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HMRC interviewed numerous individuals under caution in respect of various fraud related cases, such as VAT evasion, tax evasion, red diesel fraud and conspiracy to defraud pre-pandemic and those individuals...

The news is always full of stories about people facing drug offence charges for possession with intent to supply. However, it is not always clear where possession of drugs crosses...

746 arrests have been made across Europe after the EncroChat encrypted messaging service was hacked in an operation by the UK’s National Crime Agency (NCA) working with various European law...

The government’s furlough schemes for businesses and the self-employed have offered essential support during the UK’s COVID-19 lockdown, supporting approximately 7.5 million workers. However, HMRC recently revealed that it has...

The Ministry of Justice is “looking seriously” at making “upskirting” a specific criminal offence. The Justice Secretary David Gauke told MPs he was “sympathetic” to calls for further action, and...

Keith Allen secures quashing of unlawful sentence in a case with national implications for the sentencing of youths.  Keith instructed Nicholas De La Poer of New Park Court Chambers. On...

In response to the latest consultation with regards cuts to the LGFS and Court Appointed fees, the Big Firms’ Group calls on the Lord Chancellor to meet with all relevant...

A recent YouGov survey (on behalf of the Mental Health Foundation), the largest of its kind, recently surveyed 2,500 people with mental health difficulties.  The results showed that 28 per...

The prevalence of serious mental illness (including depression, schizophrenia and bipolar disorder) is reported as being present in at least 25-30% of homeless people.. The most quoted source on the...

Kiss Chase, Doctor’s and Nurses and the age of Criminal Responsibility A recent article in the Telegraph entitled ‘When did a game of Doctors and Nurses become a sex crime?’...

The City of London Police have recently launched a pilot scheme under which they will appoint solicitors from private law firms to recover money they allege has been obtained through...

On the 23rd February 2016 a divisional court of the High Court heard arguments about the appropriate way to deal with alternative charges in the Magistrates’ Court. Keith Allen of...

Justice Secretary Christopher Grayling continued his attack on the Legal Aid budget this month announcing further cuts to legal aid in civil and criminal matters, including funding for prison law...

A parliamentary committee has called the Ministry of Justice ‘shambolic” in its handling of the outsourcing of court interpreting services to Applied Language Solutions (ALS, now Capita Translation and Interpreting)....

Recent research brings trial by jury back into the spotlight and suggests that juries need more support from the courts in understanding their role in the trial process. Findings by...

‘Credit’ for the defendant who pleads guilty is of course a long established sentencing practice that affords the courts the opportunity to draw a distinction between the defendant who admits...