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Common assault and battery

Common assault and battery

Common assault and batteryThe offences of common assault and batteryTechnically, the offences of assault and battery are separate summary offences. An...

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

Assault occasioning actual bodily harmThe offence of actual bodily harmThe offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) can be tried in...

What happens when a client receives a custodial sentence?

What happens when a client receives a custodial sentence?

What happens when a client receives a custodial sentence?This Practice Note reflects the procedural code for sentencing offenders in England and Wales...

Self defence

Self defence

Self defenceSelf defenceSelf defence is an absolute defence based on the evidence which can apply in crimes committed by force. Section 76 of the...

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Pre-sentence reports

Pre-sentence reportsThis Practice Note reflects the procedural code for sentencing offenders in England and Wales (Sentencing Code) that applies from...
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19th May
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Unlawful wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harm

Unlawful wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harmThe offence of unlawful wounding or inflicting grievous bodily harmThe offence of unlawful...
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19th May
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Sentencing guidelines for sexual offences

Sentencing guidelines for sexual offencesThe Sentencing Council (SC) produces guidance on sentencing for courts in England and Wales in the form of...
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19th May
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GOC—interim orders

GOC—interim ordersInterim ordersThe GOC’s Fitness to Practise Committee (FTPC) may impose an interim order in respect of a registrant if it is...
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19th May
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Mandatory life sentences

Mandatory life sentencesThis Practice Note reflects the procedural code for sentencing offenders in England and Wales (Sentencing Code) that applies...
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19th May
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Conspiracy

ConspiracyThere are three main inchoate offences in English law: •conspiracy—where at least two people have agreed to commit a crime•attempt—where the...
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19th May
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Admissibility of defendant's bad character in criminal proceedings

Admissibility of defendant's bad character in criminal proceedingsWhat is bad character?The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (CJA 2003) governs the...
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19th May
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Non-intimate samples

Non-intimate samplesThe police have wide powers to take non-intimate samples from a person under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE...
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19th May
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Privilege against self-incrimination

Privilege against self-incriminationBackgroundThe concept of privilege against self-incrimination, which is commonly referred to as one distinct...
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Produced in partnership with Aine Kervick and Will Hayes of Kingsley Napley LLP 19th May
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Breach of a suspended sentence

Breach of a suspended sentenceThis Practice Note reflects the procedural code for sentencing offenders in England and Wales (Sentencing Code) that...
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19th May
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Corporate criminal liability

Corporate criminal liabilityThis Practice Note deals with what is meant by corporate liability in relation to criminal law. It covers establishing...
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19th May

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19th May
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Indications on sentence

Indications on sentenceJudicial independence is fundamental to the rule of law. The integrity of the criminal justice system depends on a fair and...
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19th May
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Excluding evidence of bad character

Excluding evidence of bad characterExcluding evidence of the defendant's 'bad character' under CJA 2003, s 101(3)Where evidence of a defendant's bad...
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Produced in partnership with Hannah Thomas of 2 Hare Court 19th May
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Commencing criminal proceedings—applying for the issue of a summons

Commencing criminal proceedings—applying for the issue of a summonsAll criminal cases begin in the magistrates' court however serious the offence....
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19th May
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Supplying a controlled drug and offering to supply

Supplying a controlled drug and offering to supplyThe offence of supplying controlled drugs The section 4 of the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971 (MDA 1971)...
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19th May

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Sentencing for corporate manslaughter

Sentencing for corporate manslaughterThe Sentencing Council has published an offence-specific sentencing guideline for corporate manslaughter which,...
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30th Jul
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Involuntary manslaughter

Involuntary manslaughterInvoluntary manslaughter—introductionManslaughter can be classified as either voluntary or involuntary. Voluntary manslaughter...
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30th Jul
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Corporate manslaughter—prosecutions tracker

Corporate manslaughter—prosecutions trackerThis Practice Note provides a summary of key corporate manslaughter prosecutions and convictions under...
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30th Jul
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Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015

Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015The Construction (Design and Management) Regulations 2015 (the Regulations) came into force on 6...
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Produced in partnership with Gowling WLG 30th Jul
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What happens after an incident on site?

