BCL’s Paul Morris and David Hardstaff are quoted in an article from The Law Society Gazette, discussing recent reports of complainants being asked to hand over digital data in investigations.
Recently the BBC reported that despite the ‘legalisation of medicinal cannabis’ in November 2018, ‘virtually no-one’ in the UK had been able to access it since changes in the law over three months ago.
BCL Partner, Ellen Peart and associate David Hardstaff, consider recent revisions to the Crown Prosecution Service’s Code for Crown Prosecutors and ask whether more needs to be done to reform charging practice if the challenges facing the criminal justice system are to be met.
BCL Solicitors, David Hardstaff and Daniel Jackson consider some of the potential implications of the rescheduling of cannabis-derived medicinal products in the UK.
