Any informal request or formal application for the return of property seized by an investigating authority during a criminal investigation will depend...
Voluntary bill of indictmentAn indictment may, exceptionally, be preferred (ie served on a Crown Court) by the direction or with the consent of a High...
Discretionary life sentencesA discretionary life sentence is a life sentence given to an offender in respect of an offence for which life imprisonment...
Possessing extreme pornographySimple possession of extreme pornography is an offence under section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008...
BackgroundThe concept of privilege against self-incrimination, which is commonly referred to as one distinct protection, actually arises from a number...
This Practice Note explains the main fitness to practise hearing before the Health and Care Professions Tribunal (HCPT). It deals with preparation for...
Sex trafficking—Modern Slavery Act 2015The Modern Slavery Act 2015 (MSA 2015) provides for an offence of human trafficking for sexual exploitation. It...
Extreme pornographyPossessing extreme pornographySimple possession of extreme pornography is an offence under section 63 of the Criminal Justice and...
Categories of indecent images—summaryOffences pre-2007Before 14 May 2007, the guidelines for the sentencing of indecent image cases were to be found...
Sexual harm prevention ordersSTOP PRESS: All offenders convicted on or after 1 December 2020 must be sentenced under the provisions of the Sentencing...
Sexual assaultThe 'old' law and the current lawThe old law is in three periods depending when offences were committed:•1 January 1957 to 21 December...
Revenge porn—disclosing private sexual photographs and filmsOn 13 April 2015, section 33 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (CJCA 2015) came...
Obscene publicationsObscene publication offencePublication and distribution of obscene material is prohibited under the Obscene Publications Act 1959...
Risk of sexual harm orders [Archived]ARCHIVED: This archived Practice Note is not being maintained. Repeal and transitional provisionsRisk of Sexual...
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