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Wounding or causing grievous bodily harm with intent

Wounding or causing grievous bodily harm with intent

Wounding or causing grievous bodily harm with intentThe offence of causing grievous bodily harm with intentWounding or causing grievous bodily harm...

Threats to kill

Threats to kill

Threats to killThe offence of threats to killThe offence of threats to kill is an offence which can be tried in the magistrates' court or the Crown...

Burglary

Burglary

BurglaryBurglaryIn most cases burglary is an either-way offence and so it can be tried in the magistrates' court or the Crown Court.Burglary triable...

Criminal insider dealing (encouraging offence)—a quick guide

Criminal insider dealing (encouraging offence)—a quick guide

Criminal insider dealing (encouraging offence)—a quick guideThis Practice Note is concerned with one of the three criminal offences created under...

Practice notes

Procedure during a Crown Court trial—arraignment, trial requirements and evidence

Procedure during a Crown Court trial—arraignment, trial requirements and evidenceCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance impacted...
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Produced in partnership with Leon Kazakos QC of 2 Hare Court 19th May
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Aggravated vehicle-taking

Aggravated vehicle-takingThe offence of aggravated vehicle-takingA person is guilty of aggravated vehicle taking if:•they take a conveyance without...
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19th May
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Intimate searches

Intimate searchesAuthorising and ordering intimate searchesAn intimate search is the physical examination of any of the suspect’s body orifices other...
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19th May
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Investigatory Powers Tribunal

Investigatory Powers TribunalFor information on the overarching regime for scrunity of the use of powers under the Investigatory Powers Act 2016 (IPA...
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19th May
Practice notes

Disclosure in the magistrates’ court

Disclosure in the magistrates’ courtInitial details of the prosecution case (IDPC)The requirements for service and contents of the initial details of...
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Produced in partnership with David McNeill of 5 St Andrew's Hill and Hannah Thomas of 2 Hare Court 19th May
Practice notes

The indictment

The indictmentThe rules relating to the form of indictments and the procedure for their creation and adoption are contained in the following: •the...
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19th May
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Indecent images of children

Indecent images of childrenThe criminal offencesThe Protection of Children Act 1978 (PCA 1978), the Criminal Justice Act 1988 (CJA 1988) and the...
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19th May
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Applying for the return of seized cash

Applying for the return of seized cashApplication by the person from whom the cash was seizedWhen cash has been seized, an application can be made by...
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19th May
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Possession of controlled drugs

Possession of controlled drugsElements of the offence of possession of controlled drugsIt is an offence for a person to have a controlled drug in...
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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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Intimate Samples

Intimate SamplesIntimate Samples from a detained suspectAn intimate sample is:•a sample of blood, semen or any other tissue fluid, urine or pubic...
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19th May
Practice notes

European Investigation Orders (EIOs)—process [Archived]

European Investigation Orders (EIOs)—process [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not being maintained. Following the end...
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19th May
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Serious crime prevention orders

Serious crime prevention ordersSTOP PRESS: All offenders convicted on or after 1 December 2020 must be sentenced under the provisions of the...
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19th May
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Abuse of process in criminal proceedings

Abuse of process in criminal proceedingsThe procedure for making an application to stay proceedings due to abuse of process is governed by rule 3.28...
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19th May
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Mitigation in the sentencing of criminal offences

Mitigation in the sentencing of criminal offencesOnce a defendant has been convicted of a criminal offence by a criminal court in England and Wales,...
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19th May
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Is an arrest necessary?

Is an arrest necessary?Lawful arrest—human rightsThe right to liberty is a fundamental principle of the Human Rights Act 1998 (HRA 1998), which itself...
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19th May

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Anti-social behaviour—powers to control behaviour

Anti-social behaviour—powers to control behaviourCoronavirus (COVID-19): During the current pandemic, legislation and changes to practice and...
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Produced in partnership with Hardwicke Chambers 31st Jul
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Anti-social behaviour—powers to close premises under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014

Anti-social behaviour—powers to close premises under the Anti-Social Behaviour, Crime and Policing Act 2014Reform of anti-social behaviour powers...
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31st Jul
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Can a company pay for or indemnify one of its directors in relation to a fine which has been imposed on such director following civil or criminal proceedings?

