The Criminal Bar Association exists to represent the views of the practising members of the criminal bar in England and Wales.
Membership of the Association is open to:
Barristers in independent practice, employed barristers and pupil barristers;
Individuals who are studying the Bar Vocational Course with a validated provider;
Individuals who have accepted an unconditional offer to study the Bar Vocational Course from a validated institution or who have accepted a conditional offer to study the Bar Vocational Course from a validated institution and have fulfilled any conditions to that offer.
Many legal issues arouse public controversy but at the same time may be complex and easily misunderstood. It is the Bar Council's intention to publish a number of fact sheets drafted by barristers who have experience and authority in the relevant legal areas. These fact sheets may be useful to members of the public, journalists, and anyone working within a legal capacity.
New! The fully annotated text of the Serious Crime Act 2007 is now available online on the Criminal Law Week Statutes Service.
Trial on indictment of summary offence - whether a summary offence joined with a count charging an indictable offence must be withdrawn from the jury and retried before justices where there is no case to answer on the indictable offence (CLW/08/16/6).
Infanticide - whether it is necessary in order for a woman to be convicted of infanticide for all the elements of murder to be proved (CLW/08/16/9).
Appeal against sentence - whether the Court of Appeal is bound by a sentencing judge's erroneous reliance on a maximum available sentence lower than the actual maximum sentence (CLW/08/16/2).
Plea of guilty - how much credit for his plea a defendant is entitled to if he waits until the prosecution have served all their material and decided how to put their case before pleading guilty (CLW/08/16/23).
Maximum sentence - whether the maximum sentence permitted by statute is reserved for the worst possible case which can realistically be conceived or merely for cases which are truly identified as cases of the utmost gravity (CLW/08/16/36).
The above summaries are provided by Criminal Law Week. Full case digests and commentary on key cases are provided in each weekly issue; and fully annotated text of recent key legislation is available online. For subscription details visit www.criminal-law.co.uk or telephone 01483 414 040.
The Criminal Bar Association exists to represent the views of the practising members of the criminal bar in England and Wales.
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The above summaries are provided by Criminal Law Week. Full case digests and commentary on key cases are provided in each weekly issue; and fully annotated text of recent key legislation is available online.