: Today, it seems obvious that criminal defendants can waive constitutional rights. Plea bargains make up the vast majority of criminal convictions, and defendants routinely trade their rights — to indictment, to remain silent, to an attorney, to a jury — in exchange for a faster trial or a lesser charge. The modern criminal legal system is a regime of negotiated justice. Rights used to have more force. The post The FirstCriminal Procedure Revolution appeared first on Harvard Law Review
: Claim No. AC 2026-LON-002321 In the High Court of Justice King’s Bench Division Administrative Court 8 October 2026 Before: The Honourable Mr Justice Hilliard Between: The King on the application of Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor -v- (1) The Central Criminal Court (2) The Chief Constable of Thames Valley Police The post Andrew Mountbatten-Windsor -v- The Central Criminal Court and another appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: Interviewing people who have been tried, convicted, or acquitted for atrocity crimes is an incredibly difficult undertaking, potentially even dangerous. Not so much because these individuals still pose a threat, but because of the risks involved in traveling through countries with non-existent traffic rules, or because of the reputational risks for the researcher involved. In an academic field brimming with high moral expectations (“end impunity, end mass crimes”), who dares to speak to these “monsters” in the first place? Damien Scalia, professor in criminal law at the Université libre de Bruxelles, did just that. The impressive War Criminals on Trial: An Inside View of the International Criminal Justice System is a testament to his ambitious endeavor of speaking to war criminals. Over a period of fifteen years, he conducted interviews with more than sixty individuals prosecuted for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Across different continents, he spoke to both
: Interviewing people who have been tried, convicted, or acquitted for atrocity crimes is an incredibly difficult undertaking, potentially even dangerous. Not so much because these individuals still pose a threat, but because of the risks involved in traveling through countries with non-existent traffic rules, or because of the reputational risks for the researcher involved. In an academic field brimming with high moral expectations (“end impunity, end mass crimes”), who dares to speak to these “monsters” in the first place? Damien Scalia, professor in criminal law at the Université libre de Bruxelles, did just that. The impressive War Criminals on Trial: An Inside View of the International Criminal Justice System is a testament to his ambitious endeavor of speaking to war criminals. Over a period of fifteen years, he conducted interviews with more than sixty individuals prosecuted for war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide. Across different continents, he spoke to both
: At the Central Criminal Court 12 August 2026 Sentencing remarks of HHJ Lucraft KC Between: R -v- Simon Levy The post R -v- Simon Levy appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: In the Central Criminal Court 1 October 2026 R -v- Ashley Malcolm Sentencing Remarks of HHJ Simon Mayo KC The post R -v- Ashley Malcolm appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: Neutral Citation Number: [2026] EWCA Crim 979 Case No: 202304377 B1 In the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) on appeal from the Central Criminal Court Her Honour Judge Rebecca Trowler KC 202304377 B1 28 July 2026 Before: Lord Justice Males Mrs Justice Cutts His Honour Judge Andrew Lees Between: Rex -v- William Osmond The post R -v- William Osmond appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: In the Central Criminal Court (Sitting at Woolwich Crown Court) R -V- Johannes Kongsnes Natland Sentencing Remarks of Mrs Justice Cheema-Grubb The post R -v- Natland appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: In the Central Criminal Court 18 September 2026 Sentencing remarks of HHJ Angela Rafferty KC Between: R -v- Sulaiman Tajzai The post R -v- Sulaiman Tajzai appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: In the Central Criminal Court 19 October 2026 Sentencing remarks of Mr Justice Lickley Between: R -v- Mohammed