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Recklessness in criminal cases

What is recklessness?In respect of some statutory offences and common law crimes the prosecution are required to prove a mental element of...

Written basis of plea and Newton hearings

When defendants are guilty, they have a choice to plead guilty or to put the prosecution to proof. When they plead guilty they may benefit from a...

Transferred malice

The principle of transferred maliceIf a person has a malicious intent towards X and, in carrying out that intent, injures Y, he is guilty of an...

Fraud by false representation

Fraud by false representationFraud by false representation applies to a broader range of conduct than the offences under the preceding legislation...

Practice notes

Conspiracy to defraud

Offence of conspiracy to defraudConspiracy to defraud is a common law offence which was expressly preserved by section 5(2) of the Criminal Law Act...

9th Nov

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Common assault and battery

The offences of common assault and batteryTechnically, the offences of assault and battery are separate summary offences. An assault is committed when...

9th Nov

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Pre-trial and case management hearings in the Crown Court

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020). CA 2020, among other...

Produced in partnership with 25 Bedford Row 12th Jan

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Assault occasioning actual bodily harm

The offence of actual bodily harmThe offence of assault occasioning actual bodily harm (ABH) can be tried in either the magistrates' court or the...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Possession with intent to supply

Possession with intent to supply a controlled drugIt is an offence for a person to have a controlled drug in his possession, whether lawfully or not,...

Produced in partnership with Red Lion Chambers 12th Jan

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Competence and compellability of witnesses in criminal proceedings

Competency—general ruleThe most common way for evidence to be adduced is through the testimony of a witness. A witness is said to be competent if they...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Extreme pornography

Possessing extreme pornographySimple possession of extreme pornography is an offence under section 63 of the Criminal Justice and Immigration Act 2008...

9th Nov

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Failing to surrender, absconding and breach of bail conditions

Bench warrantsThe Bail Act 1976 (BA 1976) provides that if a defendant fails to appear at court to answer bail, the court may issue a warrant for...

9th Nov

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Grounds for refusing bail

The right to bailThe Bail Act 1976 (BA 1976) gives a general right to bail to:•any person appearing before a magistrates’ court, youth court or Crown...

9th Nov

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Forfeiture

The power of the court to order the forfeiture of property under the PCC(S)A 2000The Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 is the principal...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Cash seizure and detention

Changes under CFA 2017The Criminal Finances Act 2017 (CFA 2017) received Royal Assent on 27 April 2017 and made various changes to Part 5 of the...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Indications on sentence

Judicial independence is fundamental to the rule of law. The integrity of the criminal justice system depends on a fair and public hearing by an...

9th Nov

Practice notes

Cheating the public revenue

Offence of cheating the public revenueThe offence of cheating the public revenue is a common law offence triable only on indictment. This means that,...

9th Nov

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Appealing a conviction in the Crown Court

This Practice Note explains the right of defendants who have been convicted in criminal proceedings to appeal against their convictions in the...

Produced in partnership with Doughty Street Chambers 12th Jan

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Non-intimate samples

The police have wide powers to take non-intimate samples from a person under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act 1984 (PACE 1984). Non-intimate...

9th Nov

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Misleading omissions under the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008

The offence of misleading omissionsEngaging in a commercial practice that is a misleading omission is made an offence by the Consumer Protection from...

9th Nov

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Coronavirus (COVID-19)—healthcare tracker

This tracker is focused on healthcare and is intended to be used to track key developments, legislation, guidance, parliamentary briefing notes and...

9th Apr

COVID-19

Practice notes

Care Quality Commission—enforcement powers

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020). CA 2020, among other...

Produced in partnership with Tim Spencer-Lane and Neil Grant of Gordon's Solicitors 9th Apr

Practice notes

Care Quality Commission (CQC)

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020). CA 2020, among other...

Produced in partnership with Tim Spencer-Lane and Neil Grant of Gordon's Solicitors 9th Apr

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Care Quality Commission—inspections and reviews

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects impacted by the Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA 2020). CA 2020, among other...

Produced in partnership with Tim Spencer-Lane and Neil Grant of Gordon's Solicitors 9th Apr

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Ill-treatment and wilful neglect—care worker and care provider offences

This Practice Note analyses the care worker offences brought in by sections 20 and 21 of the Criminal Justice and Courts Act 2015 (CJCA 2015). These...

Produced in partnership with Jeannie Mackie of Doughty Street Chambers 9th Apr

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CQC enforcement tracker

This Practice Note provides a summary of key prosecutions for health and social care offences brought by the Care Quality Commission (CQC) in England...

9th Apr

Q&As

What sanctions can the Care Quality Commission (CQC) impose on a GP practice that refuses to pay registration fees imposed by CQC pursuant to section 78 of the Health and Social Care Act 2008?

along with our subtopic: Regulation of healthcare providers which you may find useful.Under the Health and Social Care Act 2008 (HSCA 2008), the Care...

13th Feb

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