Web links

Criminal Procedure Rules:

Criminal Procedure Rules
www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/criminal/rulesmenu

Criminal Procedure Rules forms
Criminal Procedure Rules: Forms - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Criminal Practice Direction
SI/SR Template (publishing.service.gov.uk)

Criminal Procedure Rules - What's New-Announcements
www.justice.gov.uk/courts/procedure-rules/criminal

Funding:

Guidance on the Interests of Justice Test (pdf)
www.justice.gov.uk/downloads/legal-aid/eligibility/guidance-consideration-defence-representation-order-applications.pdf

Guidance on Means Testing
www.justice.gov.uk/legal-aid/assess-your-clients-eligibility/crime-eligibility/means-test

The Criminal Legal Aid Manual (pdf)
Criminal Legal Aid Manual - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Criminal Defence Service Forms (including most up to date versions of CRM 14 and CCR 15)
www.justice.gov.uk/forms/legal-aid-agency/criminal-forms/applications

Online Calculator (scroll down the page to find the calculator)
www.gov.uk/guidance/criminal-legal-aid-means-testing

Legal Aid e-forms
www.gov.uk/guidance/legal-aid-eforms

Information about the Legal Aid Agency
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/legal-aid-agency

Costs in Criminal Proceedings Practice Direction
www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/pd-costs-in-crim-cases-2015-consolidated-with-amendment-no1.pdf

Guidelines and codes of practice:

SRA Standards and Regulations
www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/standards-regulations/

PACE Codes of Practice A-H
www.gov.uk/guidance/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-pace-codes-of-practice

CPS Code for Crown Prosecutors 2018
www.cps.gov.uk/publication/code-crown-prosecutors www.cps.gov.uk/prosecution-guidance

Crown Prosecution Service - Prosecution Guidance (note the CPS website contains a wealth of information) Prosecution guidance | The Crown Prosecution Service (cps.gov.uk)

CPS National Protocols
www.cps.gov.uk/national-protocols-and-agreements-other-agencies

The DPP's Guidance on Charging 6th edition
Charging (The Director's Guidance) - sixth edition, December 2020 | The Crown Prosecution Service (cps.gov.uk)

CPS Victims and Witnesses
Victims & witnesses | The Crown Prosecution Service (cps.gov.uk)

Cautioning and Diversion

Simple Caution of Adult Offenders – MoJ Guidance
Simple cautions: guidance for police and prosecutors - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Code For Adult Cautioning
Code of practice for adult conditional cautions: part 3 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (publishing.service.gov.uk)

CPS-Cautioning and Diversion
Cautioning and Diversion | The Crown Prosecution Service (cps.gov.uk)

The Director's Guidance on Conditional Cautioning
Cautioning and Diversion | The Crown Prosecution Service (cps.gov.uk)

Disclosure

Crown Prosecution Service - Disclosure Manual
Disclosure Manual | The Crown Prosecution Service (cps.gov.uk)

Streamlined Summary Disclosure
www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/streamlined-summary-disclosure

Attorney General's Guidelines on Disclosure 2022
Attorney General’s Guidelines on Disclosure - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Criminal Investigations and Procedure Act 1996: Disclosure Code of Practice
Criminal Procedure and Investigations Act 1996 (section 23(1)) Code of Practice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Attorney General’s guidance on the acceptance of pleas and the prosecutor’s role in the sentencing exercise (2012)
www.gov.uk/guidance/the-acceptance-of-pleas-and-the-prosecutors-role-in-the-sentencing-exercise

CPS: Guidance on offences taken into consideration
www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/offences-be-taken-consideration-tics

Essential Case Management: Applying the Criminal Procedure Rules
www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Protocols/applying-crim-procedure-rules-dec-2009.pdf

Crown Court Compendium Part 1: Jury and Trial Management
Crown Court Compendium | Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

Crown Court Compendium) Part 2: Sentencing
Crown Court Compendium | Courts and Tribunals Judiciary

The Victims' Code
The Code of Practice for Victims of Crime in England and Wales and supporting public information materials - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Victims’ Commissioner
Home - Victims Commissioner

Achieving the Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings
Achieving best evidence in criminal proceedings - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Law Reports:

Supreme Court Judgments
www.supremecourt.uk/decided-cases/

House of Lords judgments (Archive)
www.parliament.uk/about/how/business/judgments/

European Court of Human Rights judgments
www.echr.coe.int/Pages/home.aspx?p=caselaw/reports&c=

Westlaw (judgments database) - subscription site; most academic institutions permit students free access
www.login.westlaw.co.uk

Lawtel (legal database) - subscription site; most academic institutions permit students free access
www.lawtel.com

British and Irish Legal Information Institute
British and Irish Legal Information Institute (bailii.org)

Legislation:

UK Legislation general search
www.legislation.gov.uk

UK Statutory Instruments
www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi

Public Bills before Parliament
services.parliament.uk/bills/

Important criminal justice organisations:

Crown Prosecution Service
www.cps.gov.uk/

Legal Aid Agency
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/legal-aid-agency

Public Defender Service
publicdefenderservice.org.uk/

The Judiciary of England and Wales (incorporating the Judicial Studies Board)
www.judiciary.gov.uk

Home Office
www.homeoffice.gov.uk

Ministry of Justice
Ministry of Justice - GOV.UK (www.gov.uk)

Her Majesty's Court Service
www.gov.uk/government/organisations/hm-court-service

Law Society
www.lawsociety.org.uk/

Law Society Practice Notes:
www.lawsociety.org.uk/support-services/advice/practice-notes/

Note: To access our practice notes you will need a My LS account. Registration is free and only takes a couple of minutes.

The list includes:

Criminal Procedure Rules 2020
Criminal Procedure Rules 2020: solicitors' duties | The Law Society

Virtual Courts
www.lawsociety.org.uk/support-services/advice/practice-notes/virtual-courts/

Defence Cost Orders
www.lawsociety.org.uk/support-services/advice/practice-notes/defence-costs-orders/

Defence witness notices
www.lawsociety.org.uk/support-services/advice/practice-notes/defence-witness-notice/

Withdrawing from a criminal case
www.lawsociety.org.uk/support-services/advice/practice-notes/withdrawing-from-a-criminal-case/

Solicitors Regulation Authority
www.sra.org.uk

Crime Line - low rate subscription web site - incredibly useful site, especially if you need to keep up to date on a regular basis
www.crimeline.info/legal-resources/

Criminal Cases Review Commission
www.ccrc.gov.uk

Guidance on the Police Station Accreditation Scheme
www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/accreditation/police-station-representatives-accreditation.page

Sentencing and Sentencing Guidelines Council:

The Sentencing Council for England and Wales
www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/

Guidelines.

Magistrates Court Sentencing Guidelines
www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/the-magistrates-court-sentencing-guidelines/

Crown Court Guidelines
Search Results for “” – Sentencing (sentencingcouncil.org.uk)

Allocation Guideline 2015
www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/wp-content/uploads/Allocation_Guideline_2015.pdf

SC's final guidelines on seriousness and overarching principles
www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/publications/item/overarching-principles-seriousness-definitive-guideline/

Imposition of a community sentence or custody
Imposition of community and custodial sentences – Sentencing (sentencingcouncil.org.uk)

Overarching Principles: Domestic Abuse
Overarching principles: domestic abuse – Sentencing (sentencingcouncil.org.uk)

Sentencing Council’s definitive guidelines for reduction in sentence for a guilty plea
www.sentencingcouncil.org.uk/about-us/our-work/reduction-in-sentence-for-a-guilty-plea/