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- Facial Recognition
- Parole Reform
- Criminal charges and protests
- Crackdown on waste crime
- Case Update
- Case Update
- Reducing the backlog in criminal courts
- Prison places
- Pre-charge Privacy
- Use of a mobile phone or hand-held device
- Automated vehicles
- School absence
- Cyber laws
- Suicide pact cases and so called ‘mercy killings’
- The Colston Statue – Will the acquittals be appealed?
- Bill of Rights
- Aiding and abetting causing death by dangerous driving
- Retail price maintenance and the CMA
- Drink driving
- New government policies and the party conference – Part 2
- New government policies and the party conference – Part 1
- Case Update
- Prison and rehabilitation
- Civil Nuclear Constabulary
- Secondary liability
- Racial discrimination – UN report
- Case Update
- Assaults against retail workers
- Recreational watercraft and safety
- Stalking, good character and unduly lenient sentences
- Independent Review of Drugs
- Sentencing and ethnicity
- Illegal entry via small boats
- Modern slavery – new sentencing guidelines
- Mentally disordered offenders
- Modernising Communications offences
- DVLA and roadside checks
- Threats to share intimate images
- Natural England prosecutions
- Who is Daniel Morgan?
- Unlawful importation of Firearms offences
- Detention of seized cash
- Hillsborough Prosecutions
- Assault sentencing guidelines
- Harbouring an escapee
- Coercive and controlling behaviour
- Child sexual offences
- Life sentences with further orders
- Covid 19 – fixed penalty notices
- Deletion of police records
- Prison visits
- Sexual abuse in schools
- Non-disclosure and prejudice
- Bite Mark Evidence – Part Two
- Bite Mark Evidence – Part One
- Immigration
- Line of Duty – The Acronym
- Good character as mitigation
- Deaf jurors
- Criminal Cases Review Commission – Improvement Needed?
- ‘Complex Casework’ – Inside the Crown Prosecution Service
- Sentencing and the issue of ‘psychological harm.’
- Barking Mad?
- Encrochat
- BBC in the Dock
- Witness Independence – too much of a coincidence?
- Judge as Referee
- Custody Time Limits & Young Defendants
- Air Weapons – The Law & Proposed Reforms
- Firearms – New sentencing guidelines
- Custody time limits & Covid19
- E-scooters
- Firearms
- Plying for hire
- Pre-charge Engagement
- It wasn’t me!
- Lockdown 2
- Having the Last Word – Closing Speeches
- Planning Law – An expensive business
- Encrypted electronic communications
- Covert Human Intelligence Sources
- Search warrants
- Memory Fallibility
- Hate crime – a change of emphasis
- Disclosure of criminal records
- A Smarter Approach to Sentencing?
- Recovery plan for the criminal courts
- Indictments – The Basics
- Secrets and spies
- ‘Lurking Doubt’ as a Ground of Appeal
- Knives – Cash for Surrender
- Transfer of Fibres – Major New Research Published
- Fighting for a Suspended Prison Sentence
- Surveillance Society – Court of Appeal Puts Brakes on Police Scheme
- Jurors – When They Misbehave
- Coronavirus and Custody Time Limits – Some Good News
- Court Clarifies Release Provisions
- Losing Your Home For a Crime You Did Not Commit
- Sexual Offences and the Issue of Consent
- No Free Ride for Private Prosecutors
- Sentencing – Beware the Cliff Edge
- Encrochat and ‘Operation Venetic’
- Jury Trials and Covid 19
- A Summer of Protest?
- When Will I Be Sentenced?
- Damage of Statues – Sentencing Implications
- Reporting restrictions
- Postal Offences
- Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Bill
- Police Investigations – Are They Now Secret?
- Firearms – Court of Appeal Maintains Tough Sentencing Approach
- Penalty Points – Avoiding Double Counting
- The Far Right & Terrorism
- Local Authority Prosecutions
- Terminating Rulings
- Appeals
- Will Coronavirus Be a ‘Get out of Jail’ Card?
- Mitigation
- Death by dangerous driving and causation
- Sentencing outside of the guidelines
- Expert evidence
- Covid 19 Lockdown – the law
- Covid 19 and Business Closure – Legal Obligations
- Trial Delays
- Intermediaries
- Criminal Justice and Coronavirus
- Circumstantial Evidence
- Social Media – A Dangerous Place for Professionals?
- Forensic evidence
- Jury Trial – Is 14 too many?
