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by Agostino Von Hassell | Apr 26, 2015 | C, Criminal law, su1
Resources See Also See doli capax.
Categories: C, Criminal law, and su1. Tags: CA, Criminal Law, and Short Read.
by W.S.M. Knight | Jan 29, 2015 | C, Criminal law, su1
Definition of Central Criminal Court In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Central Criminal Court : The principal *Crown Court for Central London, usually known from its address as the Old Bailey. The Lord Mayor of London and any City aldermen may sit as [...]
Categories: C, Criminal law, and su1. Tags: CE and Criminal Law.
by Agostino Von Hassell | Feb 18, 2020 | C, Criminal law, Northern Ireland, su1
Definition of Court of Criminal Appeal In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Court of Criminal Appeal : A court created by the Criminal Appeal Act 1907 to take over the jurisdiction formerly exercised by the *Court for Consideration of Crown Cases Reserved. [...]
Categories: C, Criminal law, Northern Ireland, and su1. Tags: CO, Courts, Courts of Appeal, Criminal Law, and Short Read.
by B. Hepple | Sep 22, 2015 | C, Criminal law, su1
Definition of Criminal Behaviour Order Available on conviction for any criminal offence in any criminal court.
Categories: C, Criminal law, and su1. Tags: CR, Criminal Law, Legal Practice Terms, and Short Read.
by B. Hepple | Aug 15, 2015 | C, Criminal law, su1
Definition of Criminal Cases Review Commission The criminal cases review commission was set up in response to the number of miscarriages of justice.
Categories: C, Criminal law, and su1. Tags: CR, Criminal Law, Legal Practice Terms, and Short Read.
by Agostino Von Hassell | Feb 17, 2015 | C, Criminal law, su1
Definition of Criminal Court In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Criminal Court : A court exercising jurisdiction over criminal rather than civil cases. In England all criminal cases must be initiated in the *magistrates' courts. Summary offences [...]
Categories: C, Criminal law, and su1. Tags: CR, Crimes, Criminal, Criminal Law, and Short Read.
by Danny W. | Aug 24, 2014 | Administrative Law, C, Criminal law, su1
The Structure of the Courts: Criminal Introduction to Criminal Courts Structure The most numerous courts in England and Wales are the magistrates' courts, where justices of the peace, or magistrates, sit. Most magistrates are lay people who sit on a bench of three with a legally qualified [...]
Categories: Administrative Law, C, Criminal law, and su1. Tags: Courts, CR, and Criminal Law.
by Agostino Von Hassell | May 4, 2015 | C, Criminal law, su1
Definition of Criminal Damage In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Criminal Damage : The offence of intentionally or recklessly destroying or damaging any property belonging to another without a lawful excuse. It is punishable by up to ten years' [...]
Categories: C, Criminal law, and su1. Tags: CR, Crimes, Criminal, Criminal Law, and Short Read.
by MacCallum | Apr 24, 2020 | C, Criminal law, Northern Ireland, Scotland, su1
Resources See Also Further Reading Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in the Encyclopedia of Britain Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority in the Halsbury's Laws of England Criminal Injuries [...]
Categories: C, Criminal law, Northern Ireland, Scotland, and su1. Tags: Courts, CR, Criminal Law, Legal Practice Terms, and Tribunals.
by Agostino Von Hassell | Mar 12, 2015 | C, Criminal law, su1
Definition of Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme : A state scheme for awarding payments from public funds to victims who have sustained *criminal injury, on the same basis as [...]
Categories: C, Criminal law, and su1. Tags: CR, Crimes, Criminal, and Criminal Law.
by Agostino Von Hassell | Feb 9, 2015 | C, Criminal law, su1
Definition of Criminal Injury In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Criminal Injury : For purposes of the *Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme, any crime involving the use of violence against another person. Such crimes include rape, assault, arson, [...]
Categories: C, Criminal law, and su1. Tags: CR, Crimes, Criminal, Criminal Law, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Jul 27, 2016 | Business Law, C, Criminal law, su1
Insider dealing Criminal Justice Act Find under this subsection information about Criminal Justice Act in relation to Insider dealing.
Categories: Business Law, C, Criminal law, and su1. Tags: CR, Criminal Law, Insider Dealing, and Short Read.
by Emily Rowling | Sep 21, 2016 | Business Law, C, Criminal law, su1
Insider dealing Territorial scope of the Criminal Justice Act Find under this subsection information about Territorial scope of the Criminal Justice Act in relation to Insider dealing.
Categories: Business Law, C, Criminal law, and su1. Tags: CR, Criminal Law, Insider Dealing, and Short Read.
by Margaret Parker | Jan 5, 2016 | C, Criminal law, su1
Criminal justice policy: UK Legal History Criminal Justice Act 1877 The Criminal Justice Act of 1877 remained in force until 1948, and was subject to reformist criticism during the inter-war period. Sir Maurice Waller and Sir Alexander Paterson were members of the Prisons Commission, and were [...]
Categories: C, Criminal law, and su1. Tags: CR, Criminal Law, and History.
by Agnes Murphy | Jan 24, 2016 | C, Criminal law, su1
Criminal Justice Review (2000) in North Ireland Sets out 249 recommendations which re-shaped the criminal justice system in Northern Ireland including the prosecution of offences, courts, judicial appointments, youth justice, victims and witnesses and lay involvement in adjudication.
