by Levy Solicitors | Oct 29, 2018 | Cases
Forced Marriage Coercing someone into marrying another for some financial or societal benefit is illegal. In April of this year, three young women in Sheffield became subject to Forced Marriage Protection Orders. This case highlights the how embedded this type of...
by Levy Solicitors | Sep 26, 2018 | Cases
Private Probation Providers Fail Offenders and Society A few years ago, the National Probation Service was split into two. The exiSting service maintained its supervision of high-risk offenders, mainly those serving lengthy sentences or with complex rehabilitation...
by Levy Solicitors | Sep 20, 2018 | Cases
Is being sexist or misogynist a crime? The answer is sometimes, but not always. Two years ago, Nottinghamshire Police decided to label misogyny and offences targeting women as hate crime or hate incidents. Two local universities recently undertook a report entitled...
by Levy Solicitors | Sep 6, 2018 | Cases
Child Cruelty – New Sentencing Guideline The Sentencing Council has published a new guideline for how those guilty of child cruelty offences should be sentenced. It covers three offences: cruelty to a child; causing or allowing a child to die or suffer serious...
by Levy Solicitors | Apr 30, 2018 | Cases
If you’re over the age of 17, the most straightforward response is that it might. Press reporting via social media may happen extremely quickly these days, and it is typically one of the last things on the minds of individuals facing criminal charges. Youth...
by Levy Solicitors | Mar 15, 2018 | Cases
In Entick v Carrington (1765), a case which concerned entry to and searching of premises, the court ruled: “…if this is law it would be found in our books, but no such law ever existed in this country; our law holds the property of every man so sacred, that no man can...
