Led by Professor David Ormerod CBE, KC (Hon) and David Perry KC, Blackstone's Criminal Practice brings together an expert team of authors with a commitment to deliver a work which offers detailed and insightful coverage for criminal practice and authoritative statements of the law in a practical and accessible format. With an accompanying supplement containing essential primary materials and commentary updates throughout the year, and access to the additional analysis provided by Blackstone's Briefings, you can rely on Blackstone's Criminal Practice to be your constant companion.The 2026 edition has been meticulously revised to provide extensive coverage of all new legislation, case law, Sentencing Guidelines, the Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, and the Criminal Practice Directions 2023.Supplement 1 is included with this pack. Register to receive two further cumulative supplements, published in early and mid-2026 which provide updated commentary and analysis as well as the latest updates to the Criminal Procedure Rules and Practice Directions, and the main PACE codes and other guidelines.Digital access is provided on OUP LawReader, offering instant online and offline access, full text searching, extensive links from citations to judgements on BAILII and ICLR, and tools to annotate, highlight and print content. Use OUP LawReader to create your own links to Blackstone's content in the digital edition and share them, or embed them in other documents, with just a few clicks.

Led by Professor David Ormerod CBE, KC (Hon) and David Perry KC, Blackstone's Criminal Practice brings together an expert team of authors with a commitment to deliver a work which offers detailed and insightful coverage for criminal practice and authoritative statements of the law in a practical and accessible format. With an accompanying supplement containing essential primary materials and commentary updates throughout the year, and access to the additional analysis provided by Blackstone's Briefings, you can rely on Blackstone's Criminal Practice to be your constant companion.The 2026 edition has been meticulously revised to provide extensive coverage of all new legislation, case law, Sentencing Guidelines, the Criminal Procedure Rules 2025, and the Criminal Practice Directions 2023.Supplement 1 is included with this pack. Register to receive two further cumulative supplements, published in early and mid-2026 which provide updated commentary and analysis as well as the latest updates to the Criminal Procedure Rules and Practice Directions, and the main PACE codes and other guidelines.Digital access is provided on OUP LawReader, offering instant online and offline access, full text searching, extensive links from citations to judgements on BAILII and ICLR, and tools to annotate, highlight and print content. Use OUP LawReader to create your own links to Blackstone's content in the digital edition and share them, or embed them in other documents, with just a few clicks.