Criminal Law Week is an authoritative service which meets the legal updating, research and training requirements of all those involved in the criminal justice system.

• Order Now
• Subscription Products
• Statutes Service
• CPD
• Prices
• Free Trial
• About CLW
• Terms of Use
• Contact Us
• NEW! Legal Directory
• NEW! CLW Plus

WARNING: re unauthorised use of this website
Username:
Password:

• Barrister CPD Paper 8 and Solicitor CPD Paper 11 now available online, to be completed by July 14, 2008.

• Murder - whether a secondary party is guilty of murder where, in the course of a joint enterprise to inflict unlawful violence, the principal killed the victim intending to do so, but the secondary party only foresaw that the principal might use force with an intent to cause serious injury (see latest issue).

• Hearsay - whether the agreement of the parties as to admissibility (under s.114(1)(c) of the CJA 2003) can be implied (see latest issue).

• Diminished responsibility - what approach should be taken where alcohol dependency syndrome is relied on alone as being an illness or disease giving rise to an abnormality of mind (see latest issue).

• Sentence - guidance from the Court of Appeal on sentencing for possession of an offensive weapon and possession of a bladed article (CLW/08/26/7).