⚖️ Case Law: Ruling regarding adverse inferences being correctly drawn

In the case of R v Singh 2024 it was held that a robbery conviction was safe where the judge was correct to allow adverse inferences to be drawn...

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📝 Top 100 Standard Offence Wordings Update!

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🆕 New offences of influencing voters at polling booths

This inserts section 62C into the Representation of the People Act 1983, which makes it a summary offence to intend to influence a person from voting in a particular way or refraining from voting.

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🆕 As from 26 April 2024, the 'Terrorgram collective' has been added to the list of proscribed organisations under Schedule 2 to the Terrorism Act 2000.

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❓ New Legal Q&A: Hearsay

If someone gives me the name of a suspect as he knows him personally, but refuses to give a statement for fear of reprisals would this be hearsay?

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⚖️ Case Law: Ruling regarding a death in a work place

In the case of R v Leivers 2023, it was held that the convictions for gross negligence manslaughter and a failure to discharge a duty under the Health and Safety at Work...

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❓ New Legal Q&A: Relevant times

The relevant time is sometimes calculated from the time the arrested person arrives at the police station. Has the term 'arrives at the police station' ever been tested in the courts?

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⚖️ Case Law: Ruling regarding stirring up racial hatred

In the case of R v Shoyemi 2023, it was held that the conviction for stirring up racial hatred was safe where both the legal and factual grounds of appeal raised...

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🆕 The Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (Remedial) Order 2024 replaces section 154 of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, and inserts new section 154A into the Act, providing additional protections to confidential journalistic material.

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❓ New Legal Q&A: Dental Impressions

We are dealing with an attack on a woman where she was bitten by the offender. The injury has been photographed. Can I oblige a suspect to give me a dental impression?

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⚖️ Case Law: Ruling regarding defence to murder of loss of control

In the case of R v Turner 2023, a judge had erred in ruling that insufficient evidence had been adduced with respect to a partial defence to murder...

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❓ New Legal Q&A: Juveniles being held incommunicado

Can a juvenile being held incommunicado / have their right to inform someone of their arrest blocked?

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🆕 Legal Update:

The Public Order Act 2023 (Commencement No. 4) (England and Wales) Regulations 2024, brings certain sections of the Public Order Act 2023 relating to serious disruption prevention orders in force from today, 5 April 2024.

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⚖️ Case Law: Ruling regarding the requirement of a full intoxication direction

In the case of R v Nutt 2023, the conviction for murder was safe where threshold test on the need to provide a full intoxication direction was not met.

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