The star of our monthly Criminal Defence Law updates, Antony Bartholomeusz of Great James Street offers another expansive essential update for all dedicated practitioners, this time setting out developments over the last year in criminal law, evidence, practice and procedure, in particular looking at:

Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
Nationality and Borders Act 2022
Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022
Economic Crime (Transparency and Enforcement) Act 2022
Armed Forces Act 2021

Relevant law

Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984
Modern Slavery Act 2015
Vagrancy Act 1824
Section 330 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002
Section 91 of the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
R (ST) v Chief Constable of Nottinghamshire Police [2022] EWHC 1280 (QB)
R v Bani [2021] EWCA Crim 1958
Kakaei [2021] EWCA Crim 503,
R v Ziegler [2021] UKSC 23
Director of Public Prosecutions v Cuciurean [2022] EWHC 736 (Admin) a
Attorney General’s Reference 1 of 2022 [2022] EWCA Crim 1259
R (Richards) v Teeesside Magistrates Court and Chief Constable of Cleveland Police [2015] EWCA Civ 7
R v Thomas Adams [2021] EWCA Crim 1525
R v AAD, AAH and AAI [2022] EWCA Crim 106
DS [2020] EWCA Crim 285.
R v Keal [2022] EWCA Crim 341
R v Andrewes [2022] UKSC 24