June 10, 2020 DW Blog No comments yet When Will I Be Sentenced? (Image: “Bench” by Loozrboy is licensed under CC BY-SA 2.0) In cases where there is more than one defendant, it is a common scenario […] Read more
June 8, 2020 DW Blog No comments yet Damage of Statues – Sentencing Implications On Sunday 7 June protesters in Bristol tore down the statue of Edward Colston and swiftly deposited it in the […] Read more
June 5, 2020 DW Blog No comments yet Reporting restrictions Although there is a general principle of open justice, that those who appear in court can be reported on, there […] Read more
June 4, 2020 DW Blog No comments yet Postal Offences As the Coronavirus crisis has forced almost everyone to spend more time at home, home deliveries have rocketed as people […] Read more
May 22, 2020 DW Blog No comments yet Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill Following on from the terror attacks at Fishmongers Hall on 29 November 2019 and in Streatham on 2 February 2020 […] Read more
May 20, 2020 DW Blog No comments yet Police Investigations – Are They Now Secret? It is quite common to read in a newspaper that someone has been arrested. Local papers will cover almost any […] Read more
May 13, 2020 DW Blog No comments yet Firearms – Court of Appeal Maintains Tough Sentencing Approach In a recent case, the Court of Appeal dealt with an appeal by the Attorney General against a sentence of […] Read more
May 7, 2020 DW Blog No comments yet Penalty Points – Avoiding Double Counting For some new drivers, six penalty points mean resitting a driving test, for other drivers twelve points may mean disqualification. […] Read more
May 1, 2020 DW Blog No comments yet The Far Right & Terrorism When people hear reference to the far-right many would think of racism rather than terrorism. Alice Cutter and Mark Jones […] Read more
April 29, 2020 DW Blog No comments yet Local Authority Prosecutions The local authority has the power to prosecute in respect of a number of types of crime. This could be […] Read more