by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Jan 8, 2026 | Crime, Law
Artificial intelligence is increasingly being linked to criminal activity in the UK. While the technology itself is new, many of the underlying offences are not. In most cases, AI is better understood as an additional tool used to commit familiar crimes, rather than...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Jun 14, 2024 | Law
Most people will have encountered people who sell streaming devices that allow them to access paywalled content, often for a one-off fee as low as £100. Given that many people pay in excess of that for a single month of SKY TV access, it is no wonder that the sale of...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Mar 19, 2024 | Law
Measures have been signed into law recently to ban the keeping of primates as pets. The legislation brings in a licensing scheme setting strict rules to ensure that only private keepers who meet new welfare and licensing standards will be able to keep primates,...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Feb 2, 2024 | Law
Draft guidelines for sentencing offenders convicted of blackmail, kidnap or false imprisonment, were published by the independent Sentencing Council. Under the proposals judges will, for the first time, have dedicated guidelines to follow when sentencing these...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Feb 2, 2024 | Law
The Online Safety Act 2023 creates a new offence of encouraging or assisting serious self-harm. The offence applies from 31 January 2024. What is the new offence? A person commits an offence if: they do a relevant act capable of encouraging or assisting the serious...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Nov 29, 2023 | Law
In July 2023, the Court of Appeal quashed a sentence of 28 months imprisonment and substituted a sentence of 14 months imprisonment, suspended for two years. The case concerned an offence of administering poison with intent to procure miscarriage, with respect to a...
