Annual Report 2023-241. About the IAC ServiceThe Independent Assessor of Complaints (IAC) for the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is completely independent of the CPS, providing an impartial…
When Parliamentarians – used here as a term for MPs in the House of Commons, Peers in the House of Lords and Members of the Welsh Assembly – become the victims of crime because of the role they carry out, it threatens democracy. It jeopardises participation, whether engagement with the electorate,…
25 January 2024, 14:00-17:00, 102 Petty France/MS TeamsMembersMonica Burch (Chair), Stephen Parkinson, Simon Jeffreys, Dr Subo Shanmuganathan, Dawn Brodrick, Greg McGill, Kathryn StoneGuestsSteve Buckingham (attending all items), Baljit Ubhey, Scott Dawes, Graham Ritchie, Harriet…
IntroductionGuidanceIntroductionThe CPS can be a party to an action in civil law arising out of our advisory or statutory functions under the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985.For the purposes of civil proceedings, the CPS is deemed to be an “Authorised Government Department” (Rule 66 of the Civil…
