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IfJ COVID-19 Ongoing Updates

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As the unprecedented situation on COVID-19 changes, we will be making available any and all relevant information which may be helpful to practitioners to guide their practice and to mange risk.

 

 

IfJ members WhatsApp groups

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IfJ WhatsApp Community.

Let's keep our community going strong during times of uncertainty. Our WhatsApps groups are very busy and the intermediary community is showing the usual support for each other. Thank you all for your contributions on the WhatApp groups, please do keep…

IfJ CPD courses cancelled

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Very sadly, after a huge amount of work, all IfJ / City Law School CPD courses have been cancelled until further notice. Delegates who have already booked onto a course will be fully refunded as soon as possible. We will keep you informed once we are able to relaunch the CPD programme.

The Birmingham Seminar 2020

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IfJ trustees shared information with delegates at the Birmingham Seminar. 

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IfJ & City Law School CPD courses will be moving North!

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Our joint IfJ and City Law School CPD courses will be delivered in both Sunderland University & City Law School, London making them accessible to more intermediaries around the UK. 

For more information, see our events pages here. 

 

 

IfJ join working party in India

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Intermediaries for Justice join working party in India.

Catherine O’Neill, Chair of IfJ was invited by the charity JUSTICE to join iProbono and the Bar Human Rights Committee of England and Wales (BHRC), to run a training on working with vulnerable witnesses. The inaugural, Justice J.S.…

Round Table Event set up by KeyRing

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IfJ recently participated in a round table event set up by KeyRing and The Prison Reform Trust. The aim of this event was to encourage discussion with all parties involved in the individual stages of the justice process from custody to probation. 
 

Towards the end of 2019…

IfJ submissions to the Criminal Procedure Rules Committee

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The Criminal Procedure Rules govern the way criminal cases are managed, and set out the processes of the criminal courts.

The Criminal Procedure Rule Committee advises on these rules and is a non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Ministry of Justice. 

Ifj have been in…

A Voice for the Voiceless: The Victim's Commissioner's Review into the Provision of Registered Intermediaries for Children and Vulnerable Victims and Witnesses

Publications, articles and press releases

The publication of the Victims Commissioner Review, 'Voice of the Voiceless' has been released today. Read the full review here.

IfJs film production project - an update

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Having received a grant from the Legal Educational Foundation, IfJ's film production team members (Ann King, Catherine O'Neill, Joyce Plotnikoff and Nicola Lewis) in conjunction with FranksFilms, are making very good progress with the development of two short films.

The first film will be…