Posts Categorized: News
What does ‘Good Character’ mean?
The term ‘character’ is often used in criminal law, mostly determining whether someone is a good or bad character. A ‘bad character’ is someone who could have their previous convictions used against them in order to persuade a jury that they are guilty. If someone does not have any previous convictions, to their advantage, they… Read more »
Knife Crime – New Stop and Search System
Knife crime within the UK is becoming more common. Sadiq Khan has recently proposed a new call to action, where stop-and-searches would again become more common in London to help tackle these crimes. More police body-worn cameras used during such searches are supposed to help put the public at ease, that such searches are being… Read more »
Reasonable Punishment – Is smacking a child legal?
Many questions are commonly asked about ‘smacking’ a child, and whether this is legal or not. There have been many laws in place since 1861, which criminalise unlawful violence, but today it is still within the law to scold a child by smacking them. In recent news, Wales has proposed a 12-week consultation where they… Read more »
Restraining Orders – Can they be avoided?
Restraining orders fall under the Protection from Harassment Act 1997. The orders are put in place so that people can feel protected when they feel like they are being harassed, often in cases of domestic violence. In many cases a complainant will “forgive and forget” before the order has been properly discharged. But any contact… Read more »
Appeals Against Sentence – How does it work?
Appeals can be made against sentence to the Court of Appeal from the Crown Court. Circumstances will obviously differ in each case, but it is often straight forward for our solicitors to outline the process for you, depending on whether the appeal relates to a guilty plea or conviction after trial. After sentence, there is… Read more »
Driving Bans – Perverting the course of Justice
‘Perverting the course of Justice’ effectively means lying to the police or court in a way that seeks to hide the commission of an offence or acting in a way to unlawfully discourage others from carrying out their lawful duty of giving evidence to the court. Unsurprisingly, this is highly frowned upon in the justice… Read more »
Christmas at Tuckers!
Over the Christmas period it may be that not all our staff are available – however, our 24 hour line will continue to be operated by office based staff throughout the Christmas period. You can call us any time of day or night on 0845 200 3367. We wish everyone a wonderful Christmas, and obviously… Read more »
Miscarriages of Justice – Liam Allan & the failures in disclosure
Miscarriages of justice on the scale of the case of Liam Allan attract a lot of national media attention and rightly so. There are some very important issues that they raise – and from the point of view of criminal defence lawyers, it is particularly important that these are being raised in the right wing… Read more »
Terrorism allegations – are people always guilty?
There have recently been multiple news articles about the increase in terrorist attacks within the UK in the past year. Statistics say that there has been a 54% increase, with over 400 arrests to terrorism-related offences within the past year, 64 of these being due to the terrorist attacks in London and Manchester – 12… Read more »
Recreational Drugs – What are the chances?
The number of recreational drug uses rapidly increases over the festive period, the most popular substances being cannabis and cocaine. Some people may be encouraged to try these for the first time at parties, (sometimes due to alcohol), or because they genuinely wanted to try it. Despite the apparent short-term joy that come from drug… Read more »