Anglers have brought the first private prosecution against a water company for more than 20 years over pollution in a treasured chalk stream. Southern Water was served with summons at its head ...

A former car dealer has been jailed for eight years for a multi-million pound investment fraud - even though the Crown Prosecution Service had refused to charge him, BBC News has learned. Paul ...

Reform UK has said it will launch a private prosecution against the men suspected of being involved in a disturbance at Manchester Airport in July if they are not charged by the Crown Prosecution ...

Criminal prosecutions continued to be brought despite internal awareness of the issues with Horizon, and juries were wrongly told the IT system was unimpeachable.

A woman seeking what is thought to be the UK's first crowdfunded private rape prosecution says she hopes to lead the way for those "let down" by the courts. Emily Hunt from London, claims she was ...

A rape victim has been given the green light for the first private criminal prosecution in Scotland for more than 40 years. The Scottish Government have approved a legal aid application by Denise ...

Reform UK bosses plan to bring a private prosecution against the men who fought with police in Manchester Airport. ... "We are therefore serving notice that if the CPS is not going to charge the ...

Prosecutors say they are still “considering material” over a disturbance at Manchester Airport as Reform UK confirmed it is pressing ahead with plans to bring a private prosecution against two ...

Roger Waters is facing calls to be prosecuted after he declared his support for the banned terrorist organisation Palestine ...

The Post Office scandal has rightly led to numerous calls for reform of the UK legal sector. Among them, our specialist area of practice, private prosecutions, is facing calls for rule changes, or ...

A police officer who held the hand of his dying colleague after she was shot 40 years ago is launching a private prosecution of one of the suspects. PC Yvonne Fletcher was killed when gunmen in ...

Reform threatens private prosecution over Manchester Airport disturbance - Reform UK said it was taking too long for the CPS to reach a decision on charging the men alleged to have been involved ...