by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Sep 28, 2022 | Information
Custody time limits seek to regulate the maximum period that a person can be held in custody before their trial commencing. Broadly speaking, that period is one of six months. To extend the period beyond six months, the prosecution must have acted with all due...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Sep 28, 2022 | Information
Several offences, such as those involving offensive weapons and blades, have minimum sentencing provisions, resulting in imprisonment for at least six months for many offenders. A question arose as to whether such prison sentences could lawfully be suspended. In the...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Sep 28, 2022 | Court
The trial of former footballer Ryan Giggs ended this week without a verdict. The aim of any trial is for a verdict to be reached on all counts, whether guilty or not guilty. Ideally, a jury will be unanimous in its view. In the Giggs trial, it became apparent that a...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Sep 18, 2022 | Cases
In Meanley [2022] EWCA Crim 1065 the Court of Appeal emphasised the importance of pre-sentence reports when sentencing young offenders. Meanley was 16 ½ at the date of commission of the offences, and 17 at the date of his conviction and sentence. On 29 October 2021,...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Sep 18, 2022 | News
Many people will have heard that barristers are to begin strike action on the 5th of September, intending to continue indefinitely. Because some action was already pencilled in, the reality is that many barristers will conduct no further defence work with effect from...
