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On Monday the government unveiled its new strategy to tackle domestic abuse. This follows a consultation exercise carried out last year, which drew over 3,000 responses. The new measures are: • Introducing the first ever statutory government definition of domestic abuse, which will include economic abuse • Establishing the office of the Domestic Abuse Commissioner… Continue reading Government Unveils New Domestic Abuse Legislation

Social services are there to safeguard and promote the welfare of vulnerable children and adults. It is important to note that social services must follow certain procedures when it comes to ensuring the welfare of a child. For today’s post, we discuss some of the most common questions parents have when it comes to social… Continue reading Can Social Services Take my Child From my Home?

No matter your personal opinion on smacking a child, the law has the final say with regarding what punishment is accessible when it comes to hitting a child. In the latest post from Broadbents Solicitors, we discuss the law surrounding smacking a child in more detail. It is important to note that the law states… Continue reading Is it Lawful to Hit a Child?

It is a nightmare scenario that potentially any parent could face. A child returns home, late at night in an agitated state. He hurriedly tells you that he has been in a fight, it wasn’t his fault, but someone has been hurt, badly. Further details are not forthcoming, but he thinks the police will be… Continue reading Parental Dilemmas That Could Land You in Prison

Many people have an image of a typical drink driver: overweight man, staggering from the pub after an all-day session and getting into his car. A few minutes later that car being pulled over by police officers due to erratic driving. That is sometimes the story, but not the most common one that we see.… Continue reading Drink Driving – The Reality

Over the decades, the overall trend has been that crime rates have decreased, but the last year has been more stable. It is estimated that 2 in 10 adults experienced crime in the latest year – figures from June 2017 to June 2018. However, we can see from data published by the Office for National… Continue reading Crime Rates in England and Wales

Hacking has been in the news a great deal in the last couple of years, for example, the 2016 US Presidential Elections, the extradition case of Lauri Love and the hacking of user accounts of various large companies in order to steal personal information. At the other end of the spectrum, we see cases of… Continue reading Computer Hacking

The Human Rights Act is 20 years old this year. Its name is often used in vain, “it’s against my human rights!” or blamed for something that probably isn’t to do with the Act at all. The Act sets out the fundamental rights and freedoms to which everyone in the UK is entitled. Where Did… Continue reading Happy Birthday to the Human Rights Act

The power of the police to stop and search is currently in the media due to the rise in murders and serious crimes of violence involving the use of knives, particularly in London. A particular area of concern is the disproportionate use of search powers in relation to some minority groups. So, What Are The… Continue reading Stop and Search

As of 6 December 2018, law firms are required to publish information about certain price, service and regulatory matters. Who Needs to Publish Information? An authorised firm or a sole practitioner must publish cost information on its website (or it must be available by request if there is no website). The requirement arises whenever a… Continue reading Price and Service Transparency