Criminal Defence
20th Sep 2022
News
Highly Dangerous Weapons & Sentencing
When sentencing for offences of assault, the use of a weapon will always be an aggravating feature. The sentencing guideline also refers explicitly to "highly dangerous...
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16th Jun 2021
News
Detention of seized cash
HMRC seized £35,000 cash in plastic carrier bags from a Mr Mann as it was suspected he was fraudulently evading excise duty. Boxes of vodka worth around £220,000 had also bee...
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11th Mar 2020
News
Criminal Justice and Coronavirus
As the UK prepares to move into the 'delay phase', changes are expected to criminal justice procedure. So, what might be expected to change?
Criminal Investigations
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11th Mar 2020
News
Circumstantial Evidence
Circumstantial evidence is widely misunderstood, and many people cannot understand how a case can be advanced without primary evidence of wrongdoing.
To illustrate this, we can u...
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15th Jul 2019
News
Data Protection - A Shifting Focus
Over the last few years, we have seen many matters that would previously have been prosecuted before the criminal courts, move into the jurisdiction of other bodies.
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25th Jun 2019
News
Why hasn’t Michael Gove been arrested?
A question on many people’s lips since the former Justice Secretary admitted to using cocaine several times earlier in his career.
So, could he face th...
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