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Corporate Crime analysis: The UK government’s landmark new anti-money laundering and asset recovery (AMLAR) strategy for 2026-2029 aims to: target...
HM Courts and Tribunals Service (HMCTS) has announced that it will pilot an artificial intelligence (AI) case readiness assistant at Inner London...
The Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) has amended the Oil Price Cap: Exempt Projects and Countries General Licence INT/2022/2470156...
The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has announced that the new ‘Report Receipt of Waste’ service has gone live. More than...
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...
Commencing criminal proceedings—applying for the issue of a summonsAll criminal cases begin in the magistrates' court however serious the offence. There are a number of ways of commencing criminal proceedings in England and Wales:•the defendant may be arrested and charged by the police and required
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
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
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