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13th Jun 2018
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Minimum Sentences
For certain offences, there are minimum terms of imprisonment that a court must impose, absent exceptional circumstances (or it being unjust), these sentences can be automatically imposed even...
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7th Jun 2018
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Getting Tough on Breach of Court Orders
Today (7 June 2018), the Sentencing Council has published new guidelines for judges and magistrates for when they are sentencing offenders who have breached court orders....
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29th May 2018
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Environment Agency Penalties
Although some breaches of environmental law amount to criminal offences, not all do.
There are a wide range of potential penalties that are quite different to those usually...
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23rd May 2018
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Problems with visual identification evidence
A critical evidential problem for courts is how much weight to place upon identification evidence where that evidence is weak or based on a very brief encounter.
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18th May 2018
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But I had no choice!
There is a defence in law known as necessity or duress of circumstances. It can be very difficult to demonstrate and will only apply in unusual and extreme circumstances. It is used to descr...
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18th May 2018
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Drugs Importation
It is common for officers at airports and other ports of entry to intercept people carrying controlled drugs in their luggage, clothing or inside their bodies on behalf of suppliers in foreign...
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