by Simon Morton | 8 Aug, 2018 | Criminal Law, Disqualified From Driving, Drink-Driving, Drug-Driving, Drugs, General News, Motoring Law, Police
If the police suspect that you are over the limit then you are obliged to give a sample, it doesn’t matter if you know that you are under the limit. The same rule applies if the police have reason to believe that you were driving even if you weren’t.
by Simon Morton | 6 Aug, 2018 | Burglary, Criminal Law, General News
Essentially, you will receive this charge if you intentionally or recklessly damage property. It is most commonly damage to cars and windows, regularly it will have something to do with revenge.
by Simon Morton | 1 Aug, 2018 | Criminal Law, Drugs, General News, Police, Sentencing
Agent provocateur, which is French for “inciting agent”, is an entrapment situation in which a person is enticed, incited or encouraged to commit a criminal offence which they wouldn’t have committed otherwise.
by Simon Morton | 31 Jul, 2018 | Criminal Law, General News, Sentencing
The Sentencing Council, who’s responsibility it is to set sentencing guidelines in England and Wales, has just recently issued a new guideline in relation to manslaughter offences.
by Simon Morton | 25 Jul, 2018 | Criminal Law, General News, In The Media, Sentencing
It is over 50 years since we have head the death penalty here in the UK. In 1964, Peter Allen and Gwynne Evans were the last people to be hung in England for the murder of John West, 15 months before the abolition of the death penalty.
by Simon Morton | 24 Jul, 2018 | Careers, Company News, General News
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