Daniel Woodman & Co Blog

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 […]

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 […]

On 10th March 2001, HRH Prince Andrew is alleged to have met and been photographed with a lady who has accused the Prince of sexual misconduct. […]

In a case this week involving Jet2 Holidays, Karl and Laura Hughes claimed that they had suffered sickness while on a package holiday. They said they […]

A pilot is being carried out into electronic monitoring global positioning system. The aim of the pilot is to gain information to look at how existing […]

Prison is supposed to be hard. It is, after all, a punishment. But it’s also designed to help people address their behaviour and stop them re-offending. […]

  In February 2019 the Court of Appeal quashed Sally Challen’s conviction for the murder of her husband and ordered a retrial.   Last week the […]

The government has conducted a review of the process for prisoners to be released on temporary licence (ROTL); the drive behind the changes being the rehabilitation […]

Few people would disagree with the suggestion that sentencing law in England and Wales is a complete mess. The provisions that govern how a defendant is […]

In criminal law, we use two different standards of proof, the most well known is ‘beyond reasonable doubt’ (although these days expressed as ‘so that you […]