12th May, 2020

9 St John Street Criminal Team Bulletin - Issue 3

This is our third weekly bulletin. We appreciate the difficulties our clients and colleagues face during this difficult period. You can be assured that we strive to maintain our high standards of service.

Via this bulletin we aim to keep you updated as to:

  • our continuing work on serious criminal cases during the lockdown
  • how as a team we can help you
  • the latest key local and national information relating to the CJS.
  • how we can still keep connected remotely both professionally and socially

  Criminal Team Bulletin - 12/05/2020



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