Hillsborough Prosecutions

Hillsborough Prosecutions

David Duckenfield, a former senior police officer who was in command on the day of the Hillsborough disaster, will learn this week if the trial against him may proceed. Prosecutions against those accused of involvement in the Hillsborough disaster resumed in July...
A Matter of Character

A Matter of Character

We talk about character a lot in criminal law, but mostly in the context of ‘bad character,’ or prior convictions that the prosecution will try to use to persuade a jury of the defendant’s guilt. After all, if he’s done it before, he’s...
Appeals Against Sentence

Appeals Against Sentence

We’ll look at how to appeal a sentence from the Crown Court to the Court of Appeal in this post. The appeals process can be complicated depending on the circumstances, but we’ll cover the fundamentals here. Early Indications Regardless of whether there is...