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Law360, Expert analysis: On 10 March 2026, the US Department of Justice (DOJ) released its first-ever departmentwide Corporate Enforcement and...
The Department for Business and Trade (DBT) has announced the launch of three consultations on proposed reforms to UK product safety laws, with the...
HM Treasury and the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has amended General Licence INT/2022/2300292 to permit all forms of utility...
The Bar Council and the Criminal Bar Association (CBA) have urged the government to honour its 2024 Labour manifesto promise by establishing...
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...
Self-defenceSelf-defenceSelf-defence is an absolute defence which applies in crimes committed by force, it applies even in cases of murder. If a jury finds that a defendant was acting in self-defence, they will be acquitted. The common law defence of self-defence was incorporated into statute with
AttemptA person is guilty of attempting to commit an offence if they do an act that is more than preparatory to the commission of the offence, with the intention of committing an offence. An attempt is an offence of specific intent. It requires an intention to commit an offence. The offence itself
ConspiracyThere are three main inchoate offences in English law: •conspiracy—where at least two people have agreed to commit a crime•attempt—where the defendant has tried to commit the offence and has got relatively close to achieving the objective (see Practice Note: Attempt), and•encouraging or
What is a cut-throat defence in criminal proceedings?When one defendant in a criminal trial seeks to advance a defence case to the effect that the perpetrator of a criminal act was their co-accused (ie blaming their co-accused), this is called cutting their co-accused’s throat, or a ‘cut throat
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