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  1. Rape and Sexual Offences - Chapter 11: The Sexual History of Complainants, Section 41 YJCEA 1999

    … prosecutor The role of the prosecution advocate at court Section 41 of the Youth Justice and Criminal Evidence … accused, subject to exceptions and with the leave of the court. These restrictions are intended to achieve the right … and on questions about previous sexual history unless the court gives leave. Section 41(1) provides that: ‘‘If at a …

  2. Victims Summit 2023 - speech by Max Hill KC, Director of Public Prosecutions

    … from police investigation to CPS charging decisions to court listing of trials is rightly top of our list of … damage which could be dealt with in a magistrates’ court. However, these are perfect examples of cases where a … development of the Serious Sexual Violence Support in court project being piloted in Leeds, Newcastle and, of …

  3. Disclosure Manual: Chapter 12 - Applying the Disclosure Test

    … to: the exclusion of evidence; a stay of proceedings; or a court or tribunal finding that any public authority had acted … is sensitive and falls properly to be placed before the court in a PII application. There is no requirement to … relates to a co-defendant, “CND”. In cases before a Crown Court,  rule 15.2(2) of the Criminal Procedure Rules requires …

  4. Victims' Guide - After the trial: appeals

    … rare circumstances, it may be possible for us to ask the court to quash the acquittal and ask for a retrial if the … been given is too harsh. After a trial in the magistrates’ court After a trial in the magistrates’ court Toggle accordion Defendants who have been convicted …

  5. Coroners

    … Oxfordshire [2020] UKSC 46 (13 November 2020) the Supreme Court clarified that the standard of proof for suicide and … of beyond reasonable doubt. The decision of the Supreme Court in Maughan means that the ordinary expectation that a … is communicated by the appropriate officer of the court or where the coroner is informed that there is to be no …

  6. Homophobic, Biphobic and Transphobic Hate Crime - Prosecution Guidance

    … to it. For a conviction to receive enhanced sentencing in court the police need to provide sufficient evidence to prove … monitoring of whether or not the prosecutor drew the court's attention to the sentencing provisions, and whether or not the court applied an enhanced sentence. Case Building Prosecutors …

  7. Private Prosecutions

    … This will include details of the relevant CPS Area, the court centre concerned and the proposed course of action in … what it considers to be the appropriate charges, a magistrate should be slow, in the absence of any special … factor - R v Tower Bridge Metropolitan Stipendiary Magistrate Ex Parte Chaudhry [1994] 99 Cr App R 170. …

  8. Bereaved Families - Guidance on CPS service to bereaved families in homicide cases

    … Meeting with Trial Advocate Speaking to Witnesses at Court Meeting if charges are discontinued or substantially … supporting bereaved families where cases progress to the Court of Appeal. The enhanced pre-charge procedures for … progress of the case, what is expected to happen at each court hearing and the possible sentences available for the …

  9. Restraining Orders

    … done the act, that does not amount to a conviction and the court does not have the power to impose a restraining order: … proposed conditions if the prosecutor is to ask the court to impose a restraining order. Restraining orders can … order on conviction, section 360 SA 2020 provides that a court (in the course of dealing with an offender) may make a …

  10. CPS authorises charges against five men including British man accused of conducting hostile state activity to benefit Russia

    … offences. Specific reporting restrictions, issued by the court in relation to this case, have now been lifted, … on 19 April 2024 and appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Saturday, 20 April. He is charged with: Aggravated … on 20 April 2024 and appeared at Westminster Magistrates’ Court on Monday, 22 April. He is charged with: Aggravated …

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