Farah Mohamoud The post R -v- Mohammed Farah Mohamoud appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: At the Central London Criminal Court 21 August 2026 Sentencing Remarks of His Honour Judge Marks K.C Between: R -v- Eugeniu Neamtu The post R -v- Eugeniu Neamtu appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: At the Central Criminal Court 4 September 2026 Sentencing remarks of HHJ Richard Marks KC, the Common Serjeant of London Between: R -v- Michelle Neill The post R -v- Michelle Neill appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: The Roberts Court has methodically expanded the scope of Second Amendment rights. But in its first Second Amendment case involving a criminal defendant, United States v. Rahimi , the Court blinked. This Essay explores the implications of that
: In the Central Criminal Court 9 September 2026 Sentencing remarks of HHJ Judy Khan Between: Rex -v- Anthony O’Connor Appledorn Developments Ltd T Vaughan Limited The post R -v- O’Connor and others appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: Case number: PJ01C At the Central Criminal Court Old Bailey London 17 July 2026 Sentencing remarks of His Honour Judge Martyn Levett DL Between: R -v- Mark Pearce Markie Collins The post R -v- Pearce and Collins appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: At the Central Criminal Court Old Bailey London 23 July 2026 Sentencing remarks of His Honour Judge Martyn Levett DL. Between: R -v- Ashley Lewis Mutaro Mane The post R -v- Ashley Lewis and Mutaro Mane appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: At the Central Criminal Court 16 September 2026 Sentencing remarks of His Honour Judge Mark Lucraft KC, Recorder of London Between: R -v- Paul Street Joshua Williams The post R -v- Paul Street and Joshua Williams appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: Neutral Citation Number: [2026] EWCA Crim 957 Case No: 202403091 B5 In the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) on appeal from Winchester Crown Court Bright J 24 July 2026 Before: Lord Justice Dingemans Senior President of Tribunals Mr Justice Murray HH Judge Andrew Lees Between: Hongchi Xiao -v- Rex The post Hongchi Xiao -v- Rex appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: As a supplement to our Sunday Summary each month, Supreme Advocacy LLP in Ottawa presents Supreme One-Liners, a super-short descriptive guide to the most recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter , summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted. Leaves to Appeal Granted Criminal Law: NCR; High Risk G. v. R., 2025 ONCA 873 (42341) High-risk accused designation in NCR context. Criminal Law: Restraint & Management Orders Nest Exchange Limited (formerly known as Nest Services Limited), et al. v. R ., 2025 ONSC . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners appeared first on Slaw
: Over the past few years, I’ve delivered presentations to legal groups and member organizations focussed on “Journey Mapping”. [1] Journey Mapping is the visual representation of an individual’s journey through a process that happens over time. It is a collection of touchpoints from the beginning to the end looking at the individual’s experience, the stages in a process, the actors and emotions. It sounds like a simple concept, right? But, what is most complex is trying to explain the value of Journey Mapping in the law, because there is exceptional value, and you only have to see it to see . . . [more] The post A Victim’s Criminal Justice Journey: The Value of Visual Mapping appeared first on Slaw
: Neutral Citation Number: [2026] EWCA Crim 1002 Case No: 202501394 B4 In the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) on appeal from the Crown Court sitting at Woolwich HHJ Aubrey KC 01MP1305723 31 July 2026 Before: President of the King’s Bench Division Mrs Justice Cutts His Honour Judge Nigel Lickley KC Between: R -v- Kevin Kelenda The post R -v- Kevin Kelenda appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: Two recent Supreme Court cases suggest an additional dimension for the traditional test that distinguishes dicta from holding. In the first, United States v. Sineneng-Smith, the Ninth Circuit reversed a criminal conviction based on arguments made by amici appointed by that court. The Supreme Court then reversed 9-0, holding that the Ninth Circuit'''s handling
