Last week the Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) announced the appointments to their new, smaller advocacy panel. We are delighted with outcome, as many of our specialist criminal barristers have increased a level, been added to the Rape Panel or come straight in at level 2 - skipping the initial level 1.

Level 4 = 8 barristers

Level 3 = 6 barristers

Level 2 = 4 barristers

Rape Panel = 10 barristers

Director of Public Prosecutions, Keir Starmer QC said that those on the panel had been through an 'open and rigorous' selection process and that the CPS now have a 'pool of quality assured barristers' to instruct.

For more information about the shake up of the panel, please see the article below posted on the Law Society Gazette website.

http://www.lawgazette.co.uk/news/cps-announces-tighter-smaller-panel