by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Oct 25, 2024 | News
The government has decided to increase the sentencing powers of magistrates, allowing them to impose prison sentences of up to 12 months for a single either-way offence. This decision marks a doubling of their previous sentencing limit, which was capped at six months....
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Oct 25, 2024 | News
Young offender institutions house children and young people who have committed a criminal offence. They play a vital role in helping to turn around the lives of these children and young people. They are meant to offer at least 15 hours of education a week. A joint...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Oct 16, 2024 | News
Sam Nundy, Associate Litigation Manager at Levy & Co, represented Virginia McCullough, who was charged with the murder of her mother and father at the family home, after which she concealed the bodies in the house, where she then continued to live for four years...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Oct 2, 2024 | News
Some of Britain’s most notorious cold cases could be solved with the help of artificial intelligence after a trial found it can review evidence which would take 81 years of man-hours in less than two days. A trial by Avon and Somerset Police, using an...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Oct 2, 2024 | News
Justice Secretary Shabana Mahmood has announced a significant policy shift aimed at addressing the overcrowding crisis in the UK’s prison system, particularly focusing on reducing the number of women in prison. The decision arises partly as a result of severe...
by Levy and Co Solicitors LLP | Aug 20, 2024 | News
In 2015, then-Home Secretary Theresa May established an inquiry into undercover policing and the operation of the Metropolitan Police’s Special Demonstration Squad (SDS). The inquiry will consider the deployment of police officers as covert human intelligence sources...
