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More than 85,000 fixed penalty notices (FPNs) have been issued for breaches of the Covid restrictions in England since March 2020. What is a fixed penalty notice? An FPN allows...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/covid-19-fixed-penalty-notices/
A recent Court of Appeal case has ruled on the appropriateness of protective orders when a life sentence is in place. In GD’s case, the Court imposed a Sexual Harm...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/life-sentences-with-further-orders/
Draft revised sentencing guidelines have been produced to reflect recent Court of Appeal judgments. The guidelines clarify sentencing guidance for cases where no sexual activity occurs or where the targeted...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/child-sexual-offences/
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The Law Commission is seeking views on corporate criminal liability. The Commission is an independent statutory body that keeps the law in England and Wales under review. The Commission recommends...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/corporate-criminal-liability/
HMRC seized £35,000 cash in plastic carrier bags from a Mr Mann as it was suspected he was fraudulently evading excise duty. Boxes of vodka worth around £220,000 had also been found...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/detention-of-seized-cash/
A new draft sentencing guideline for the offence of importing prohibited or restricted firearms has been published for consultation. There are no current guidelines in respect of these offences, although...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/unlawful-importation-of-firearms-offences/
The Government’s End to End Review of the Criminal Justice System Response began in 2019. The purpose was to look at evidence across the system, from reporting rape to the...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/rape-review/
The Law Commission has published a set of recommendations aiming to address the harms that arise from online abuse. As a counterbalance, protections for freedom of expression are recommended to...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/modernising-communications-offences/
Possession of an offensive weapon is an offence if it is in public and without lawful authority or reasonable excuse. A weapon can be offensive as a matter of course...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/ban-on-knives-firearms-and-offensive-weapons/
Technology has been developed by the DVLA and the Home Office for police officers to use at the roadside to confirm the identity of a driver. The technology allows instant...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/dvla-and-roadside-checks/
The Royal College of Psychiatrists has published a report on mentally disordered offenders in the criminal justice system. They provided a position statement on customising community sentencing for offenders with...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/mentally-disordered-offenders/
Legal expenses insurance can often be used to cover your defence costs when facing criminal legal action for a road traffic offence. We have substantial experience representing clients accused of...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/services/road-traffic-offences/legal-expenses-insurance-for-motor-claims/
Did you know that there are different kinds of Power of Attorney? The type you have affects what your attorneys can do, the process you or your attorneys need to...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/enduring-powers-of-attorney/
Facial recognition technology is the process by which a person can be identified from a digital facial image. A camera captures an image and produces a biometric template. A system...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/live-facial-recognition/
The thin blue line refers to the concept of the police being the line that prevents society from descending into chaos, the blue referring to the colour of the uniform....
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/the-thin-blue-line/
The Sentencing Academy has produced a report reviewing ethnicity and custodial sentencing trends from 2009 to 2019. Over the years, several official reports have addressed the role of race and...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/sentencing-and-ethnicity/
The Crown Prosecution Service and law enforcement agencies have agreed a consistent approach to the handling of illegal entry cases via small boats and lorries. Their guidance has been updated...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/illegal-entry-via-small-boats/
Did you know that you do not have to enter a house to be guilty of burgling it? How? Burglary is defined as entering as a trespasser with either the...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/secondary-liability/
George Floyd dying in the USA in 2020 resulted in mass protests worldwide and marked a watershed in the fight against racism. In the aftermath of his death, the United...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/racial-discrimination-un-report/
At the beginning of this year, the Home Affairs Committee launched an inquiry into violence and abuse towards retail workers. In 2020 a retail crime survey reported 155,000 incidents of...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/assaults-against-retail-workers/
The government has announced a new consultation to look into safety laws relating to recreational and personal watercraft. The proposal is to bring such watercraft within the scope of the...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/recreational-watercraft-and-safety/
Joana finished her degree in Law with Criminology going on to complete her Legal Practice (Solicitors) Master’s degree. Joana has also recently successfully completed her Legal Practice Course and intends...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/people/joana-santos/
Nelson Guest and Partners – financial year ending 30th April 2022 Our statement has been prepared in accordance with Section 54 of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 and outlines the...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/help/modern-slavery-and-human-trafficking-statement/
Being accused of academic misconduct can be distressing as well as damaging to reputation and career. If allegations have been made against you or you have been charged with academic...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/services/regulatory-law/academic-misconduct/
The Sentencing Council has published a new sentencing guideline for the unlawful importation of firearms. The Council is an independent body, accountable to Parliament, responsible for developing sentencing guidelines for...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/importation-of-firearms-new-sentencing-guideline/
An announcement from the Department for Transport says that the government will be strengthening road traffic laws to make it illegal to use a mobile phone in most circumstances while...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/drivers-and-mobile-phones/
The government recently introduced a package of measures aimed at keeping the public safe from terrorists by imposing longer prison terms. The Counter-Terrorism and Sentencing Act came into force in...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/terrorism-sentences-and-the-fishmonger-hall-attack/
As we move closer to Summer, many police forces often bring out a campaign against drink driving. This article aims to cover all questions you may have about this offence....
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/drink-driving/
The government had announced a plan to change the law relating to the towing of a trailer or caravan. At the moment, any driver with a driving licence awarded after...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/driving-licences-and-towing/
The Competition and Markets Authority has issued a Statement of Objections to a supplier of domestic lighting products. DAR Lighting Ltd was alleged to have restricted retailers from setting their...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/retail-price-maintenance-and-the-cma/
When his car went for an MOT, Henry Reynolds was warned that the two rear tyres on his car were close to the legal limit. When a fatal accident involving...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/aiding-and-abetting-causing-death-by-dangerous-driving/
The Justice Secretary, Dominic Raab, has announced an overhaul of human rights law following the publication of the Independent Human Rights Act Review. The Review was set up to consider...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/bill-of-rights/
The government has announced new proposals to address the way schools deal with avoidable absences. They refer to the current system as a postcode lottery with different approaches to sanctions...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/school-absence/
A joint report from the Law Commission of England and Wales and the Scottish Law Commission has been published. The topic is automated vehicles and makes recommendations for the safe...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/automated-vehicles/
The backlog in the criminal courts has been an issue for some time. Although the number of outstanding cases grew during the pandemic, there was already a backlog. The government...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/court-backlog/
The government has announced the recruitment of more than 500 staff to work in Community Payback. The aim is to be able to enable offenders to serve an extra 3...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/community-payback/
Supported by the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Environment Agency is an executive non-departmental public body. The Agency was established in 1996 “to protect and improve the...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/environment-agency-prosecutions/
The Department for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities has announced funding for councils in England to support domestic abuse victims. The funding is to be used to provide safe accommodation...
https://www.nelson-guest.co.uk/blog/domestic-abuse/
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