by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Aug 19, 2023 | Crime
It is prevalent for money laundering offences (under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002) to be charged alongside other alleged criminality, particularly drug offences. Whilst dealing with the monetary gains from offending will indeed amount to a separate money laundering...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Jul 22, 2023 | Crime
Homicide is the killing of one person by another. It accounts for a very small proportion of deaths each year in England and Wales; for the most recent five years of mortality data, from 2017 to 2021, homicides accounted for one in every 800 deaths. Historical data on...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Jun 24, 2023 | Crime
On 3 March 2023, the Court of Appeal handed down a judgment in the case of Arie Ali. The case proved to be of some interest due to this remark made by Lord Justice Edis: ‘On 24 February 2023, the Deputy Prime Minister wrote to the Lord Chief Justice saying:-...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Jun 7, 2023 | Crime
The government is now backing new proposals to deter and punish rural crimes. The Equipment Theft (Prevention) Bill is a private members bill which has government support. It was introduced to Parliament by Greg Smith MP on 16 June 2022 and is sponsored by Lord...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | May 7, 2023 | Crime
It has been reported that Police in England and Wales are to be given new powers to tackle “disruptive” slow walking used by protesters to block roads. The new legislation would give officers more leeway to intervene when protesters attempt to block roads...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | May 7, 2023 | Crime
The government is consulting on legislative measures to provide the police with more tools to disrupt knife possession and tackle knife crime. It has identified certain types of machetes and large outdoor knives that do not seem to have a practical use and appear to...
