News and communications

First-of-its-kind counselling and 24/7 support for jurors following difficult cases.

• Updated: 8 May 2024

General announcements and latest decisions of the Certification Officer

• Updated: 7 May 2024

Courts issue fines for failing to register boats on the River Thames. Environment Agency enforcement officers regularly patrol the river

• Updated: 2 May 2024

A violent thug who murdered a man and raped two women as part of a ferocious four-day crime spree has had his sentence increased after it was referred to the Court of Appeal.

• Updated: 1 May 2024

Don’t lose your opportunity to claim Unclaimed Court Money. The rules are changing and only 1 month remains to claim funds that have been held for 30 years or more.

• Updated: 1 May 2024

Boat-owner’s challenges 'relentless' – Environment Agency.

• Updated: 22 April 2024

Fines and costs dwarf licence price as anglers caught in Southampton, Bermondsey and West Drayton

• Updated: 18 April 2024

Despicable people who create sexually explicit ‘deepfakes’ will face prosecution under a new law announced by the government today (16 April 2024).

• Updated: 16 April 2024

A licence to fish for the day would have cost the angler £7.10. His fine for not getting one? £220!

• Updated: 12 April 2024

Angler caught and in court.

• Updated: 5 April 2024

More than 27,000 separating families have saved money, protected their children and avoided lengthy, combative courtroom battles, thanks to a £23.6 million government scheme.

• Updated: 3 April 2024

High fine sends warning message to those with unregistered boats. Patrols on Thames have already begun for summer 2024.

• Updated: 22 March 2024

A small boat pilot has been jailed after crossing the Channel with more than 50 migrants in a perilously overcrowded dinghy.

• Updated: 21 March 2024

Tougher sentences for cowardly killers delivered a year on from Wade Review.

• Updated: 18 March 2024

Opening times for courts and tribunals over the Easter period.

• Updated: 15 March 2024

The Lord Chancellor has approved the appointments 8 Court Examiners for 5 years from 1 April 2024.

• Updated: 14 March 2024

Are you interested in observing the rule making process?

• Updated: 11 March 2024

Cases due to be heard by the Certification Officer.

• Updated: 5 March 2024

A people smuggler has been jailed for cramming 7 migrants into a one-person sleeping compartment and brazenly trying to enter the UK.

• Updated: 16 February 2024

A total of 20 Nightingale courtrooms will remain open in 2024 to allow more cases to be heard across the country, the government has announced today (16 February 2024).

• Updated: 16 February 2024