General Crime
12th Feb 2018
News
Police Roll Out Portable Identity Checking
The government this week announced that West Yorkshire Police has signed up to a new identity checking service.
The new service, already being used in a select...
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8th Feb 2018
News
Doctors in the Dock
Many in the medical profession are up in arms following a recent High Court case involving Dr Bawa-Garba (General Medical Council v Bawa-Garba [2018] EWHC 76 (Admin).
The case follow...
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5th Feb 2018
News
Government Snooping Ruled Unlawful
In a legal challenge brought by the MP Tom Watson, and supported by campaign group Liberty, the High Court ruled that a major plank of the government's surveillance strategy is...
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25th Jan 2018
News
The "Right to be Forgotten"
Redemption has always been an important part of our justice system; you do the crime, you do time. Once your debt is paid, you should then be free to start again, without forever bein...
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10th Jan 2018
News
Is it Lawful to Hit a Child?
Laws that criminalise unlawful violence date back to 1861 and are used every day in criminal courts to support prosecutions.
Despite what might appear to be an obvious legal...
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27th Nov 2017
News
Domestic Violence Protection Notices and Orders
Domestic Violence Protection Notices (DVPNs) are commonly issued by police when attending incidents of alleged domestic violence.
Invariably, whatever the...
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