Draft sentencing guidelines for sentencing retailers including large organisations and individual shop owners convicted of selling knives to children in England and Wales were published for consultation today (1 June 2022) by the Sentencing Council. There are two guidelines – one for sentencing organisations and one for sentencing individuals – which will apply to offenders…
Or, at least it does according to Elton John. Can Showing Some Remorse Go A Long Way? But in criminal law, sometimes a simple act of contrition, genuinely felt and communicated, can alter a case outcome significantly. A timely admission and expression of sorrow can make the difference between a formal resolution such as caution…
Oliver Gardner of Howards Solicitors and a committee member of the CLSA reports on the action being taken by criminal lawyers in Manchester in the latest edition of The Messenger Northwest. This article was published by the Manchester Law Society, you can read the full article on the Manchester Law Society website. Howards Solicitors have…
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…
