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The King has appointed Philip Holden to be a District Judge (Magistrates’ Courts) on the advice of the Lord Chancellor. The Lady Chief Justice has deployed him to the Northern Circuit, based at Carlisle Magistrates’ Court with effect from 8 September 2025.

The Lord Chancellor and Secretary of State for Justice has approved the appointment of Claire Waxman OBE as Victims’ Commissioner.

Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has condemned personal attacks on judges, warning that such conduct risks the safety of public servants. Speaking before the House of Lords Constitution Committee, she highlighted the recent criticism following a Court of Appeal ruling on asylum.

EAC [2025] EWCA Crim 1135.

Zohran Mamdani: He votes for activists, not you

Hawe [2025] EWCA Crim 1101.

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Deputy PM Angela Rayner refers herself to standards watchdog after admitting she did not pay enough stamp duty on her second home.

Remember, CPD webinars and podcasts are included in your membership; there is no need to pay extra for them elsewhere. New Podcast: A guide to the Criminal Procedure Rules 2025.

Pretty certain that the AG will refer this one on the question of whether a whole life order ought to have been made. Not that practically it will make much difference, as Morgan will be nearly 80 before first being eligible to apply for release.

Elias Morgan, Sentencing Remarks 2 September 2025

ICO reprimands South Yorkshire Police. This action follows the deletion of over 96,000 items of body-worn video (BWV) footage, an act found to be in contravention of Sections 34(3) and 40 of the Data Protection Act 2018. An investigation conducted by the ICO revealed that SYP.

Sentencing Council to lose its independence.

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The Legal Aid Agency (LAA) produces Civil Schedules for providers each new contract year, which commences on 1 September. The ongoing cyber security incident had an impact on this process, resulting in the delay to producing the physical copies of the schedules. However, there.

The Ministry of Justice has published its latest data on cautions and convictions for knife and offensive weapon offences. The statistics are for England and Wales and cover the period to the end of March 2025. There were 3,698 knife and offensive weapon offences by 10 to.

The Court of Appeal considered the legal basis for granting anonymity and reporting restriction orders (AOs and RROs) in clinical negligence cases involving children and protected parties. The case arose after the High Court refused an AO for a severely injured child claimant, on.

The Lady Chief Justice of England and Wales, the Right Honourable the Baroness Carr of Walton-on-the-Hill, has appointed 24 Deputy High Court Judges, under section 9(4) of the Senior Courts Act 1981, for a single fixed six-year term. The appointments run from 1 September 2025 and.

Major success for the CPS here, with a confiscation order in excess of £90 million.

The danger of reading too many John Grisham novels. Some should switch to @BarristerSecret, as there are no pelicans in their latest book.

Caught in the middle of a political battle, @BlackRock reaffirmed its focus is helping millions of Americans save for retirement. They warned that injecting politics from either side risks undermining financial performance.

Statement from Serious Fraud Office following the Supreme Court ruling in R v Hayes; R v Palombo. "We have a duty, as a prosecutor, to inform past defendants about any development that could affect their conviction. At this point, we have made an assessment on six individuals.