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The Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs (Defra) has published a policy paper outlining plans to introduce mandatory due diligence...
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has announced an investigation into Internet Mobile Communications Limited (IMC), a technology company based in...
The National Crime Agency (NCA) has announced that Thalha Jubair and Owen Flowers pleaded guilty to carrying out a cyber attack on Transport for...
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has successfully opposed an application by former London Mining executives, Rachel Rhodes and Ariel Armon, to recover...
Common assault and batteryThe offences of common assault and batteryTechnically, the offences of assault and battery are separate summary offences. An...
AffrayAffray is an offence created by the Public Order Act 1986 (POA 1986). It can be tried in either the magistrates’ court or the Crown Court. The...
Self defenceSelf defenceSelf defence is an absolute defence based on the evidence which can apply in crimes committed by force. Section 76 of the...
Assault occasioning actual bodily harmThe offence of actual bodily harmThe offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) can be tried in...
Appeal on fresh evidence in criminal casesThe interests of justice testThe single test for allowing an appeal against conviction is whether the conviction is unsafe. If the grounds of appeal submitted refer to fresh evidence which was not adduced at trial, the same test applies. Under section 23 of
Judicial review of magistrates' court and Crown Court decisionsAdministrative court review of criminal proceedingsJudicial review is a process by which the courts exercise a supervisory jurisdiction over the exercise of public functions by public bodies. Proceedings normally take
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
Contributory negligence in personal injury claimsContributory negligence is a partial defence which can lead to a discount in damages.Other defences may also be relevant. See Practice Notes: Did the claimant consent to the risk of injury? and Was the claimant involved in an illegal activity?If a
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