Archbold: Criminal Pleading, Evidence and Practice 2026

The 2026 edition of Archbold: Criminal Pleading, Evidence & Practice, the leading criminal court book for the Crown Court, publishes in October 2025 in print and eBook formats.

First published over 200 years ago, Archbold 2026 continues the ethos of being an invaluable aid to practising criminal law in the Crown Court and being reliable, current and comprehensive. The new edition is as up-to-date and authoritative as ever featuring amendments and regulations made by new legislation, such as the Data (Use and Access) Act 2025. Secondary legislation includes changes to corporate criminal liability introduced by the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023 and offences introduced by the Online Safety Act 2023 brought into force. Technical amendments to sentencing have been brought into force to ease space in prisons, such as changes to release introduced throughout the year: whether by amendment to the period of time determinate sentence prisoners have been required to serve, an extension of the availability of home detention curfew, and changes to the approach to public protection decisions.

The Criminal Procedure Rules have been reconsolidated and republished as The Criminal Procedure Rules 2025 (SI 2025/909). The Main Work has been updated to reflect the new rules and they can be found in their entirety in Appendix 1 of the Supplement.

Every edition of Archbold contains all the detailed case law and legislation in a single volume. Three cumulative updating supplements and a weekly e-update are included so you can confidently know you have the latest authorities. The cumulative supplements are published at regular intervals throughout the year.

The Archbold service also includes a stand-alone Sentencing Guidelines Supplement for court, and 10 issues of Archbold Review.