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The Insolvency Service announced that Leanne Richardson, director of ESL Consultancy Services Ltd, has been disqualified for six years for supervising...
The Insolvency Service has announced that Ishfaq Hussain, sole director of Bradford-based Reeson Homes Ltd, has been sentenced for fraudulently...
The Joint Money Laundering Steering Group (JMLSG) has published proposed amendments to Part I of its Guidance to reflect the Money Laundering and...
The Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) has announced that Declan Nowell, the company director for an unregistered Forex investment scheme called...
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...
Calculating time spent on remand or on tagged bailTime spent on remandWhere an offender is given a determinate custodial sentence (ie a sentence of imprisonment for a fixed period of time), the amount of time spent on remand in custody to be counted towards their sentence must be calculated and
Written basis of plea and Newton hearingsWhen defendants accept that they 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 reduction in their sentence as a result, see Practice Note: Credit for guilty plea. However, the
Discretionary life sentencesDiscretionary life sentencesA discretionary life sentence is a life sentence given to an offender in respect of an offence for which life imprisonment (or custody for life) is available but not fixed by law.A number of offences carry life imprisonment, eg manslaughter,
Amendment and revocation of community ordersRevocation for breach of community orderUnder paragraphs 10 and 11 of Schedule 10 Part 2 to the Sentencing Act 2020 (SA 2020), a Crown Court or magistrates' court has the power to revoke a community order and resentence where an offender has failed,
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