December 23, 2019 DW Blog No comments yet Criminal Law in 2020 – What Can We Expect In legislative terms 2019 was a pretty quiet year with parliament being so heavily occupied with Brexit, there was little […] Read more
December 17, 2019 DW Blog No comments yet Investigating and Prosecuting Rape Cases Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate has published a new report in relation to the investigation and prosecution of rape […] Read more
December 11, 2019 DW Blog No comments yet Pre-sentence Reports In some cases, a court must order a pre-sentence report (s 156 Criminal Justice Act 2003), and a report will […] Read more
December 9, 2019 DW Blog No comments yet Animals – Disqualification from Keeping Section 34 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 states that a court may make an order disqualifying a defendant from […] Read more
December 5, 2019 DW Blog No comments yet Online Abuse, Courts Keep Up with Modern Techniques In Chabloz v Crown Prosecution Service [2019] EWHC 3094 (Admin) the High Court dealt definitively with several highly technical legal […] Read more
December 3, 2019 DW Blog No comments yet The Morning After the Night Before When people think about drink/drug driving, it is often based on a narrative that involves a man, leaving a pub […] Read more
November 27, 2019 DW Blog No comments yet Divided Loyalty Can Exact a High Price A strange case at the Old Bailey drew to a close this week, resulting in a Metropolitan Police Officer, Robyn […] Read more
November 25, 2019 DW Blog No comments yet Innocent and Angry – A Measured Response Required It is a common occurrence to come across suspects and defendants who fee extreme anger at being caught up in […] Read more
November 20, 2019 DW Blog No comments yet Playing Politics with Crime? We are in the midst of a general election, so it is perhaps not surprising that ‘law and order’ are […] Read more
November 18, 2019 DW Blog No comments yet The Pizza Alibi On 10th March 2001, HRH Prince Andrew is alleged to have met and been photographed with a lady who has […] Read more