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A round-up of the latest health and safety prosecutions, including a vehicle maintenance company in Worcestershire fined after a worker was crushed by...
Spotlight on Corruption has published an analysis of recent government changes to the rules governing how UK firms mitigate and manage money...
Commercial analysis: On 15 April 2026, the Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) issued the outcome of one of the investigations that it launched in...
The Serious Fraud Office (SFO) has published its 2026–27 Business Plan, marking the midpoint of its five-year strategy and outlining how it will...
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...
Perverting the course of justiceElements of the offence of perverting the course of justicePerverting the course of justice is a common law offence which can only be tried on indictment in the Crown Court. The elements of the offence are:•a person acts or embarks on a course of conduct•which has a
Admissibility of hearsay evidence in criminal proceedings—statements in documentsStatements in business and other documentsSection 117 of the Criminal Justice Act 2003 (CJA 2003) governs the admissibility of:•business records, and•documents prepared for pending or contemplated criminal proceedings
Witness intimidationIntimidation of witnesses and jurorsIntimidation of witnesses and/or jurors is an offence under section 51 of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994 (CJPOA 1994). An offence is committed where a defendant:•does an act which intimidates, and is intended to intimidate,
Good character directions in criminal proceedingsEvidence of a defendant's good character in criminal proceedings is admissible and can go to either propensity or credibility or both:•propensity—the defendant is unlikely to have committed the offence with which they are accused•credibility—the
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