by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Oct 2, 2023 | Information
On the 12th September 2023, Andrea Leadsom MP posed this question to Edward Argar MP who is a Minister of State in the Ministry of Justice: ‘What conversations has my right hon. Friend had across government to make sure that the sentencing for those convicted of...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Oct 2, 2023 | Information
The outgoing Chief Inspector of Probation has issued a damning report. He is calling for an independent review of whether the Probation Service should return to local control two years on from unification into a national service. The Chief Inspector reports, in an...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Oct 2, 2023 | Information
Possession of nitrous oxide, also known as ‘laughing gas’, will be illegal by the end of the year. The ban was promised as part of the Government’s Anti-Social Behaviour Action Plan, with the Home Secretary urging police forces to get tougher on...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Oct 2, 2023 | Law
Cross-party legal reform charity, JUSTICE has this week published a landmark report describing how the rule of law in the UK has “regressed significantly on multiple fronts” and threatens the very democratic fabric of our nation. The rule of law is a set...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Oct 2, 2023 | Crime
IPP sentences were indeterminate sentences handed down by courts in England and Wales between 2005 and 2012. They were used for offenders considered to pose a significant risk of causing serious harm to the public until they no longer represented such a risk. When...
