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Prosecuting Sexual Offences – Time for a rethink?
Justice, the renowned human rights organisation, has published a significant report that examines the prosecution of sexual offences, and in ...
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Sally Challen – An Issue of Coercive Control
In February 2019 the Court of Appeal quashed Sally Challen's conviction for the murder of her husband and ordered a ...
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Totting up Driving Ban
Totting up refers to an accumulation of penalty points on your driving licence, which leads to a driving disqualification. Disqualification ...
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Driving Bans – Not Just for Traffic Offences
Most people know that a driving ban may follow for serious road traffic offences or a series of lower-level traffic ...
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Private Prosecutions – ‘Doing a Boris’
A District Judge sitting at Westminster Magistrates' Court last week authorised that a summons be issued against the prominent conservative ...
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Sentencing – Breaking the Code
Few people would disagree with the suggestion that sentencing law in England and Wales is a complete mess. The provisions ...
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On the Balance of Probabilities – But What Does That Mean?
In criminal law, we use two different standards of proof, the most well known is 'beyond reasonable doubt' (although these ...
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Tough New Weapons Laws Hit the Statute Book
Tough New Weapons Laws Hit the Statute Book On 16th May 2019 the controversial Offensive Weapons bill received Royal Assent, ...
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Who Guards the Guards?
This perennial question was back in the news following a ministry of justice announcement that further steps would be taken ...
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Speeding – How Fast is Too Fast?
The idea of speed limits causes immense confusion, with many people believing that the speed limit is at least the ...
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Grandparents’ Rights
If a relationship breaks down, it can often be the case that the grandparents also suffer, with little or no ...
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Listen, do You Want to Know a Secret?
Gavin Williamson MP has been sacked from the Cabinet for leaking confidential information from the National Security Council regarding Huawei ...
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Focus On Forensics
Forensic evidence has dominated some of the news agenda this week, with outrage over the interrogation of complainant's phones in ...
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Mental Health and Criminal Law
Mental Health is a complicated business. Conditions are not easy to diagnose, doctors can disagree on which disorder a person ...
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A No Fault Divorce: Key Facts
Divorce is not something anyone would wish to go through, and although divorce rates have been seen to decrease in ...
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Key Facts Regarding a Hung Jury
Last week the Hillsborough trial involving ex-police officer David Duckenfield ended without reaching a conclusion; a number of papers reported ...
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Appeals from Beyond the Grave
The Court of Appeal has handed down judgment in the case of R v Max Clifford, the disgraced celebrity PR ...
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Key Facts on the Drink Drive Limit
Driving above the drink drive limit can have serious consequences and impact not only the drink diver but other motorists ...
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Tina Malone – When Sharing a Picture Can Send You to Prison
The murder of James Bulger in 1993 shocked everyone. That the killers who committed such a violent crime were only ...
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Civil Contingencies Act, Martial Law and a State of Emergency
The Civil Contingencies Act 2004 confers a power to make regulations if an ‘emergency’ has occurred or is about to ...
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