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The Code for Crown Prosecutors 2018 is available to download in Adobe Acrobat PDF format. All currently-available translations of the Code can be found below.
Policy and Guidance, Business InformationHer Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) has today [23 October 2018] issued a report following its inspection of the performance of CPS London South. This is the CPS response.
CPS responses to HMCPSIHer Majesty's Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) has today [23 October 2018] issued a report following its inspection of the performance of CPS London North. This is the CPS response.
CPS responses to HMCPSIThis is the tenth Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) hate crime report, and brings together information on CPS performance in prosecuting racist and religious hate crime, homophobic and transphobic crime, crimes against the older person and disability hate crime.
Equality and diversity, CPS operational informationInspectors from HM CPS Inspectorate and HM Inspectorate of Constabulary and Fire & Rescue Services analysed the handling of disability hate crime cases by the police and CPS. This is the CPS response to the report.
CPS responses to HMCPSINational Summary Area reports
Case Outcomes, Performance management and case outcomes, CPS operational informationNational Summary Area reports
CPS operational information, Performance management and case outcomes, Case OutcomesNational Summary Area reports
CPS operational information, Case Outcomes, Performance management and case outcomesThis Legal Guidance identifies potential offences for prosecutors to consider when dealing with “obscene publications”, before focusing on the Obscene Publications Act 1959 itself. It provides guidance on the provisions in general and in particular how prosecutors should approach the question of “obscenity”.
Policy and GuidanceIn January 2018 the CPS, National Police Chiefs’ Council and the College of Policing released the Joint National Disclosure Improvement Plan. The plan sets out the actions that we are taking, and will take, to improve how the criminal justice system deals with disclosure.
Policy and Guidance