Legal Aid Sentencing and Punishment in UK Law
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The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012
The Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 (LASPO) confirms the Sentencing Guidelines as the axiom of sentencing policy. This indicates the importance of probation services need...
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Diversion from Prosecution for Young People in England and Wales − Reconsidering the Mandatory Admission Criteria
In England and Wales, diversion from formal criminal proceedings in the Youth Court for a young person who offends is usually only available if an admission to an offence is made. Failure to do so ...... ... the new provisions for diversion in the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act ... ...
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The Mysterious Case of Disappearing Family Law and the Shrinking Vulnerable Subject
This article seeks to critically examine the implications that the new eligibility requirements for legal aid as implemented by the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 are ha...... ... that the new eligibility require- ments for legal aid as implemented by the Legal Aid, Sentencing nd Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 are having on the ways in ... ...
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Trials in absentia and the cuts to criminal legal aid
The swingeing cuts to criminal legal aid may do irreparable damage to the defence side of the equality of arms. Coupled with this, the case of R v Jones gives the judge discretion to try in the def...... ... The enactment of the Legal Aid, Sentencing" and Punishment of Offenders Act2012 is insular and neglects the defendant\xE2\x80" ... ...
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Recognising Acute Intoxication as Diminished Responsibility? A Comparative Analysis
This article provides an analysis of the extent to which acute intoxication may or may not satisfy the ‘recognised medical condition’ requirement under s. 2 of the Homicide Act 1957, as amended by ...... ... to one of voluntary manslaughter via the legal conduit of provocation. Following the demise of ... fall to be considered by the sentencing judge, but only in restricted circumstances. The ... against the Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Bill 2010–11 which proposes a ... ...
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‘Should I Stay or Should I Go Now? If I Go There will be Trouble and if I Stay it will be Double’: An Examination into the Present and Future of Protective Orders Regulating the Family Home in England and Wales
Occupation orders are the dedicated legal remedy through which victims of domestic abuse can be supported to remain in the family home following a relationship breakdown. Case law indicates, howeve...... ... orders are the dedicated legal remedy through which victims of domestic abuse ... Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 making ... ...
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Community Justice Files 26
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Table of Statutes
... ... 43, 135, 142 s 80 312 s 118 220 Courts and Legal Services Act ... 1990 s 11 308 ... Financial ... s 4(2A)(b) 44 s 5A 44, 134 Legal Aid, Sentencing and ... Punishment of Offenders Act 2012 Sch ... ...
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Criminal Law Legislation Update
... ... *Laura McGowan†Primary legislationThe Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act ... ...
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Criminal Law Legislation Update
... ... *Laura McGowan†Secondary legislationThe Legal Aid, Sentencing and Punishment of Offenders Act ... ...
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