Raising the age of criminal responsibility from eight will keep young children out of the prison system Scotland is to raise the age of criminal responsibility at which children can appear in adult criminal courts to 12, two years older than in England, Wales and Northern Ireland. The change in legislation, a key recommendation in the 2002 Scottish Law Commission report, raises the age from eight,...

DOUBLE jeopardy in England and Wales was abolished in the Criminal Justice Act 2003 but the new powers to retry cases have only been used a handful of times since they were in

Have we mentioned this before ? The big growth area of EU law is criminal law. Recently, the Council has adopted a number of significant measures in the field of criminal law. Here's a brief overview of them so that...

For all the talk about England’s left wing judiciary and criminal justice system giving criminals an easy ride (indeed, the talk is based on the truth) this country really does seem to make an exception for those found guilty of speeding and other motoring offences. This Torygraph piece is about a disqualified motorcyclist who got busted

Justice - Annual National Statistics release, covering formal police cautions, reprimands or warnings, offences brought to justice, penalty notices for disorder and court proceedings in England and Wales.

George Monbiot on the libel laws. Perhaps you don't live in England or Wales, so you think this has nothing to do with you. You're wrong. English libel law now applies to everyone on Earth. Make any accusation, anywhere in the world, and if the subject can demonstrate that a single person in England or Wales

A Plaid Cymru MP leads calls for a new law making stalking a specific offence in England and Wales to stop harassment resulting in violence.

Bridget Prentice, the justice minister, did her best to try to allay fears that sharia law on family disputes was worming itself into English law, or was being given the status of an acceptable parallel system of law. In a written parliamentary answer last week, she stressed that "sharia law has no jurisdiction in England and Wales and there is no intention to change this position. Similarly, we d...

FAMILIES who travel from Wales to England should be able to register births and deaths in Welsh as well as English, Plaid Cymru said yesterday.

New laws aimed at protecting female victims of domestic violence have come under fire from the Lord Chief Justice of England and Wales.