: Neutral Citation Number: [2026] EWCA Crim 947 Case No: 202501935 B4, 2025028670 B4 In the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) on appeal from the Crown Court at Southwark His Honour Judge Gregory Perrins T20237059 23 July 2026 Before: Lady Justice May DBE Mr Justice Saini His Honour Judge Picton (Sitting as a Judge of the CACD) Between: Mohammad Alazawi -v- Rex The post Mohammad Alazawi -v- R appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: La 16ᵉ édition du classement Best Lawyers distingue 18 avocats de Alerion Avocats pour l’excellence de leur expertise dans leurs domaines respectifs : Corporate Law–Pierre-Olivier Brouard–Christophe Gerschel–Karine Khau Castelle–Vincent Poirier–Antoine Rousseau Labor and Employment Law–Jean-Christophe Brun–Nicola KÖMPF–Jacques Perotto International Arbitration / Litigation / Criminal Defense–Marie-Hélène Bartoli Vallet–Jacques Bouyssou Construction Law–Nathalie Dupuy-Loup Tax Law–Jérémie Mancel Cottrel […] The post Classement Best Lawyers in France 2026 appeared first on Alerion Avocats Paris
: The Digital Fourth Amendment is written by Professor Orin Kerr, one of the country’s foremost authorities on the Fourth Amendment, electronic privacy, and criminal procedure. Kerr’s work has been deeply influential in shaping how courts are looking at and deciding issues raised by law enforcement’s powerful and novel capabilities, thanks to technological changes. The post Fourth Amendment Equilibrium Adjustment in an Age of Technological Upheaval appeared first on Harvard Law Review
: Neutral Citation Number: [2026] EWCA Crim 966 Case No: 202602679/B3 In the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) on appeal from the crown court at Woolwich Mrs Justice Cheema Grubb 24 July 2026 Before: Lord Justice Males Mrs Justice Cutts In the matter of contempt proceedings against Rajiv Menon KC The post In the matter of contempt proceedings against Rajiv Menon KC appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: Neutral Citation Number: [2026] EWCA Civ 990 Case No: CA-2026-001246 In the Court of Appeal (Civil Division) on appeal from the Family Court at Cardiff Her Honour Judge Scannell CF25C50176 29 July 2026 Before: Lord Justice Edis (Vice President of the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division)) Lord Justice Peter Jackson Lord Justice Dingemans (Senior President of Tribunals) F (Children: Placement Orders: Proportionality) The post F (Children: Placement Orders: Proportionality) appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: La 17ᵉ édition du classement Best Lawyers distingue 21 avocats de Alerion Avocats pour l’excellence de leur expertise dans leurs domaines respectifs : Corporate Law–Pierre-Olivier Brouard–Christophe Gerschel–Karine Khau Castelle–Vincent Poirier–Antoine Rousseau–Maëliss Bourbon Labor and Employment Law–Jean-Christophe Brun–Nicola KÖMPF–Jacques Perotto International Arbitration / Litigation / Criminal Defense–Marie-Hélène Bartoli Vallet–Jacques Bouyssou Construction Law–Nathalie Dupuy-Loup Tax Law–Jérémie Mancel […] The post Classement Best Lawyers in France 2027 appeared first on Alerion Avocats Paris
: Federal Trade Commission Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson has appointed Emma Mittelstaedt Burnham as Associate Director for Healthcare in the Bureau of Competition. “I am delighted to appoint Emma as Associate Director for Healthcare in the Bureau of Competition. She is a talented attorney with many years of experience at the Department of Justice as a senior antitrust enforcer,” said FTC Chairman Andrew N. Ferguson. “Emma will be an invaluable champion in the FTC’s ongoing fight to protect Americans’ access to affordable, high-quality healthcare.” Emma has significant experience leading the investigation and prosecution of complex antitrust conduct cases, having spent 11 years as a prosecutor at the U.S. Department of Justice Antitrust Division. Most recently, she served as the Director of Criminal Enforcement, supervising the Antitrust Division’s price-fixing matters throughout the United States. She previously held the positions of Trial Attorney, Counsel to the Assistant Attorney General, Assistant Chief, and[...]