What happens after an incident on site?The immediate aftermath of an incidentDepending on the nature of the incident, first thoughts should, of...
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30th Jul
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Corporate manslaughter—the offence

Corporate manslaughter—the offenceThe Corporate Manslaughter and Corporate Homicide Act 2007 (CMCHA 2007) extends to the whole of the United Kingdom...
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30th Jul
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Appealing sentences passed in health and safety cases

Appealing sentences passed in health and safety casesThere are procedural requirements that practitioners must be aware of when appealing sentences...
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Produced in partnership with David Travers QC and Nicholas Ostrowski, Barrister of 6 Pump Court Chambers 30th Jul
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Electrical safety—essential requirements

Electrical safety—essential requirementsWhat are the hazards?Around 1000 electrical accidents are reported to the Health and Safety Executive (HSE)...
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30th Jul
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Levying payment for safety equipment

Levying payment for safety equipmentLevying payment for safety equipmentEmployers have a series of duties imposed upon them by the Health and Safety...
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30th Jul
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Procedure at coroners’ inquests

Procedure at coroners’ inquestsCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance impacted by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020). CA 2020,...
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Produced in partnership with James Robottom of 7BR 30th Jul
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Duty to take reasonable care and interfering with safety

Duty to take reasonable care and interfering with safetyInterfering with safety offenceEvery employee is under a duty, while at work, to take...
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30th Jul
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Fire safety developments following the Grenfell Tower fire

Fire safety developments following the Grenfell Tower fireThis Practice Note sets out key developments in relation to fire safety following the...
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30th Jul
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Challenging the conclusions or findings of coroners’ inquests

Challenging the conclusions or findings of coroners’ inquestsAs there is no route for a statutory appeal from the coroner’s court, the supervisory...
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Produced in partnership with Louise Jones of Guildhall Chambers, Bristol 30th Jul
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Ill-treatment and wilful neglect—care worker and care provider offences

Ill-treatment and wilful neglect—care worker and care provider offencesThis Practice Note analyses the care worker offences brought in by sections 20...
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Produced in partnership with Jeannie Mackie of Doughty Street Chambers 30th Jul
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Interview under caution

Interview under cautionCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by the response to the COVID-19...
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30th Jul
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Preparation for an inquest

Preparation for an inquestWhile it is well known that a coroner controls an investigation into a person’s death, the modern approach to inquest...
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Produced in partnership with Dominic Adamson QC of Temple Garden Chambers 30th Jul
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Health and safety law and the self-employed

Health and safety law and the self-employedPrior to 1 October 2015, the self-employed were obliged to protect themselves and others from any risks to...
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30th Jul
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Sentencing organisations for health and safety offences

Sentencing organisations for health and safety offencesThe Health and Safety at Work etc Act 1974 (HSWA 1974) applies to employers and self employed...
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Produced in partnership with David Travers QC and Nicholas Ostrowski, Barrister of 6 Pump Court Chambers 30th Jul
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Sentencing individuals convicted of gross negligence manslaughter

Sentencing individuals convicted of gross negligence manslaughterGross negligence manslaughter is a common law offence and occurs when the...
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Produced in partnership with David Travers QC and Nicholas Ostrowski, Barrister of 6 Pump Court Chambers 30th Jul
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CQC enforcement tracker

CQC enforcement trackerThis Practice Note provides a summary of key prosecutions for health and social care offences brought by the Care Quality...
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28th Jul

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Defects liability period and rectification of defects

Defects liability period and rectification of defects

Defects liability period and rectification of defectsIt is common in construction projects for defects to manifest or appear in the works. Most construction contracts require the contractor to return to site to rectify (also known as ‘make good’) defects which arise or are discovered during a

AML and counter-terrorist financing—source of funds and source of wealth

AML and counter-terrorist financing—source of funds and source of wealth

AML and counter-terrorist financing—source of funds and source of wealthSource of funds and wealth was a key focus of the SRA’s Preventing Money Laundering and Financing of Terrorism thematic review, published in March 2018. Its findings included that:•most firms understood the distinction between

Provisional sums

Provisional sums

Provisional sumsWhat are provisional sums?There is no precise standard definition of provisional sum but it is generally understood to refer to an amount inserted in a bill of quantities, or contract sum analysis, to cover certain items of work that cannot be accurately defined, detailed or valued

Perverting the course of justice

Perverting the course of justice

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