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Money laundering offences—tipping off and prejudicing an investigation

Tipping off and prejudicing an investigationIt would undermine the benefit to the authorities if, a suspicious activity report (SAR) having been made,...

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...

Pre-sentence reports

Pre-sentence reportsA pre-sentence report (PSR) is a report usually prepared by the National Probation Service (NPS) with a view to assisting the...

Absolute and conditional discharge

What is an absolute discharge?An absolute discharge is the most lenient sentence available to the court and is imposed where the court is satisfied...

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Exclusion of unfair evidence in criminal proceedings

The test for exclusion under PACE 1984, s 78An accused has no entitlement to have evidence excluded simply because it has been obtained unlawfully. To...

Produced in partnership with Hannah Thomas of 2 Hare Court 12th Jan

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Active bribery, passive bribery and bribing foreign public officials

The purpose of this Practice Note is to provide a general understanding of the offences under section 1, 2 and 6 of the Bribery Act 2010 (BA 2010). It...

Produced in partnership with Joanne Kane of Carmelite Chambers 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

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Trials under the Scottish solemn procedure

Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance impacted by the Scottish government’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. For information...

Produced in partnership with Craig Findlater of Black Chambers and Stephen O'Rourke QC of Terra Firma Chambers 12th Jan

Scottish Law

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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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Compensation orders in criminal cases

What is compensation?A compensation order is defined in the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 (PCC(S)A 2000), to mean an order which...

9th Nov

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Boiler room fraud

What is a boiler room fraud?Boiler rooms are the names ascribed to high pressure sales environments. The idea is that the sales environment creates...

9th Nov

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Corporate manslaughter—prosecutions tracker

This Practice Note provides a summary of key corporate manslaughter prosecutions and convictions under section 1 of the Corporate Manslaughter and...

9th Nov

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Serious crime prevention orders

Serious crime prevention orders (SCPOs) were created by Part 1 of the Serious Crime Act 2007 (SCA 2007) and are civil orders used against those...

9th Nov

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Voluntary bill of indictment

Voluntary bill of indictmentAn indictment may, exceptionally, be preferred (ie served on a Crown Court) by the direction or with the consent of a High...

9th Nov

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Offending behaviour programmes

Offending behaviour programmesAn accreditation system for offending behaviour programmes (OBPs) was introduced by the prison service in 1996. OBPs are...

Produced in partnership with Simon Creighton of Bhatt Murphy Solicitors 12th Jan

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Fraud by failure to disclose and abuse of position

Fraud by failure to disclose information while under a legal duty to do so An offence of fraud by failure to disclose is committed where a...

9th Nov

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Obtaining services dishonestly under the Fraud Act 2006

Obtaining services dishonestlyIt is an offence for a defendant to obtain, by any dishonest act, services for which payment is required, with intent to...

9th Nov

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Obtaining third-party disclosure in criminal proceedings

Forthcoming Change: The Attorney General’s Guidelines on Disclosure and the CPIA Code of Practice have been updated and reissued but are not yet in...

Produced in partnership with David McNeill of 5 St Andrew's Hill 12th Jan

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Solemn procedure in Scottish criminal proceedings

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Produced in partnership with Craig Findlater of Black Chambers and Stephen O'Rourke QC of Terra Firma Chambers 12th Jan

Scottish Law

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Criminal trial held in the absence of the defendant

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9th Nov

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Environmental Permitting Regulations 2016—enforcement, offences and civil sanctions

Coronavirus (COVID-19): To help businesses cope with the disruption caused by Coronavirus, COVID-19, the Environment Agency (EA) has published a...

Produced in partnership with Craig Burman of Schofield Sweeney 9th Apr

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Conducting a product recall—general consumer goods

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

Produced in partnership with Tom Fox of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer 9th Apr

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Conducting a product recall—food and drink

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

Produced in partnership with Tom Fox of Arnold & Porter Kaye Scholer 9th Apr

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Heritage prosecutions

Offences against heritage propertyHeritage crime is defined as 'any offence which harms the value of heritage assets and their settings for this and...

9th Apr

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Sale of intoxicating substances and lighter refills to persons aged under 18

The offence of the sale of intoxicating substances and butane cigarette lighter refills to persons aged under 18Section 1(1) of the Intoxicating...

9th Apr

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Sale of fireworks offences

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

9th Apr

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Enforcement of the Consumer Protection Act 1987

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

9th Apr

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An introductory guide to environmental criminal liability

This Practice Note provides an introduction to environmental criminal liability, offences and the different stages of the criminal process from...

Produced in partnership with Jeremy Phillips and Charles Forrest of Francis Taylor Building 9th Apr

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Food information and food labelling law

Impact of Brexit on food labelling lawAs of exit day (31 January 2020), the UK ceased to be an EU Member State. However, in accordance with the...

Produced in partnership with Giles Bedloe, Barrister, of 9 Gough Chambers and Dominic Watkins of DWF LLP 9th Apr

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Appealing an abatement notice

Statutory nuisance leading to abatement noticeA local authority has a duty to inspect its area from time to time for any statutory nuisances, and...

Produced in partnership with Jeremy Phillips QC and Charles Forrest of Francis Taylor Building 9th Apr

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General Product Safety Regulations 2005

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

9th Apr

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Enforcement of the General Product Safety Regulations 2005

IP COMPLETION DAY: 11pm (GMT) on 31 December 2020 marks the end of the Brexit transition/implementation period entered into following the UK’s...

9th Apr

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Sentencing organisations for food safety and food hygiene offences

This Practice Note reviews the parts of the Sentencing Council’s offence-specific guidelines which are used by the magistrates’ courts and Crown...

Produced in partnership with Richard Heller of Drystone Chambers 9th Apr

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Single justice procedure

The introduction of trial by a single justice was a response to a belief, on the part of the government, that the use of two or three justices to deal...

Produced in partnership with Quinton Newcomb of Fulcrum Chambers 9th Apr

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Sentencing individuals for food safety and food hygiene offences

This Practice Note reviews the parts of the Sentencing Council’s offence-specific guidelines which are used by the magistrates’ courts and Crown...

Produced in partnership with Richard Heller of Drystone Chambers 9th Apr

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Summary of offences under the Licensing Act 2003

All of the offences under the Licensing Act 2003 (LA 2003) are summary-only offences, triable only in the magistrates' court, which normally have to...

Produced in partnership with Jonathan Smith of Poppleston Allen 9th Apr

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