The law places many responsibilities on individuals.
/ Expertise / Serious, General and Complex Crime / Serious, General and Complex Crime Articles
The law places many responsibilities on individuals. And often individuals need the protection that the law can offer. We work with expertise and speed to ensure clients have that protection.
What are the Criminal Procedure Rules?The Criminal Procedure Rules relate to how matters should be carried out in criminal courts. They cover cases that go to the magistrates’ courts, the Crown Court, the Court of Appeal and, in extradition...
By Niall Hearty
18 September 2023
2 min read
Rahman Ravelli explains the thinking behind the Bill, the measures it contains and the proposed civil and criminal penalties it may carry.
By Niall Hearty
17 February 2020
4 min read
Challenging AdmissibilityIt is well known that material gathered from intercepted phone calls cannot be evidence in a criminal trial in this country. In fact s17 of the Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act 2000 (“RIPA”) provides that it ...
By Azizur Rahman
26 May 2015
6 min read
Definition of ConspiracyThere are two types of conspiracy – statutory and common-law. Common law conspiracy was abolished by the Criminal Law Act 1977, though even with the dawn of a the statutory regime for fraud offences under the Fraud ...
By Azizur Rahman
5 May 2015
6 min read
When a breach of the rules leads to evidence being excluded.Those charged with serious offences will have a considerable amount of time to ponder the evidence against them and conclude that some aspect of the evidence has been obtained ille...
By Azizur Rahman
2 April 2015
6 min read
This is an especially difficult area of law. We cannot hope to cover each and every permutation that arises in the vast array of possibilities in this area. However, we do here try to explain the law in cases of murder by joint enterprise, ...
By Azizur Rahman
15 December 2014
7 min read
The Law, practice and developmet of supergrass evidence in EnglandThe First Supergrass
By Azizur Rahman
2 October 2014
8 min read
Any article about Defence Case Statements (DCS’s) must necessarily involve a consideration of disclosure in criminal litigation. All of the guidance documents, and all of the important case-law on the topic of disclosure refer to one leadi...
By Azizur Rahman
23 December 2013
7 min read