Archbold : 2026 / His Honour Judge Mark Lucraft KC.

London : Sweet & Maxwell, 2025

2026 edition

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Archbold : criminal pleading, evidence and practice.

Criminal pleading, evidence and practice.

Evidence, Criminal -- Great Britain.

Criminal procedure -- Great Britain.

Evidence (law) -- Great Britain.

Pleading -- Great Britain.

1. Commencement of proceedings, the indictment

2. The criminal jurisdiction of the Crown Court

3. Bail, appearance of accused for trial, presence during trial

4. Trial

5A. Sentences and orders on conviction

5B. Confiscation under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002

6. Costs and legal aid

7. Criminal appeal

8. Witnesses

9. Miscellaneous and documentary evidence

10. Opinion evidence and judicial notice

11. Hearsay evidence

12. Privilege, public interest immunity and disclosure

13. Evidence of bad character and rehabilitation of offenders

14. Evidence of identification

15A. Investigatory powers

15B. Confessions and discretion to exclude evidence, etc.

16. Human rights

17A. Acts, Omissions and Circumstances

17B. The mental element in crime

18. Participation

19. Offences against the person

20. Sexual offences

21. Offences under the theft and fraud acts

22. Forgery, counterfiting, personation and cheating

23. Criminal damage and kindred offences

24. Firearms and offensive weapons

25. Terrorism and other offences against the crown and government

26. Money laundering offences

27. Harmful or dangerous drugs

28. Offences against public justice

29. Public order offences

30. Business, revenue and customs offences

31. Offences relating to marriage, public nuisance, and obscene or indecent publications

32. Motor vehicle offences

33. Conspiracy, encouragement and attempt to commit crime

Appendices (stand alone volume)

A. PACE codes of practice

B. Disclosure

C. Prosecutorial practice

D. The duties of advocates

E. Sexual offences prior to 1 May 2024

F. Practice direction (Costs in criminal proceedings) 2015

G. Guidelines on claims for fees under a Crown Court representation order and in the Court of Appeal

H. Control and management of heavy fraud and other complex criminal cases

I. Guide to proceedings in the Court of Appeal, Criminal Division.

The 2026 edition of Archbold: Criminal Pleading, Evidence & Practice, the leading criminal court book for the Crown Court, publishes in October 2025 in print and eBook formats. Every edition of Archbold contains all the detailed case law and legislation in just a single volume. To keep you updated, we offer three cumulative updating supplements and a weekly e-update so you can confidently know you have the latest authorities. The Archbold service also includes a standalone Sentencing Guidelines Supplement for court and 10 issues of Archbold Review. First published over 200 years ago, Archbold 2026 continues the ethos of being an invaluable aid to practising criminal law in the Crown Court and being reliable, current and comprehensive. The new edition is as up-to-date and authoritative as ever featuring amendments and regulations made by new legislation, such as the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. Secondary legislation includes changes to corporate criminal liability introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 and offences introduced by the Online Safety Act 2023 brought into force. Technical amendments to sentencing have been brought into force to ease space in prisons, such as changes to release introduced throughout the year: whether by amendment to the period of time determinate sentence prisoners have been required to serve, an extension of the availability of home detention curfew, and changes to the approach to public protection decisions. The Criminal Procedure Rules have been reconsolidated and republished as The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025 (SI 2025/909). The Main Work has been updated to reflect the new rules and they can be found in their entirety in Appendix 1 of the Supplement. - Publisher's website.

Previous edition: 2025.

Appencides for 2026 held in a stand alone volume.

Includes index and bibliographical references.

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cdxiv, 3519 pages ; 26 cm