Category: 2023

The CPS has failed to implement best practices around custody time limit case management, says HMCPSI in a report published today.

New legal starters at the CPS are provided with a comprehensive induction programme when they join the prosecution body, says HMCPSI in a report published today.

I’m Eleanor and I’m a legal inspector at HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI).

Following the announcement of appointment of Stephen Parkinson as DPP, Andrew Cayley said

A report by HMCPSI has found that half of the written responses from the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) to complainants, including victims of crime, are inadequate.

HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate has found that CPS’s guidance on county lines and modern slavery casework provides value to prosecutors, with some improvements required to further strengthen advice and protect victims.

A root and branch review of the criminal justice system is needed to restore victim confidence the prosecution inspectorate has said today as it calls on Government to establish a Royal Commission.

I have read with interest the views expressed by Sir Mark Rowley, the Metropolitan Police Commissioner about the Crown Prosecution Service ‘cherry-picking’ and ‘not taking on the harder cases’.

Following a comprehensive inspection, HM Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) has published a report today (4 May 2023) concluding that the SFO has made extensive improvements in handling and progressing its cases.

His Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate (HMCPSI) has published a new report following a thematic inspection of how the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) handles domestic abuse cases.