: Neutral Citation Number: [2026] EWCA Crim 951 Case Nos: 202303048 B4, 202303062 B4 & 202303020 B4 In the Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) on appeal from the Crown Court at Leicester HHJ Spencer KC T20227026 28 July 2026 Before: Lord Justice Jeremy Baker Mr Justice Bryan His Honour Judge Simon Hirst The Honorary Recorder of Lincoln (Sitting as a Judge of the High Court) Between: Ameer Jamal Sanaf Gulammustafa Natasha Akhtar -v- Rex The post R -v- Natasha Akhtar and others appeared first on Courts and Tribunals Judiciary
: As a supplement to our Sunday Summary each month, Supreme Advocacy LLP in Ottawa presents Supreme One-Liners, a super-short descriptive guide to the most recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter , summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted. Leaves to Appeal Granted Criminal Law: Post-Verdict Sentencing Delay R. v. R.B.-C., 2026 SCC 30 (41677) Clarification re post-verdict sentencing delay. . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners appeared first on Slaw
: As a supplement to our Sunday Summary each month, Supreme Advocacy LLP in Ottawa presents Supreme One-Liners, a super-short descriptive guide to the most recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter , summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted. Appeals Criminal Law: MV Offences R. v. Moshfeghi Zadeh , 2026 SCC 35 (41996) Clarifications re serious driving offences. . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners appeared first on Slaw
: Police use of force continues to be a significant problem in American law and society. Recent discussions have focused on doctrinal issues such as what type of force is considered “reasonable” under the Fourth Amendment and the propriety of qualified immunity as a defense that can shield law enforcement from civil litigation. However, there has been little commentary on how these and other legal questions might be informed by medicine — specifically, victim diagnoses that might effectively absolve officers from criminal prosecution or civil liability. The post Excited Delirium, Policing, and the Law of Evidence appeared first on Harvard Law Review
: The article examines the transfer of legal ideas from the U.S.A. to Germany in the long 19 th century. On the one hand, actors and paths of knowledge transfer are described. On the other hand, selected examples are used to examine which North American ideas, texts, and experiences were perceived and discussed in Germany. It is shown that two phases with different emphases of reception must be distinguished, namely a first phase from the 1830s to the 1850s and a second phase around the turn of the 20 th
: Each Monday we present brief excerpts of recent posts from five of Canada’s award-winning legal blogs chosen at random* from more than 80 recent Clawbie winners. In this way we hope to promote their work, with their permission, to as wide an audience as possible. This week the randomly selected blogs are 1. Great LEXpectations 2. Canadian Class Actions Monitor 3. Robichaud’s Criminal Law Blog 4. Doorey’s Workplace Law Blog 5. Precedent: The New Rules of Law and Style Great LEXpectations New King’s Bench Practice Direction Where an individual seeks a variation of an order for release issued by the . . . [more] The post Monday’s Mix appeared first on Slaw
: As a supplement to our Sunday Summary each month, Supreme Advocacy LLP in Ottawa presents Supreme One-Liners, a super-short descriptive guide to the most recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter , summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted. Appeals Criminal Law: Admissibility/Use Re Complainant Sexual Activity R. v. A.M, 2026 SCC 33 (41528) s. 276 screening regime not automatically apply re sexual services/trafficking. Leaves to Appeal Granted Aboriginal Law: Title British Columbia v. Nuchatlaht , 2026 BCCA 137 (42379) Aboriginal title to . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners appeared first on Slaw
: As a supplement to our Sunday Summary each month, Supreme Advocacy LLP in Ottawa presents Supreme One-Liners, a super-short descriptive guide to the most recent decisions at the Supreme Court of Canada. Supreme Advocacy LLP offers its more comprehensive weekly electronic newsletter, Supreme Advocacy Letter , summarizing all Appeals, Oral Judgments and Leaves to Appeal granted. Appeal Criminal Law: Police Misconduct Disclosure Edmonton (Police Service) v. McKee, 2026 SCC 24 (41110) Multiple disclosure issues re prior police misconduct. Leave to Appeal Granted Torts: Future Care Needs; Deductibility of Provincial Payments H.D v. British Columbia (Ministry of Children and Family Development), . . . [more] The post Summaries Sunday: Supreme One-Liners appeared first on Slaw
