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How to Choose the Right Solicitor
When dealing with any criminal case, it is vital that you have the correct professional support in order to ensure a successful resolution to the problem. Criminal investigations and proceedings can be very stressful, and this stress often backfires on the rest of the relatives and families too. The earlier, the better It is important… Read more »
Shaken Baby Syndrome – Challenging the experts
Cases relating to allegation of child deaths caused by shaken baby syndrome are amongst the most complex to come before the criminal courts. The unlawful death of a child is always deeply traumatic. For some parents, it represents a deeply personal tragedy, compounded by the nightmare of a criminal trial. By far the majority of… Read more »
Knife Crime – Sentencing Changes
As a reaction to high profile knife crime with a number of stabbings having taken place over the last few weeks, resulting in deaths and injury, there are going to be changes to sentencing – seemingly intent on using deterrent sentences to discourage knife possession. The Sentencing Council has issued new guidelines for knife crime… Read more »
The Dog Death Penalty
What is a dog death penalty and how are they issued? ‘Dangerous dogs’ are defined as dogs that are ‘dangerously out of control’, although many believe that the only reason why some dogs are dangerous is because of the way they are handled by their owners. There is a law specifically for dangerous dog offences… Read more »
“Stop and Scan” – New Fingerprint Scanner System
A new fingerprint scanner system is going to be brought to use on the streets by West Yorkshire Police after trialling the system for 3 weeks. The purpose of the new system is to check the identity of an unknown person quicker. Their fingerprint will be compared against over the 12 million police records, meaning… Read more »
Historic Sex Abuse – Your Questions Answered
In recent years, the UK has seen a wave of allegations of sex abuse as a result of the BBC scandal which was sparked when floods of allegations were made against Jimmy Savile in 2012, one year after his death. This led to something of a witch hunt, where we saw a number of high-profile… Read more »
Why is it Vital to Instruct the Best Lawyer to Defend you at the Beginning of a Sexual Allegations Case?
Being detained, arrested or charged with a criminal offence is often one of the most confusing and stressful experiences an individual is likely to encounter. For many of our clients, allegations have surfaced from historical events or are otherwise unexpected, resulting in quite a shock for clients and their loved ones. In all situations, it… Read more »
What does the “Right to be Forgotten” mean?
Rehabilitation is a central principle of our justice system. It means that after someone has committed a crime and dealt with the consequences, they have the ability to move on. However this does depend on the seriousness of the crime; For example, if someone has been convicted of murder or rape, it is difficult for them to to move on particularly with press, TV news and social media in the way seemingly… Read more »
Disclosure chaos – Fraud case collapses
Failures in disclosure in the criminal justice system have been front page news in the last few weeks. The high profile collapsed trial of Liam Allen has been followed by others. Last week, Alison Saunders, the Director of Public Prosecution, announced that all rape and serious sex offence cases will be reviewed with a view… Read more »
INQUEST – Review into Sarah Burke’s death
Karen Rogers, head of Tuckers Inquest team, will represent the family of Sarah Burke, along with Tim Stoate of Garden Court Chambers, when the hearing into her death opens on Monday. Supported by national charity INQUEST the hearing will explore the care issues in prisons at Drake Hall and Peterborough after Sarah Burke died 8… Read more »