Code for Crown Prosecutors

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The Code for Crown Prosecutors is the set of legal and ethical guidelines that directs how prosecutors in England and Wales decide whether and how to bring criminal charges.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf ethical guideline
legal guideline
prosecution code
aimsTo ensure fairness in prosecutions
maintain public confidence in the criminal justice system
promote consistency in prosecution decisions
appliesTo CPS paralegal staff
CPS prosecutors
CPS reviewing lawyers
Crown Prosecution Service
associate prosecutors
basedOnSection section 10 of the Prosecution of Offences Act 1985
bindingOn CPS prosecutors
Crown Prosecution Service
containsPrinciple evidential stage
public interest stage
country England and Wales
criterion circumstances of suspect
impact on victim
proportionality
realistic prospect of conviction
seriousness of offence
sources of information reliability
sufficiency of evidence
defines Full Code Test
Threshold Test
firstIssuedBy Crown Prosecution Service
firstIssuedInYear 1986
governs acceptance of pleas
decision to prosecute
discontinuance of cases
out-of-court disposals
selection of charges
issuedBy Director of Public Prosecutions
isUpdated periodically
jurisdiction England
Wales
language English
latestEditionPublisher Crown Prosecution Service
legalBasis Prosecution of Offences Act 1985
legalSystem legal system of England and Wales
publisher Crown Prosecution Service
subjectMatter criminal prosecution policy
ethical standards for prosecutors
prosecutorial discretion
typeOfGuidance publicly available guidance
usedBy Crown Prosecution Service
prosecutors in England and Wales
website https://www.cps.gov.uk/publication/code-crown-prosecutors

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CPS North West usesGuideline Code for Crown Prosecutors
this entity surface form: Code for Crown Prosecutors Threshold Test
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CPS East of England followsPolicy Code for Crown Prosecutors
this entity surface form: CPS Code for Crown Prosecutors
CPS Yorkshire and Humberside follows Code for Crown Prosecutors
this entity surface form: CPS Code for Crown Prosecutors
CPS South West governingLaw Code for Crown Prosecutors