: This paper is part of a larger, multi-year project looking at representation, efficiency and outcomes in Ontario’s provincial court [1] . As outlined in an earlier Slaw piece on this project (“Using Representation Pathways to Explore Court Data” , October 2025), several parts of this research are ongoing. The paper highlights the “representation pathways” idea, which is being explored as a methodological tool and as a way of better understanding the experience of accused persons in the provincial criminal court system. The research is being carried out using an appearance-based database from the Ontario Court of Justice (OCJ). The data . . . [more] The post It Depends on How You Ask the Question: The True Number of Unrepresented Accused in the Ontario Court of Justice appeared first on Slaw
: An armed aggression provoked by one of the permanent members of the Security Council, coupled with the subsequent arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against his representative testify to a breakdown in the system of peacekeeping and collective security put in place in the UN Charter. Yet, this is not the first crisis in this system. Against threats to international peace and security, strategies for empowering, delegating and adapting powers have been developed. The notion of the “emergency” of the reaction acts as a driving force for the empowerment and the gradation of institutional powers, but also for their delegation to other bodies or subjects of international law. These systemic adaptations of the structure of the maintenance of international peace and security through the notion of emergency reveal its finalistic nature: emergency makes it possible to achieve the goal of maintaining peace and security by influencing the assessment of an act’s conformity with international
: Keep FCRA in the foreground when the subject is background screening chundycz April 9, 2014 | 12:13AM Keep FCRA in the foreground when the subject is background screening By Lesley Fair When the talk turns to Big Data, part of the conversation is about all the public information available about people's lives – and how companies market it to prospective employers, landlords, etc. Two cases just announced by the FTC serve as a cautionary reminder to members of the industry that what they do may be subject to the long-standing consumer protections of the Fair Credit Reporting Act (FCRA) . InfoTrack, an Illinois company, and San Diego-based Instant Checkmate will be paying civil penalties to settle FTC lawsuits that they violated the FCRA. Is it time for an FCRA refresher at your business? Instant Checkmate marketed its reports as a way for prospective employers and landlords to investigate applicants. For example, the company advertised that one of the “GOOD REASONS to get instant criminal checks on anyo[...]
: dc.contributor.author: Gagnon-Barbin, Léonie dc.date.issued: 2026-10 dc.description.abstract: La présente recherche examine la manière dont des experts inuit comprennent et expliquent la surreprésentation carcérale marquée des Inuit au Québec. Elle s’intéresse plus particulièrement aux argumentaires qu’ils construisent, aux savoirs qu’ils mobilisent ainsi qu’aux variations de leurs perspectives selon leurs parcours et leurs positions professionnelles. Sept experts inuit provenant des milieux communautaire, politique, judiciaire, académique et correctionnel ont été rencontrés dans le cadre d’entretiens qualitatifs semi-directifs. L’analyse des entretiens fait ressortir deux grands registres explicatifs. Le premier situe la surreprésentation dans les transformations liées au colonialisme et dans les réalités sociales, familiales et communautaires contemporaines du Nunavik qui leur sont associées. Le second porte sur le fonctionnement des institutions policières, judiciaires et correctionnelles et sur leur rôle[...]
: Following widespread looting sprees and acts of violence occurring on the sidelines of the October 17 student protests, so-called “casseurs” seem to be the centre of attention. But the term, which comes from the French verb casser or “to break”, poses more questions than answers. The sociologist Paolo Stuppia examines the unprecedented situation many cities across France are having to contend with, and the complex combination of collective action whose motivations are unclear and the social media’s extreme agility. The Conversation: How unprecedented are the scenes of looting that we witnessed on the sidelines of the October 17 demonstrations? Paolo Stuppia: What may be unprecedented is the extent of the destruction of private property and the goods that have been stolen. It should be clear, however, that not all the looters can necessarily be sorted into identifiable groups, at least politically. Indeed, as the politician Xavier Crettiez, the sociologist Isabelle Sommier and the historian François Audigier [...]