Crime and Sentencing in UK Law
- anti social behaviour
- bail
- child offender
- criminal practice
- defences
- financial crimes
- incitement
- investigation
- misuse of drugs
- nature of offence
- offences against the person
- offences involving property
- official secrets
- parties to crime
- public order
- road traffic and transportation offences
- sentencing
- serious organised crimes
- sexual offences
- terrorism
- weapons and firearms
- wildlife offences
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R (Razgar) v Secretary of State for the Home Department
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(4) If so, is such interference necessary in a democratic society in the interests of national security, public safety or the economic well-being of the country, for the prevention of disorder or crime, for the protection of health or morals, or for the protection of the rights and freedoms of others?
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Woolmington v DPP
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Throughout the web of the English Criminal Law one golden thread is always to be seen that it is the duty of the prosecution to prove the prisoner's guilt subject to what I have already said as to the defence of insanity and subject also to any statutory exception.
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R v Galbraith
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Dorset Yacht Company Ltd v Home Office
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R v Boardman
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The test must be—is the evidence capable of tending to persuade a reasonable jury of the accused's guilt on some ground other than his bad character and disposition to commit the sort of crime with which he is charged? The similarity would have to be so unique or striking that common sense makes it inexplicable on the basis of coincidence.
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Huang v Secretary of State for the Home Department; Abu-Qulbain v Same; Kashmiri v Same
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In an article 8 case where this question is reached, the ultimate question for the appellate immigration authority is whether the refusal of leave to enter or remain, in circumstances where the life of the family cannot reasonably be expected to be enjoyed elsewhere, taking full account of all considerations weighing in favour of the refusal, prejudices the family life of the applicant in a manner sufficiently serious to amount to a breach of the fundamental right protected by article 8.
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Hill v Chief Constable of West Yorkshire
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In some instances the imposition of liability may lead to the exercise of a function being carried on in a detrimentally defensive frame of mind. A great deal of police time, trouble and expense might be expected to have to be put into the preparation of the defence to the action and the attendance of witnesses at the trial. The result would be a significant diversion of police manpower and attention from their most important function, that of the suppression of crime.
- Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
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Serious Crime Act 2015
... ... "(3A) In this section "priority order" means any of the following- ... (a) a compensation order under section 130 of the Sentencing Act; ... (b) an order requiring payment of a surcharge under section 161A of the Criminal Justice Act 2003; ... (c) an unlawful profit order under ... ...
- The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Consequential Provision) Regulations 2022
- The Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022 (Commencement No. 3) Regulations 2022
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Sentencing Policy and Economic Crime
The aim of this article is to examine those philosophical and structural factors which have been responsible for shaping sentencing policy for economic crime in the UK and to analyse some key decis...
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Media Use and its Impacts on Crime Perception, Sentencing Attitudes and Crime Policy
The German statistics of police-recorded crime show a decline in total offences over the 10 years up to 2003. In contrast to that trend, survey-based evidence shows that ...
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The Phantom of Deterrence: The Crime (Serious and Repeat Offenders) Sentencing Act
Throughout 1991 a car theft “crime wave” and a series of deaths arising from high-speed police pursuits had engendered an atmosphere of crisis in “law and order” in Western Australia. Prompted by t...
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Themes in sentencing young adults charged with serious violent crime involving alcohol and other drugs
The majority of young people in custody have alcohol and other drug problems and over 90% report past-year experiences of high-risk drinking and illicit drug use. Despite a strong link between drug...
- Adult Out Of Court Disposals In The Police, Crime, Sentencing And Courts Bill
- New Law: The Police, Crime, Sentencing And Courts Act 2022
- Health And Safety Crime Sentencing Hits The Health And Care Sector
- UK Courts Get Tough On Environmental Crime: Sentencing Of Environmental Offences Committed By Large Companies