by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | May 7, 2020 | Information
The Far Right & Terrorism When people hear reference to the far-right many would think of racism rather than terrorism. Alice Cutter and Mark Jones were members of the banned far-right group National Action along with Garry Jack, Daniel Ward and Connor Scothern....
by Levy Solicitors | May 7, 2020 | Information
Is Trial by Jury Going to be Abolished? For the last few weeks, since the Coronavirus ‘lockdown’, all jury trials in England and Wales have been stopped. This is not at all surprising given the scale of the pandemic and the requirement for social...
by Levy Solicitors | Apr 15, 2020 | Information
Will Coronavirus Be a ‘Get out of Jail’ Card? Before a prosecution is commenced, the Crown Prosecution Service must apply two distinct tests. The first is whether there is sufficient evidence to provide a realistic prospect of conviction; If not, the case does not...
by Levy Solicitors | Apr 14, 2020 | Law
Mitigation The dictionary definition of “to mitigate” is to lessen in force or intensity, to make less severe. Mitigation is the act of reducing how harmful, unpleasant or bad something is, something that causes the court to judge a crime to be less...
by Levy Solicitors | Mar 26, 2020 | Laws
Emergency Laws Now in Force On Wednesday 25th March 2020 the Coronavirus Bill completed all its parliamentary stages, and Royal Assent was signified, bringing in to force an unprecedented piece of emergency legislation. The purpose of the Coronavirus Act is to enable...
