by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Aug 20, 2024 | Information
On 18th July 2024, Judge Christopher Hehir sentenced five defendants convicted of conspiracy to cause a public nuisance for coordinating direct action protests on the M25 over four days in November 2022. One defendant received a sentence of 5 years; the other four...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Aug 20, 2024 | Prisons
On Thursday 25th July 2024 parliament debated and then approved a draft statutory instrument titled The Criminal Justice Act 2003 (Requisite and Minimum Custodial Periods) Order 2024. When implemented on September 10, 2024, this measure will afford some prisoners...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Aug 20, 2024 | News
In 2015, then-Home Secretary Theresa May established an inquiry into undercover policing and the operation of the Metropolitan Police’s Special Demonstration Squad (SDS). The inquiry will consider the deployment of police officers as covert human intelligence sources...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Aug 20, 2024 | Information
The Law Commission has published a consultation paper reviewing the law on contempt of court. The Law Commission proposes to do away with centuries-old distinctions between “criminal contempt” and “civil contempt” in favour of a modern, streamlined set of contempt...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Jul 19, 2024 | Court
Elliott Moulster, In-house Court Advocate, acted for LD who faced one allegation at the Magistrates Court concerning the possession of a bladed article. LD was alleged to have taken a bladed article from his home address to confront individuals that had assaulted...
