The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) is responsible for prosecuting criminal cases investigated by the police in England and Wales. Its website is www.cps.gov.uk

The Judicial Studies Board (JSB) is responsible for training judges, lay magistrates and chairmen and members of tribunals in England and Wales.  Its website is www.jsboard.co.uk. It contains the specimen directions which provide guidance to Crown Court judges on how to direct juries on matters of law. The specimen directions are useful as they place the law of evidence in a practical context. Professor Spencer’s excellent paper on the bad character provisions of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 is also available on the website. 

The Criminal Bar Association represents the views of the practising members of the criminal bar in England and Wales. Its website is www.criminalbar.com. The papers and newsletters available online contain useful commentaries on developments in the law of evidence.

The CrimeLine Updater is a free weekly email newsletter written by Andrew Keogh, a partner in a solicitors firm. The Updater digests the latest cases, legislation and news affecting criminal practice. The website is www.crimeline.info.

Andrew Keogh has also set up www.wikicrimeline.co.uk which contains up-to-date information on all aspects of the criminal law.

The Law Commission is the independent body created to keep the law under review and recommend change where it is needed. Its reports and consultations may be accessed at www.lawcom.gov.uk.

Acts of Parliament, Bills and Statutory Instrument can be accessed on www.parliament.uk, which also has a link to judgments. Acts of Parliament and Statutory Instruments are also available on www.opsi.gov.uk.

The Criminal Procedure Rules are available at the Department for Constitutional Affairs website, which is www.dca.gov.uk, and the Office of Public Sector Information, which is www.opsi.gov.uk.

The European Court of Human Rights website is www.echr.coe.int/echr and provides access to all the Court and Commission’s case law (HUDOC).

The Home Office website, which is at www.homeoffice.gov.uk, contains information relating to various aspects of the law of criminal evidence.