by Levy Solicitors | Feb 15, 2021 | Drugs
New sentencing guidelines for some drugs offences will come in to force on 1 April 2021 and will apply to all cases sentenced on or after that date. The update is to reflect modern drug offending and new guidelines for offences created by the Psychoactive Substances...
by Levy Solicitors | Sep 5, 2019 | Drugs
Drugs, Prisons and Sentencing With many offences, the punishment may vary according to the context of the criminality. By way of example, violence in a domestic context will generally be treated more harshly than the same level of harm against a stranger (absent other...
by Levy Solicitors | Jul 18, 2019 | Drugs
Why hasn’t Michael Gove been arrested? A question on many people’s lips since the former Justice Secretary admitted to using cocaine several times earlier in his career. So, could he face the legal consequences of this? Cocaine is a Class A drug, the most serious...
by Levy Solicitors | Sep 10, 2018 | Drugs
The cannibal drug that makes you smell of vinegar and prawns What are you talking about? Monkey dust is a synthetic drug, a type of new psychoactive substance. It is similar to other cathinone drugs such as MDPV, methylone and magic crystals. In the USA it is known as...
by Levy Solicitors | Aug 30, 2018 | Drugs
Supplying drugs or possessing with intent to supply Supplying drugs or possessing with intent to supply These are the more serious offences relating to drugs that can lead to lengthy custodial sentences. What drugs are illegal to supply? It is an offence to...
by Levy Solicitors | May 14, 2018 | Drugs
On behalf of providers in other jurisdictions, officials at airports and other ports of entry frequently intercept people carrying controlled substances in their luggage, clothing, or inside their bodies. Mule is a phrase used to describe such persons. They could have...
