December 17, 2019
Her Majesty’s Crown Prosecution Service Inspectorate has published a new report in relation to the investigation and prosecution of rape cases. The significant findings are: Since […]
December 11, 2019
In some cases, a court must order a pre-sentence report (s 156 Criminal Justice Act 2003), and a report will be appropriate in many instances when […]
January 4, 2018
Criminal Defence Glossary In the field of criminal law, there are a variety of conditions that will tend to negate elements of a crime (particularly the intent element), known […]
December 9, 2019
Section 34 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006 states that a court may make an order disqualifying a defendant from keeping animals. When can the order […]
December 5, 2019
In Chabloz v Crown Prosecution Service [2019] EWHC 3094 (Admin) the High Court dealt definitively with several highly technical legal challenges concerning Communications Act defences. On […]
December 3, 2019
When people think about drink/drug driving, it is often based on a narrative that involves a man, leaving a pub late at night, driving erratically and […]
November 27, 2019
A strange case at the Old Bailey drew to a close this week, resulting in a Metropolitan Police Officer, Robyn Williams, being sentenced to a community […]
November 25, 2019
It is a common occurrence to come across suspects and defendants who fee extreme anger at being caught up in the criminal justice process. That anger […]
November 20, 2019
We are in the midst of a general election, so it is perhaps not surprising that ‘law and order’ are featuring in the news as the […]