by Levy Solicitors | Jul 23, 2018 | Data Protection
Cliff Richard, Privacy and the Data Protection Act In July 2014 the BBC filmed a search of Sir Cliff Richard’s property by the South Yorkshire Police. He was not arrested for any offence. South Yorkshire Police provided the BBC with information that enabled them to be...
by Levy Solicitors | Jul 18, 2018 | Crime
Consent It should be easy enough, shouldn’t it? Yes or no? As always, life and the law are more complicated than that, and the issue of consent is not so simple. What is consent? A person consents if she or he agrees by choice and has the freedom and capacity to make...
by Levy Solicitors | Jul 18, 2018 | Laws
It’s health and safety gone mad! Or is it? The Health and Safety Executive is the national regulator for workplace health and safety. Interestingly, on its website, there is a page for debunking health and safety myths, such as the one where flags were banned from...
by Levy Solicitors | Jul 14, 2018 | Crime
Explosives Rather than Guy Fawkes or his modern-day counterparts many of the recent cases involving explosives have been in relation to thefts from cash machines. The law is old but still very relevant today; it may not be appreciated that a separate, more serious...
by Levy Solicitors | Jul 5, 2018 | Crime
New Sentencing Guideline Issued The Sentencing Council has published new definitive guidelines for intimidatory offences, it will take effect in respect to all cases sentenced on or after 1 October 2018, so may well affect your current case. Sentencing Council member...