Posts By: pareekc
Counterfeit Currency – You May Pay a Very High Price
In strained financial circumstances, it can be tempting to consider purchasing counterfeit money. While the price of such ‘currency’ fluctuates widely, it is often as low as 25% of the face value, making it a tempting proposition. State currency producers spend millions each year on devising and improving security safeguards, and the fact that counterfeit… Read more »
Modern Slavery – A Defence to Drug Dealing and other offences?
In some cases the Modern Slavery Act 2015 provides a defence to specific criminal charges where it is shown that they were committed under a compulsion due to slavery or exploitation (for over-18s) or as a direct consequence of slavery or exploitation (for under-18s), the test for children being less difficult to establish. What else… Read more »
GPS Electronic Monitoring, Big Brother Will be Watching
The government has announced a national rollout of GPS electronic tagging which will mean 24/7 location monitoring of those wearing the tag. The tag is now available in three Probation areas; the North West, Midlands and North East. Location monitoring will go live in the South East, South West and Wales by April 2019. There… Read more »
New Anti-Terrorism Powers
The Counter-Terrorism and Border Security Act 2019 has completed its parliamentary journey and will, in the main, come in to effect over the next few months. The Home Secretary Sajid Javid claims that the Act: ‘…ensures sentencing for certain terrorism offences can properly reflect the severity of the crimes, as well as preventing re-offending and… Read more »
Ex-IPCC Commissioner Jennifer Izekor responds to police investigation into allegations of evidence suppression
STATEMENT BY JENNIFER IZEKOR February 14th 2019 “What has happened to me as a Black Female Commissioner of the IPCC raises significant questions about the approach of the MPS DPS in dealing with allegations of discrimination and racism against their officers by members of the public. Given that this is the 20th anniversary of the… Read more »
Pensions – Time to Rethink Corporate Responsibility
The government has published proposals to punish individuals who mishandle pension scheme management. Two new offences are proposed. The first will target individuals within firms who wilfully or recklessly mishandle pension schemes, endangering their workers’ pensions, by things such as chronic mismanagement of a business; or allowing huge unsustainable deficits/(losses) to build up; or taking… Read more »
Drug Detection and Prisons
The government has announced that drug detection scanners are being introduced at ten of the “most challenging” prisons. The technology will be used to detect drugs on clothes, paper and mail. It will be able to detect otherwise invisible traces of substances that have been soaked into clothes or letters in an attempt to bypass… Read more »
Review of the Parole Board
The Parole Board is an independent body that carries out risk assessments on prisoners serving certain sentences to determine whether they can be safely released into the community. When a person is considered to be fit for release it means that their risk has been reduced to a level where it is low enough to… Read more »
Causing Death by Dangerous Driving – Sentencing Issues
In a recent case the judge was faced with the task of sentencing 3 offenders for their part in causing the death of 4 people, and seriously injuring 3 others. The main offender Elliot Bower received a total prison sentence of 11 1/2 years. The offence of causing death by dangerous driving carries a maximum… Read more »
Voyeurism and ‘Upskirting’ – Government Acts to Strengthen Law
The Voyeurism (Offences) Bill completed its parliamentary journey on 15th January 2019. As the Act will create new criminal offences, the usual convention is that at least two months will pass before the offence comes in to force. Why was this law passed? This new law deals with ‘upskirting’, which is: ‘…the practice of taking… Read more »