Serious Crime
24th Dec 2018
News
Psychoactive Substances
New legislation was introduced in 2016 banning the production, sale, distribution and supply of psychoactive substances. Within that legislation was a requirement for the government to re...
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10th Dec 2018
News
Stop and Search
The power of the police to stop and search is currently in the media due to the rise in murders and serious crimes of violence involving the use of knives, particularly in London. A particular ar...
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14th Nov 2018
News
Alexa – Witness for the Prosecution?
On 29th January 2017, Christine Sullivan and her housemate were found murdered in Farmington, New Hampshire. Their bodies were discovered by the house owner, De...
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1st Oct 2018
News
Contempt of Court
The case of Tommy Robinson, or to give him his real name, Stephen Yaxley-Lennon, has brought this issue into the public eye, but what is it all about?
What is contempt of court?
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16th Jul 2018
News
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 website, there is a page for de...
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14th Jul 2018
News
Explosives
Rather than Guy Fawkes or his modern-day counterparts many of the recent cases involving explosives have been in relation to thefts from cash machines. The law is old but still very relevant today; it...
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