The offence of possession of a bladed articleThe offence of having a bladed article in a public place can be tried in either the magistrates' court or...
Discretionary life sentencesA discretionary life sentence is a life sentence given to an offender in respect of an offence for which life imprisonment...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance impacted by the Scottish government’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. For information...
Offence of cheating the public revenueThe offence of cheating the public revenue is a common law offence triable only on indictment. This means that,...
Coronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance impacted by the Scottish government’s response to the COVID-19 outbreak. For information...
The offence of misleading omissionsEngaging in a commercial practice that is a misleading omission is made an offence by the Consumer Protection from...
Under section 143(1)(a) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (RTA 1988), ‘…a person must not use a motor vehicle on a road or other public place unless there...
STOP PRESS: The Department for Transport has introduced new statutory standards for taxi and private hire vehicles (PHV) across England and Wales to...
Driving other than in accordance with a licence is an offence, contrary to section 87(1) of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (RTA 1988) and Schedule 2 to the...
Section 5A of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (RTA 1988) is a summary offence that came into force in March 2015 and is a strict liability offence avoiding...
Defendant to raise their defenceA number of defences may apply in road traffic cases. These include:•automatism•insanity•duress and necessity, and•the...
Causing death by driving while disqualifiedSection 3ZC of the Road Traffic Act 1988 (RTA 1988) creates a separate offence of causing death by driving...
Causing death by careless or inconsiderate drivingIf a person drives a car carelessly or without consideration for other road users and their driving...
STOP PRESS: All offenders convicted on or after 1 December 2020 must be sentenced under the provisions of the Sentencing Code, regardless of the date...
This Practice Note explains how the proportion of alcohol in a driver’s system at the time they were driving, rather than at the time that the breath...