by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Feb 2, 2024 | Cases
There has been a lot of press coverage following reports before Christmas that the Court of Appeal had freed a woman prisoner due to her being pregnant. The lady had previously received a mandatory five-year minimum term for a firearms offence, so the revelation that...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Feb 2, 2024 | Law
The Online Safety Act 2023 creates a new offence of encouraging or assisting serious self-harm. The offence applies from 31 January 2024. What is the new offence? A person commits an offence if: they do a relevant act capable of encouraging or assisting the serious...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Feb 2, 2024 | Information
Since 29th November 2022 a court can impose a positive requirement on a defendant under an SHPO (section 175 of the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022). This, says the government, includes a requirement to participate in Polygraph (lie-detector) tests. In a...
