Under ‘section 60’ of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, you can be searched without reasonable grounds in a designated area, if serious violence is anticipated. Such searches…

Under ‘section 60’ of the Criminal Justice and Public Order Act 1994, you can be searched without reasonable grounds in a designated area, if serious violence is anticipated. Such searches…
Do you have to Answer Questions asked by the Police? If you are stopped by a Police Officer and asked: What is your name and address? What you’re doing in…
Please Sign this Urgent Petition The Law Society has launched a petition as part of it’s criminal justice campaign, calling for the government to increase investment in the criminal justice…
Revealing criminal records is not always proportionate and fair – a ruling by the Supreme Court Background: You may recall our article ‘A sentence for life?’ back in August 2018,…
The draft ‘Domestic Abuse Bill’ has been published this month and is awaiting introduction to Parliament. The Government has hailed this severely delayed draft bill as ‘landmark’ following a lengthy…
With the New Year beckoning and the news coverage intensely focused on political and economic uncertainties ahead for the United Kingdom, it only feels right to give you some certainty on…
A husband, a father, a trained teacher – an innocent man with a “damaging” label for life. Background A man, identified only as AR in court, was working as a…
A Settlement Agreement (formerly known as a Compromise Agreement) is a legally binding agreement between an employee and employer. This usually provides for a severance payment by the employer in return…
Whether you are a ‘Remainer’ or a ‘Leaver’, you simply cannot ignore the latest headlines making the rounds as resignation letters pile in thick and fast over the disagreements by…
‘An Obligation of Personal Performance’ Introduction An important indicator of how to define the status of workers in the Gig Economy (see our previous article on this here) been laid down in a…