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The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has issued General Licence INT/2026/10050568 under 26 UK autonomous sanctions regulations. The...
The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) has launched a consultation on reforming the whistleblowing framework under the...
The Cabinet Office, together with the AI Security Institute, National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) and Department for Digital, Culture, Media and...
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has announced measures to increase court capacity and reduce delays, including a pilot allowing cases to be transferred...
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...
Variation or discharge of a restraint orderApplication to discharge a restraint orderAny person affected by a restraint order, as well as the person who applied for it, may apply for its discharge. This includes defendants, associated and third parties, and receivers. The suspect or defendant may,
Restraint ordersWhat is a restraint order?A restraint order is a preventive measure imposed in support of any confiscation order that may be or has been made. It is an instrument of statute, provided for in section 40 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA 2002).POCA 2002, s 40 (in providing for
What is the difference between an appeal and a review?What is an appeal?An appeal in insolvency proceedings is no different to an appeal in normal litigation. An appeal will be allowed only if the appeal court is satisfied that the decision of the lower court was 'wrong' or 'unjust because of a
If a rentcharge is shown as being informally exonerated on title information, does this apply to the current registered owner? Or does the informal exoneration only apply to the parties to the document which informally exonerated the rentcharge?This Q&A considers the situation where, at some point
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