Legal News Round-Up – February 2024
Here we take a look at some of the legal news that made the headlines in February in the latest of our series of round-up articles.
Here we take a look at some of the legal news that made the headlines in February in the latest of our series of round-up articles.
New sentencing guidelines for animal cruelty offences were introduced this week. We look at the new guidelines and why they’ve been introduced.
A recent report has shown that despite a dramatic increase in rape allegations, the number of prosecutions has dramatically fallen – we look at why this could be.
Here we look at pre-sentence reports – what are they? why are they done? and how can they aid the defence in putting forward significant mitigating factors.
Find out when disqualification from keeping animals can be handed out by the courts under a Section 34 of the Animal Welfare Act 2006. We also look at what scope there is – and ask, can it be avoided?