July 23, 2018 DW Blog No comments yet Cliff Richard, Privacy and the Data Protection Act In July 2014 the BBC filmed a search of Sir Cliff Richard’s property by the South Yorkshire Police. He was […] Read more
July 16, 2018 DW Blog No comments yet It’s health and safety gone mad! Or is it? The Health and Safety Executive is the national regulator for workplace health and safety. Interestingly, on its […] Read more
July 11, 2018 DW Blog No comments yet Explosives Rather than Guy Fawkes or his modern-day counterparts many of the recent cases involving explosives have been in relation to […] Read more
July 9, 2018 DW Blog No comments yet Arson Arson is a confusing area of the law as there are a number of different offences to consider. What are […] Read more
July 5, 2018 DW Blog No comments yet New Sentencing Guideline Issued The Sentencing Council has published new definitive guidelines for intimidatory offences, it will take effect in respect to all cases […] Read more
July 2, 2018 DW Blog No comments yet Participating in Organised Crime Section 45 of the Serious Crime Act 2015 makes it is an offence to participate in the activities of an […] Read more
June 26, 2018 DW Blog No comments yet Weapons – Government to Get Tough The government has published an Offensive Weapons Bill, which is designed to signal a more stringent approach to the possession […] Read more
June 20, 2018 DW Blog No comments yet “I’m Going to Kill You!” How many times have you said something similar? Is it an offence? If you make such a threat, intending that […] Read more
June 13, 2018 DW Blog No comments yet Minimum Sentences For certain offences, there are minimum terms of imprisonment that a court must impose, absent exceptional circumstances (or it being […] Read more
June 11, 2018 DW Blog No comments yet Targeting Drink Drivers The government has announced its intention to use new roadside breathalysers, in a move that could see a further 6,000 […] Read more