Over the last few days, the government has announced proposals to introduce new offences and increase sentencing for a range of other offences. Our Criminal Law expert, Nikki Mundy explains the proposals. Knife crime Knife crime increased by 20% in the last year, prompting the government to look again at key legislation. Possession of a…
Do You Know Animal Cruelty Offences Could Have Tougher Sentences? The government is planning to introduce legislation which will increase the maximum custodial sentence for offences under the Animal Welfare Act 2006. The current limit is six months’ imprisonment, but the new proposals would raise it to five years. This would bring England and Wales…
Oliver Gardner, Criminal Lawyer at Howards Solicitors in Manchester is interviewed by Sam Walker on BBC Radio Manchester on 30/06/2015. The interview is about the strike action by criminal defence lawyers in relation to the cuts in legal aid fees. Howards Solicitors have offices in Manchester & Macclesfield and specialise in Criminal Defence, Road Traffic…
Criminal Defence Lawyers Affected by Legal Aid Cuts As most of you will now be aware, yesterday the Government announced in parliament at exactly 1pm that they intend to press ahead with the Two Tier duty system which will see a speedy death for up to 75% of criminal defence firms and more pressing a…
Oliver Gardner Of Howards Solicitors Manchester Explains The Issues Surrounding Referral Fees In The Legal Sector It strikes me that there are a number of issues: Firstly, there is the straight forward simple payment of what we all recognise as a referral fee: It is a payment, usually but not limited to, in monetary form…
