SRA Standards and Regulations 

 https://www.sra.org.uk/solicitors/standards-regulations/

PACE Codes of Practice A-H
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/police-and-criminal-evidence-act-1984-pace-codes-of-practice

CPS Code for Crown Prosecutors 2018

www.cps.gov.uk/publication/code-crown-prosecutors www.cps.gov.uk/prosecution-guidance

Crown Prosecution Service - Legal Guidance (note the CPS website contains a wealth of information)

CPS National Protocols
https://www.cps.gov.uk/national-protocols-and-agreements-other-agencies

The DPP's Guidance on Charging 5th edition
https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/charging-directors-guidance-2013-fifth-edition-may-2013-revised-arrangements

Cautioning and Diversion

Simple Caution of Adult Offenders – MoJ Guidance
https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/charging-directors-guidance-2013-fifth-edition-may-2013-revised-arrangements

Simple Caution of Adult Offenders – Code of Practice

https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/simple-cautions-guidance-for-police-and-prosecutors

The Director's Guidance on Conditional Cautioning 
https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/conditional-cautioning-adults-dpp-guidance

Crown Prosecution Service - Disclosure Manual (Revised December 2018)
https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/disclosure-manual

Streamlined Summary Disclosure
https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/streamlined-summary-disclosure

Attorney General's Guidelines on Disclosure (Revised March 2018)

https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/disclosure-attorney-generals-guidelines

Attorney General’s guidance on the acceptance of pleas and the prosecutor’s role in the sentencing exercise (2012)
https://www.gov.uk/guidance/the-acceptance-of-pleas-and-the-prosecutors-role-in-the-sentencing-exercise

Criminal Investigations and Procedure Act 1996: Disclosure Code of Practice 
https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/criminal-procedure-and-investigations-act-code-of-practice

Disclosure: A Protocol for the Control and Management of Unused Material in the Crown Court
https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/disclosure-protocol-unused-material-crown-court

Essential Case Management: Applying the Criminal Procedure Rules 
https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/JCO/Documents/Protocols/applying-crim-procedure-rules-dec-2009.pdf

Attorney General's Guidelines on Witness Anonymity Orders
https://www.gov.uk/legal-guidance/witness-anonymity-directors-guidance

CPS: Guidance on offences taken into consideration 

https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/offences-be-taken-consideration-tics

Crown Court Compendium (2018) Part 1: Jury and Trial Management

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2018/06/crown-court-compendium-pt1-jury-and-trial-management-and-summing-up-june-2018-1.pdf

Crown Court Compendium (2018) Part 2: Sentencing

https://www.judiciary.uk/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/Crown-Court-Compendium-Part-II-Sentencing-December-2019-f.pdf

The Victims' Code and Witness Charter
https://victimscommissioner.org.uk/advice/victims-code-and-witness-charter/

Achieving the Best Evidence in Criminal Proceedings
https://www.cps.gov.uk/legal-guidance/achieving-best-evidence-criminal-proceedings-guidance-interviewing-victims-and

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