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The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 (Commencement No 9 and Transitional and Saving Provisions) Regulations 2026, SI 2026/1015, bring into force on 30...
The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has published the Chief Coroner’s Annual Report 2025, submitted by Her Honour Judge Alexia Durran. The report records...
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) has announced that Christopher Woolcott has pleaded guilty to four counts of fraud and forgery after creating a...
Corporate Crime analysis: The Divisional Court held that section 37(1) of the Environment Act 1995 (EA 1995) does not confer an unlimited prosecution...
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...
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
Civil recovery orders under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002Civil recovery of property, which represents criminal property derived from unlawful conductCivil recovery is the name given to the powers under Part 5 of the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 (POCA 2002) to freeze and obtain an order for recovery
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
Late payment penalties—inheritance taxWhile interest often accrues on overdue tax, the late payment of certain taxes may also attract a penalty. For information on the interest accruing on overdue tax, see Practice Notes: IHT—payment deadlines on death—Interest on IHT and Interest on late paid
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