The Government has recently announced proposals to introduce price competitive tendering (PCT) to the criminal Legal Aid market. These proposals are terrifying lawyers nationwide, not just because they will see at least 1200 of the 1600 firms that currently hold contracts to undertake criminal...
If there was one answer to the drugs problem, only one route then we would take it. It would be nonsense not to. The solution is not simple, however, and the means of achieving results on a grand scale rather than individually are not always that apparent. But what can be said...
It is said by some that it was in response to media pressure that the Government brought into force legislation to prohibit the ownership of certain dogs and also to make it a criminal offence to have a dog dangerously out of control and to cause injury whilst out of such control. The...
When the Prime Minister, David Cameron, used International Women's Day to announce that stalking would become a specific offence; this area of criminal law once again came under the spotlight. The current legislation had come under earlier scrutiny when an independent parliamentary enquiry had...
Luis Suarez, after serving a lengthy ban for racially abusing Patrice Evra, was given the opportunity this weekend of making amends by shaking the hand of the Manchester United player prior to the commencement of the game at Old Trafford. However, as has been widely reported since the...