by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Dec 30, 2022 | Court
What impact might the serious ill health of counsel have on the safety of a conviction? The Appellant asked the Court of Appeal to resolve this question, which had been formulated in these terms: “Where after a trial in which the defendant was convicted it...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Nov 30, 2022 | Court
It is an offence for a person, with the intention to: (a) of cause public alarm or anxiety, or (b) cause injury to members of the public consuming or using the goods, or (c) cause economic loss to any person by reason of the goods being shunned by members of the...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Nov 30, 2022 | Cases
It is now commonplace for us to be asked to deal with cases where a person is accused of a crime, most commonly of a sexual nature, which is said to have occurred many decades earlier. Not surprisingly, those accused will wonder how they can be expected to properly...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Nov 30, 2022 | Information
Any avid fan of American courtroom drama will be familiar with the idea of lawyers using ingenious methods to try and select a favourable jury panel. In England and Wales, the scope for objection is minimal, and in most cases, the jurors chosen to sit will remain on...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Nov 30, 2022 | International
In 2016 the Supreme Court held that the joint enterprise laws needed revisiting, holding that previous cases were wrongly decided: ‘The unanimous conclusion of the court is that Chan Wing-Siu and Powell and English did take a wrong turning and these appeals...
