In a recent report, "Joint Enterprise1" the Commons Justice Select Committee recognised particular problems with the operation of the common law doctrine of joint enterprise and murder.

One aspect of the debate surrounding the Bribery Act 2010 has been its broad extra-territorial reach.

The broad scope and low threshold of the offence under section 5 of the Public Order Act 1986 makes it frequently prosecuted and familiar to practitioners.

There are few greater instances of the exercise of state power over the individual than that involved in extradition.

A statute's silence, in this sense, does not stop it from speaking.

In September 2011 the Law Commission published ‘Simplification of Criminal Law: Kidnapping – A Consultation Paper'’.

Cases involving the statutory schemes for recovering the proceeds of crime have already given rise to some difficult human rights issues; and unsurprisingly.

The issue of criminal liability for encouraging or assisting another person to commit an offence is a complex and difficult area.