by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Mar 19, 2024 | Information
The Spring Budget was delivered by the Chancellor Jeremy Hunt on the 6th March 2024 and offered little by way of comfort so far as the criminal justice system is concerned. Overall departmental spending is said to rise by 1%, but this is not evenly spread, with...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Mar 19, 2024 | Law
Measures have been signed into law recently to ban the keeping of primates as pets. The legislation brings in a licensing scheme setting strict rules to ensure that only private keepers who meet new welfare and licensing standards will be able to keep primates,...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Mar 17, 2024 | Prisons
The Prison and Young Offender Institution (Adjudication) (Amendment) Rules 2024 come into force on 31 May 2024 and will make a number of important changes in relation to prisoner discipline and punishment. These changes are intended to improve behaviour management in...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Feb 29, 2024 | Information
Pupil non-attendance is a deeply worrying issue and statistics demonstrate that the problem has significantly worsened since the pandemic, with increasing numbers of children seemingly lost to the education system. This is on top of the numbers of children missing...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Feb 29, 2024 | Illegal Weapons
The latest government statistics give an interesting insight into the continuing prevalence of knife crime in England & Wales. The year-end figure for all knife offences shows a 2% decrease in offending, but this still represents an increase of 17% compared to a...
