by Levy Solicitors | Oct 30, 2019 | Law
Unduly Lenient Sentences – Scheme to Be Extended The government has announced changes to the Unduly Lenient Sentence (‘ULS’) Scheme. There are certain offences where the prosecution (via the Attorney General) can ask the Court of Appeal to review a...
by Levy Solicitors | Oct 28, 2019 | Law
Getting Tough on Health and Safety A number of recent cases indicate an increasingly robust approach to health and safety law breaches. Company Director Robert Harvey was imprisoned for ten months following an accident where a fellow worker was crushed to death by an...
by Levy Solicitors | Oct 23, 2019 | Law
Terrorism Offences – Tougher Sentences on the Way The Sentencing Council is consulting on revised sentencing guidelines for several terrorism offences. This is on the face of it a surprising move given that a definitive guideline was only recently implemented....
by Levy Solicitors | Oct 21, 2019 | Law
Stop and Search The police, with the support of the Home Office, are making more extensive use of stop and search powers. This new approach is partly due to rising public and political concern about knife crime. A hitherto little-used power to extend the use of stop...
by Levy Solicitors | Oct 16, 2019 | Law
Public Order – New Sentencing Guidelines New sentencing guidelines for public order offences come in to force for adults sentenced on or after 1 January 2020. In August 2008, the Sentencing Guidelines Council published Magistrates’ Court Sentencing Guidelines...
