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CrimeLine @crimeline.co.uk · Jan 21

If you are considering a CrimeLine Membership for the first time, check out what your colleagues have to say about it

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CrimeLine @crimeline.co.uk · Mar 26

Crime Contract verification: Admission to the October 2025 Rota www.gov.uk/government/n...

Crime Contract verification: Admission to the October 2025 Rota

Stage 1 applicants have a final chance to join the October 2025 Duty Rotas. Compliant verification information must be submitted by 31 March 2025

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CrimeLine @crimeline.co.uk · Mar 24

Fun case of the day caselaw.nationalarchives.gov.uk/ewca/civ/202...

The Commissioners for HMRC v Innovative Bites Limited - Find Case Law - The National Archives

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George Eaton @georgeeaton.bsky.social · Mar 24

Unprotected departments have been asked to model two scenarios by the Treasury:

1. Flat cash (5.7% real-terms cut over three-year period).

2. A cut of 2% (an 11% real-terms cut).

“It’s a choice between bad and terrible,” says a source. www.newstatesman.com/politics/lab...

Can Rachel Reeves recover?

A Chancellor playing a long game must hope she does not have to wait too long.

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CrimeLine @crimeline.co.uk · Mar 21

Quite a few cases recently where the Parole Board comes out of the hearing on the losing side, here's another one:

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R (Owen) v Parole Board for England and Wales [2025] EWHC 590 (Admin) – CrimeLine

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CrimeLine @crimeline.co.uk · Mar 21

A salutary lesson for all concerned in this case

BLV [2025] EWCA Crim 257 crimeline.co.uk/blv-2025-ewc...

BLV [2025] EWCA Crim 257 – CrimeLine

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CrimeLine @crimeline.co.uk · Mar 21

R (Yaxley-Lennon) v Secretary of State for Justice [2025] EWHC 695 (Admin) crimeline.co.uk/r-9yaxley-le...

R (Yaxley-Lennon) v Secretary of State for Justice [2025] EWHC 695 (Admin) – CrimeLine

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CrimeLine @crimeline.co.uk · Mar 21

Forensic Science Regulator Draft Code of Practice 2025 (Version 2) www.gov.uk/government/p...

Forensic Science Regulator code of practice

This code of practice concerns the carrying on of forensic science activities in England and Wales.

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CrimeLine @crimeline.co.uk · Mar 20

Former Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon has been cleared in a police investigation into the SNP’s finances.

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CrimeLine @crimeline.co.uk · Mar 20

R (Glawdys Leger) v Secretary of State for Education [2025] EWHC 665 (Admin) crimeline.co.uk/r-glawdys-le...

R (Glawdys Leger) v Secretary of State for Education [2025] EWHC 665 (Admin) – CrimeLine

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CrimeLine @crimeline.co.uk · Mar 20

National Crime Agency launches online campaign to tackle 'sextortion' among young teenage boys

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CrimeLine @crimeline.co.uk · Mar 20

Jo Sidhu KC disbarred www.barstandardsboard.org.uk/resources/ba...

Barrister Navjot (Jo) Sidhu KC ordered to be disbarred

<p>Barrister Navjot (Jo) Sidhu KC was ordered to be disbarred by an independent disciplinary tribunal which concluded on 19 March following three charges of professional misconduct brought by the Bar ...

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CrimeLine @crimeline.co.uk · Mar 19

Life sentence for teen who killed family and plotted school shooting www.cps.gov.uk/thames-and-c...

Life sentence for teen who killed family and plotted school shooting | The Crown Prosecution Service

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CrimeLine @crimeline.co.uk · Mar 19

The new Criminal Procedure Rules and Practice Directions, Index, and Forms have been updated. This handy tool will save you a lot of time.

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CrimeLine @crimeline.co.uk · Mar 19

G4S admit unlawful use of X-ray body scanners www.no5.com/2025/03/g4s-...

G4S admit unlawful use of X-ray body scanners. - No5 Barristers' Chambers

On 13 March 2025, G4S Care and Justice Services Limited who operate HMP Oakwood, admitted the unlawful use of X-ray body scanners ‘XRBS’ at a judicial review hearing before Mrs Justice Hill at the Hig...

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The Howard League @thehowardleague.bsky.social · Mar 18

The Ministry of Justice has confirmed that, once again, people are to be held in police cells because of prison overcrowding.

If you are wondering how it has come to this, click below to read our explainer article - 'Why are prisons overcrowded?'

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The Howard League | Why are prisons overcrowded?

Why are prisons overcrowded? An expert summary by the Howard League for Penal Reform.

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CrimeLine @crimeline.co.uk · Mar 18

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