Prosecution of Offences Act 1985
1985 c. 23 · 43 provisionsView on legislation.gov.uk
An Act to provide for the establishment of a Crown Prosecution Service for England and Wales; to make provision as to costs in criminal cases; to provide for the imposition of time limits in relation to preliminary stages of criminal proceedings; to amend section 42 of the Supreme Court Act 1981 and section 3 of the Children and Young Persons Act 1969; to make provision with respect to consents to prosecutions; to repeal section 9 of the Perjury Act 1911; and for connected purposes.
- R (on the application of Gujra) v Crown Prosecution Service [2012] UKSC 52
- R v Layden [2025] UKSC 12
- R v Maughan (Northern Ireland) [2022] UKSC 13
- R v Ministry of Justice [2014] UKSC 38
- R v Rollins [2010] UKSC 39
- Regina v Lyons and others [2002] UKHL 44
- SXH v The Crown Prosecution Service [2017] UKSC 30
- VB, CU, CM and EN (Appellants) v Westminster Magistrates’ Court and others (Respondents) and CMK (Interested Party) [2014] UKSC 59
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