Posts By: pareekc

Andre Clovis of Tuckers Solicitors’ Police Actions Department, assisted by Lucinda Hawthorn, acts for Alina Dulgheriu who is challenging the Public Spaces Protection Order (PSPO) imposed by Ealing Council. The PSPO prevents pro-life vigils offering support from being held outside the abortion clinic on Mattock Lane, thereby restricting Alina and others’ rights to freedom of… Read more »

If you are being sentenced for an offence, the court will be aware of, and may take into account, any previous convictions you have. Whether this has any impact upon the sentence passed will very much depend on the date of those convictions and the relevance of any previous convictions to the most recent offence…. Read more »

Unauthorised use of a registered trademark is a criminal offence, so selling fake goods at a car boot sale or online can get you into serious trouble. Few people are aware of the offences that can be committed, and ignorance is usually no defence. This article seeks to explain the background to some offences in… Read more »

In 2016 legislation was brought in banning the production, sale, distribution and supply of psychoactive substances. Within that legislation there was a requirement for the government to review the law to measure any changes in outcomes before and after the law was introduced, to see if its aims were being achieved. That review has just… Read more »

We have seen hacking in the news a great deal over the last couple of years, for example in the context of the 2016 US Presidential elections and in connection with the extradition case for the hacker Lauri Love.  At the other end of the spectrum there are cases involving police officers unlawfully accessing police… Read more »

The Human Rights Act is 20 years old this year. Its name is often used in vain, “it’s against my human rights!” or blamed for something that probably isn’t to do with the Act at all. The Act sets out the fundamental rights and freedoms to which everyone in the UK is entitled. Where did… Read more »

Recently due to the rise in murders and serious crimes of violence involving the use of knives, particularly in London, there has been a lot of media attention surrounding the use of police power to stop and search people. So, what are the relevant powers? Section 1 Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 This is… Read more »

What is the matrix? After the London riots in 2011 the Metropolitan Police put together the Gangs Matrix where they kept hold of the information of anyone considered to be a “person of interest”. The Metropolitan Police would take actions such as looking at these persons social media posts along with looking at their previous… Read more »

On coronation street last week the jury returned guilty verdicts in the case of R v Sally Metcalfe, after being caught up in an array of crimes including fraud, money laundering and bribery. As weekly viewers will know, Sally was a pawn in Duncan’s deceiving plan to divert blame elsewhere. Her fate now lies in… Read more »