Can a company pay for or indemnify one of its directors in relation to a fine which has been imposed on such director following civil or criminal...
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31st Jul
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How can a director be disqualified as a company director?

How can a director be disqualified as a company director?STOP PRESS: In May 2021 the government announced that the Insolvency Service will be given...
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31st Jul
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Duty to give reasons for and explain the effect of a sentence

Duty to give reasons for and explain the effect of a sentenceThis Practice Note reflects the procedural code for sentencing offenders in England and...
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30th Jul
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Sentences and the power to vary a sentence

Sentences and the power to vary a sentenceCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by the...
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30th Jul
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Parole Board and the test for release

Parole Board and the test for releaseCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on subjects potentially impacted by the response to...
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Produced in partnership with Simon Creighton of Bhatt Murphy Solicitors 30th Jul
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Supervision of offenders post sentence

Supervision of offenders post sentenceSTOP PRESS: All offenders convicted on or after 1 December 2020 must be sentenced under the provisions of the...
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30th Jul
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Sentencing dangerous offenders

Sentencing dangerous offendersThis Practice Note reflects the procedural code for sentencing offenders in England and Wales (Sentencing Code) that...
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30th Jul
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Receiving credit for and review of sentence following assistance given or withheld by the defendant

Receiving credit for and review of sentence following assistance given or withheld by the defendantThis Practice Note reflects the procedural code for...
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30th Jul
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Young offenders and the criminal justice system [Archived]

Young offenders and the criminal justice system [Archived]ARCHIVED: This Practice Note has been archived and is not maintained. For information on...
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30th Jul
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Anti-social behaviour—environmental breaches

Anti-social behaviour—environmental breachesThis Practice Note explains the powers available to deal with anti-social behaviour in an environmental...
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Produced in partnership with Jeremy G Phillips of FTB Chambers and Charles Forrest of FTB Chambers 30th Jul
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Prosecution costs

Prosecution costsThe power to award prosecution costsThere are several ways in which a prosecutor may obtain an order covering their costs of bringing...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Sentencing Council General Guideline—Overarching Principles

Sentencing Council General Guideline—Overarching PrinciplesThis Practice Note reflects the procedural code for sentencing offenders in England and...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

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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30th Jul
Practice notes

Custodial sentences available for adult offenders

Custodial sentences available for adult offendersThis Practice Note reflects the procedural code for sentencing offenders in England and Wales...
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30th Jul
Practice notes

Sentencing guidelines for corporate offenders

Sentencing guidelines for corporate offendersSentencing corporate offendersThe Sentencing Council (SC), whose role it is to issue sentencing...
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30th Jul
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ECHR, art 5(4)—rights and duties

ECHR, art 5(4)—rights and dutiesThe scope of article 5(4) Article 5(4) of the European Convention of Human Rights (ECHR) provides that: 'Everyone who...
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Produced in partnership with Andrew Sperling of SL5 Legal 30th Jul
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Sexual risk orders

Sexual risk ordersSTOP PRESS: All offenders convicted on or after 1 December 2020 must be sentenced under the provisions of the Sentencing Code,...
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Produced in partnership with Monica Stevenson of 25 Bedford Row 30th Jul
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Credit for guilty plea

Credit for guilty pleaCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance impacted by the coronavirus pandemic. The Coronavirus Act 2020 (CA...
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30th Jul

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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

Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)

Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)

Arms length management organisations (ALMOs)An arms length management organisation (ALMO) is a not-for-profit company that provides housing services on behalf of a local housing authority (LHA). Usually an ALMO is set up by the LHA to manage and improve all or part of its housing stock with the LHA

Highways, street works and statutory undertakers

Highways, street works and statutory undertakers

Highways, street works and statutory undertakersCoronavirus (COVID-19): This Practice Note contains guidance on matters that have temporarily been altered to assist in the management of the coronavirus (COVID-19) pandemic. For further information, see: Traffic Orders Procedure (Coronavirus)

Public inquiry procedure

Public inquiry procedure

Public inquiry procedureThe procedure by which a public inquiry is conducted will vary significantly from one inquiry to the next. Even for inquiries established under the Inquiries Act 2005 (IA 2005), the associated inquiry rules are not particularly prescriptive as to how they ought to be