Blog — 07 November 2023

Can I get the CPS to drop my case?

Being charged with a criminal offence is many people’s worst nightmare. A police investigation can drag on for months, sometimes years, before the CPS make a decision to charge. In…

Blog — 06 October 2023

Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) provides new guidance on mercy killing charges

The CPS has provided prosecutors with updated guidance about when it is appropriate to bring charges in cases of mercy killings. There is no legal definition of ‘mercy killing’ and…

Blog — 04 January 2022

The High Court rules on Assange extradition - is his long fight over?

On 10 December 2021, the High Court allowed the appeal by the United States government against the ruling of Westminster Magistrates’ Court (Government of the United States v Julian Assange [2021]…

Blog — 16 December 2021

Privacy pre-charge and public interest: where to draw the line

A good reputation is hard to earn and very easy to lose, never more so than when an individual is connected to a criminal investigation. The extent to which a…

Blog — 26 October 2021

Jude Lanchin comments on collapse of case against client Claire Stephen

Millard Scott, the father of rapper Wretch 32, was tasered in his own home by police last year, despite not being the individual that the police were looking for, nor…

Blog — 18 October 2021

New sentencing guidelines for slavery, forced labour, and human trafficking offences

New sentencing guidelines came into force this month for criminal offences under the Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA). Although the MSA sets a maximum sentence of life imprisonment for the…