United Kingdom: Trials & Appeals & Compensation

Magistrates' Courts follow structured sentencing guidelines when determining penalties for drink driving offences, with alcohol readings establishing initial categories that are then adjusted based on aggravating factors, mitigating circumstances, previous convictions and guilty plea credit. The court must balance consistency with individual case circumstances when deciding between fines, community orders, custodial sentences and the length of driving bans, while also considering special reasons arguments a

If you or someone close to you is facing an allegation of murder or manslaughter, you are likely going through an extremely stressful and frightening time. Modern criminal investigations often heavily rely on DNA evidence murder cases – frequently portrayed as a near-infallible “gold standard” for proving guilt.

In R v Lakeman, the Court of Appeal held that virtual in-game currency can amount to “property” capable of being stolen under section 4 of the Theft Act 1968, overturning a first-instance ruling that RuneScape gold pieces were not property.