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Corporate Crime analysis: Martyn’s Law, formally The Terrorism (Protection of Premises) Act 2025, sets out security requirements for businesses to...
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has issued two general trade licences permitting certain activities otherwise prohibited under the Russia...
A round-up of the latest environmental enforcement, including a waste carrier being fined after depositing thousands of tonnes of waste at an illegal...
A round-up of the latest health and safety prosecutions, including an offshore firm fined £267,000 after a worker fell through a missing deck grate...
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...
Does an employer have a duty to report crimes committed by its employees?There is no general obligation placed on individuals or organisations to report crimes in England and Wales. An employer is subject to the same general moral duty which every citizen has to report crime.However, there are
Intimate searchesAuthorising and ordering intimate searchesAn intimate search is the physical examination of any of the suspect’s body orifices other than the mouth. This is a physical intrusion, not simply a visual examination. Only a suspect who is under arrest and in police detention can be
Breach of police bailThis Practice Note deals with breach of police bail conditions and failure to surrender to the police station or to court following release on bail from the police station. For information on police bail generally, see Practice Notes: Police bail, Applicable bail period and How
Applications for the return of property seized during criminal investigationsAny informal request or formal application for the return of property seized by an investigating authority during a criminal investigation will depend on the authority under which the property was seized and whether the
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