Victims' Right to Review Scheme | The Crown Prosecution Service

Speaking to Witnesses at Court | The Crown Prosecution Service

Privacy Notice - Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) | The Crown Prosecution Service

CPS Diversity and Inclusion Statement for the Bar | The Crown Prosecution Service

Termination of Proceedings (Including Discontinuance) | The Crown Prosecution Service

Farquharson Guidelines: Role of Prosecuting Advocates | The Crown Prosecution Service

Do not link to an anchor on the page that does not exist. For example:
linking to `#content` without a valid destination such as `<body id="content"></body>`.

A common web design pattern is to use a named anchor to show an element via JavaScript, e.g.

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('.bar').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div class="bar">
    This is some content.
</div>
``` 

In these cases, the anchor (`#foo`) should point to the `id` of the hidden element:

```html
<a href="#foo" onclick="$('#foo').toggle();">Click me</a>
<div id="foo">
    This is some content.
</div>
```

This way the semantic intent of the link is preserved, even without JavaScript. 
Note that doing so may require modification to your script, to prevent automatic 
scrolling to the named anchor.

linking-to-anchor-on-page-that-does-not-exist

March 2026

February 2026

Crown Prosecution Service

	Title / URL	Issues
	Victims' Right to Review Scheme \| The Crown Prosecution Servicewww.cps.gov.uk/prosecution-guidance/victims-right-review-scheme	11
	Speaking to Witnesses at Court \| The Crown Prosecution Servicewww.cps.gov.uk/prosecution-guidance/speaking-witnesses-court	7
	Privacy Notice - Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) \| The Crown Prosecution Servicewww.cps.gov.uk/about-cps/data-protection-and-cps/privacy-notice-crown-prosecution-service-cps	3
	CPS Diversity and Inclusion Statement for the Bar \| The Crown Prosecution Servicewww.cps.gov.uk/publication/cps-diversity-and-inclusion-statement-bar	2
	Termination of Proceedings (Including Discontinuance) \| The Crown Prosecution Servicewww.cps.gov.uk/prosecution-guidance/termination-proceedings-including-discontinuance	1
	Farquharson Guidelines: Role of Prosecuting Advocates \| The Crown Prosecution Servicewww.cps.gov.uk/prosecution-guidance/farquharson-guidelines-role-prosecuting-advocates	1

Avoid linking to anchors that do not exist

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