by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Aug 19, 2023 | Court
In the early hours of 17 October 2022 Morgan Trowland, who is now 40 years old, and Marcus Decker, who is now 34 years old, scaled the Queen Elizabeth II bridge on the M25 carriageway. They hoisted a “Just Stop Oil” banner across the bridge, and suspended themselves...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | May 7, 2023 | Court
An offence of non-fatal strangulation or suffocation was created by the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and came in to force on 7 June 2022. CPS guidance on this offence states: “Some dictionary definitions of the word “strangle” link the word to an...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Dec 30, 2022 | Court
The old rule was that once a jury had retired to consider its verdict, no further evidence could be adduced. The rule was stated in these terms: “… The jury may not when they have once retired to consider their verdict be given any additional evidence, any...
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 | Sep 28, 2022 | Court
The trial of former footballer Ryan Giggs ended this week without a verdict. The aim of any trial is for a verdict to be reached on all counts, whether guilty or not guilty. Ideally, a jury will be unanimous in its view. In the Giggs trial, it became apparent that a...
