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  • Barrister CPD Paper 7 and Solicitor CPD Paper 10 now available online, to be completed by June 29, 2009.

  • Trial on indictment without a jury - guidance as to the application of the provisions of Part 7 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 and their compatibility with the right to a fair trial (see latest issue).

  • Counter-Terrorism Act 2008 - new commencement order brings various provisions relating to notification requirements and orders, and foreign travel restriction orders, into force on October 1, 2009: S.I. 2009 No. 1493 (see latest issue).

  • Commonwealth - recent cases from Australia, New Zealand and Canada, concerning, inter alia, the right of defendants to anonymity, the use of the Duncan instruction for mixed statements, wilful blindness, and the effect of irregularity in an indictment (see latest issue).

  • Sentence - a new part of the Criminal Appeal Reports (Sentencing), including cases concerning judicial indications, child cruelty, sexual activity with a child family member, wounding, exposure, murder, and robbery, is digested this week (see latest issue).