- Prosecuting Without A ‘Victim’
- Notification Requirements – Removal
- Interpreters
- It’s Christmas Time! But Also, Business As Usual For Us
- Criminal Law in 2020 – What Can We Expect
- Investigating and Prosecuting Rape Cases
- Pre-sentence Reports
- Animals – Disqualification from Keeping
- Online Abuse, Courts Keep Up with Modern Techniques
- The Morning After the Night Before
- Divided Loyalty Can Exact a High Price
- Innocent and Angry – A Measured Response Required
- Playing Politics with Crime?
- The Pizza Alibi
- Lies and Easy Money
- Tracking violent offenders
- Women in Prison
- Sally Challen – An Issue of Coercive Control
- Release on Temporary Licence
- Sentencing – Breaking the Code
- On the Balance of Probabilities – But What Does That Mean?
- Tough New Weapons Laws Hit the Statute Book
- Who Guards the Guards?
- Focus On Forensics
- Undercover Policing – Beyond the Line of Duty
- What To Do If You Are Too Unwell To Attend Court
- Mental Health and Criminal Law
- Government Tightens Terrorism Laws
- ‘Hung Jury’ – Not as Bad as it Sounds
- Are child-like sex dolls illegal?
- McKenzie Friends: When saving money can cost you a fortune
- Tina Malone – when sharing a picture can have you sent to prison
- Prosecution Time Limits
- Knife Crime – Searching for Solutions
- Counterfeit Currency – You May Pay a Very High Price
- Modern Slavery – A Defence to Drug Dealing and other offences?
- New Anti-Terrorism Powers
- Review of the Parole Board
- Causing Death by Dangerous Driving – Sentencing Issues
- Voyeurism and ‘Upskirting’ – Government Acts to Strengthen Law
- Community Protection Notices
- Government Unveils New Domestic Abuse Legislation
- Sleepwalking – Is It A Defence?
- Plead in Haste, Regret at Leisure
- End of The Road for Short Prison Sentences?
- Soubry and the Nazi Slur – An Offence?
- Parental Dilemmas That Could Land You in Prison
- A Simple Adjournment?
- Will the Court Know About My Previous Convictions?
- It’s a Genuine Fake!
- Psychoactive Substances
- Drink Driving – The Reality
- Computer hacking
- Happy Birthday to the Human Rights Act
- Stop and Search
- The “Gangs Matrix”
- Fly-tipping – ensuring all polluters pay
- Restorative Justice
- Nuisance calls and the Information Commissioner’s Office
- Alexa – Witness for the Prosecution?
- Can I get a suspended prison sentence?
- Offences Related to State Benefits
- Acid Attacks – New Laws in Force
- Grievous bodily harm/wounding
- Forced Marriage
- Inadmissible confessions
- Publishing, or having for publication for gain, an obscene article
- Companies and Bribery
- Contempt of Court
- Private Probation Providers Fail Offenders and Society
- Is being sexist or misogynist a crime?
- Do I have to give the police my phone PIN?
- What to expect as a witness
- What power do the police have to test my eyesight?
- Supplying drugs or possessing with intent to supply
- Why was Ben Stokes found not guilty?
- Racially aggravated offences
- What to expect as a witness
- Will I be granted bail?
- Fail to provide a breath specimen
- Criminal damage
- Manslaughter – New Sentencing Guideline
- Cliff Richard, Privacy and the Data Protection Act
- It’s health and safety gone mad!
- Explosives
- Arson
- New Sentencing Guideline Issued
- Participating in Organised Crime
- Weapons – Government to Get Tough
- “I’m Going to Kill You!”
- Minimum Sentences
- Targeting Drink Drivers
- Getting Tough on Breach of Court Orders
- Social Media Crime
- Unlawful Eviction
- Environment Agency Penalties
- Drugs Importation
- But I had no choice!
- Will My Name Appear in Newspapers?
- Another Fine Mess
- Sentencing Is Its Own Risky Business – The Hidden Penalty
- Knife Crime – Sentencing Changes
- Police Roll Out Portable Identity Checking
- The ‘Right to Be Forgotten’ – An Unsatisfactory Score Draw
- Barrister Action Will Affect Criminal Cases
- When Driving Becomes Dangerous
- Tougher Sentences for Persons Convicted of Terrorism Offences
- Choosing a Solicitor – One Chance to Get It Right
- The Disclosure and Barring Service
- Shaken Baby Syndrome
- Dogs – Avoiding a Death Penalty
- Doctors in the Dock
- Government Snooping Ruled Unlawful
- Revenge Porn Can Be an Expensive Business
- Unexplained Wealth Orders
- Appeals Against Sentence
- Can I Have a Restraining Order Discharged?
- Confiscation – The Hidden Sentence
- Points, Lies and Prison
- Solicitors – the 4th Emergency Service
- Terrorism – A Case of Smoke Without Fire?
- Domestic Violence Protection Notices and Orders
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