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The National Crime Agency (NCA) has announced that three individuals have been sentenced following its investigation into fraud involving contracts to...
Dispute Resolution analysis: the High Court held that Chinese law governed the underlying proprietary rights asserted by victims of a Chinese...
The Insolvency Service has updated its enforcement outcomes management information for September 2026. The data shows that there were 65 director...
The Department for Business, Innovation, Science and Trade (BIST) has published a notice announcing that the Export Control Joint Unit (ECJU) has...
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...
Corporate manslaughter—prosecutions trackerThis Practice Note provides a summary of key corporate manslaughter prosecutions and convictions under section 1 of the Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (CMCHA 2007) and provides brief case outlines. This tracker is intended to assist
Powers of the coronerTypes of coronerCoroners are independent judicial officers. Coroners must now be lawyers, although previously medical doctors were appointed and some remain in post. The types of coroner are:•the Chief Coroner•senior coroners•area coroners•assistant coronersThe position of the
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
Strike out—making an application to strike out a statement of caseA strike out order can be made either following an application by the parties or on the court's own initiative. This Practice Note deals with the scenario of the order being made following a party's application.Making an application
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