Categories: C, Criminal law, and su1. Tags: CR, Criminal Law, North Ireland, and Short Read.
by MacCallum | Jan 11, 2015 | C, Criminal law, su1
Resources See Also Further Reading Criminal Law Act of 1977 in the Encyclopedia of Britain Criminal Law Act of 1977 in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary Criminal Law Act of 1977 in the Halsbury's Laws of England Criminal Law Act of 1977 in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of [...]
Categories: C, Criminal law, and su1. Tags: CR and Criminal Law.
by B. Hepple | Oct 9, 2015 | C, Criminal law, su1
Definition of Criminal Law Revision Committee This body was set up in 1959 and worked part time to review areas of the criminal law.
Categories: C, Criminal law, and su1. Tags: CR, Criminal Law, Legal Practice Terms, and Short Read.
by Agostino Von Hassell | Jan 16, 2015 | C, Criminal law, su1
Resources See Also See libel.
Categories: C, Criminal law, and su1. Tags: CR, Crimes, Criminal, Criminal Law, and Short Read.
by International | Apr 29, 2014 | Criminal law, Procedure Law, su1
INVESTIGATION AND CHARGE This Section covers: The powers to stop, search and arrest ; Detention and interrogation ; The right to silence at the police station ; Challenging unlawfully and unfairly obtained evidence ; Obtaining identification evidence ; The decision to [...]
Categories: Criminal law, Procedure Law, and su1. Tags: Criminal Law, Criminal Procedure, Litigation, Procedures, and Trial.
by International | Oct 18, 2016 | Criminal law, Procedures, su1
History A system of procedure, with the judicial machinery required to work it, may be created either by the direct legislative action of the supreme power or by custom and the action of the courts. Both at Rome and in England it was through usage and by the courts themselves that the [...]
Categories: Criminal law, Procedures, and su1. Tags: Criminal Law and Procedure Law.
by J. G. Collier | Apr 20, 2017 | C, Criminal law, Procedure Law, Procedures, su1
Most Popular Entries related to Criminal Procedure Definition Procedure Criminal Law (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Law Practice (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Outline (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Definition (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure [...]
Categories: C, Criminal law, Procedure Law, Procedures, and su1. Tags: CR, Criminal Law, Litigation, Most Popular, Procedure Criminal Law, and Procedure Law.
by Patricia M. Leopold | Jan 19, 2017 | C, Criminal law, Procedures, su1
Most Popular Entries related to Criminal Procedure Law Practice Procedure Criminal Law (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Law Practice (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Outline (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Definition (in the United Kingdom) Criminal [...]
Categories: C, Criminal law, Procedures, and su1. Tags: CR, Criminal Law, Most Popular, Procedure Criminal Law, and Procedure Law.
by Anthony J. Bland | Apr 4, 2017 | C, Criminal law, Procedure Law, Procedures, su1
Most Popular Entries related to Criminal Procedure Laws Procedure Criminal Law (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Law Practice (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Outline (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Definition (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Laws [...]
Categories: C, Criminal law, Procedure Law, Procedures, and su1. Tags: CR, Criminal Law, Litigation, Most Popular, Procedure Criminal Law, and Procedure Law.
by Michael Mann | Mar 9, 2017 | C, Criminal law, Procedure Law, Procedures, su1
Most Popular Entries related to Criminal Procedure Outline Procedure Criminal Law (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Law Practice (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Outline (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Definition (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure [...]
Categories: C, Criminal law, Procedure Law, Procedures, and su1. Tags: CR, Criminal Law, Litigation, Most Popular, Procedure Criminal Law, and Procedure Law.
by Agostino Von Hassell | Apr 6, 2015 | Criminal law, D, su1
Definition of Damage In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Damage : Loss or harm. Not all forms of damage give rise to a right of action; for example, an occupier of land must put up with a reasonable amount of noise from his neighbours (See nuisance), and [...]
Categories: Criminal law, D, and su1. Tags: Crimes, Criminal Law, DA, Damages, Dangerous, and Libel and Slander.
by S. Nield | Nov 9, 2020 | Criminal law, D, su1
Definition of Damages The award by court or prior mutual agreement for a breach of contract. In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Damages : A sum of money awarded by a court as compensation for a tort or a breach of contract. Damages are usually a [...]
Categories: Criminal law, D, and su1. Tags: Clinical Negligence, Criminal Law, DA, Damages, Dangerous, Intellectual Property Law, Legal Practice Terms, Libel and Slander, Long Read, Most Popular, Procedural Law, Professional Negligence, Real Estate, and Remedies.
by Agostino Von Hassell | Feb 9, 2017 | Criminal law, D, su1
Definition of Defamation In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Defamation : The *publication of a statement about a person that tends to lower his reputation in the opinion of right-thinking members of the community or to make them shun or avoid him. [...]
Categories: Criminal law, D, and su1. Tags: Criminal Law, DE, Legal Practice Terms, and Libel and Slander.
by Agostino Von Hassell | Mar 5, 2015 | Criminal law, D, su1
Definition of Double Criminality In accordance with the work A Dictionary of Law, this is a description of Double Criminality : The rule in *extradition procedures that, in order for the request to be complied with, the crime for which extradition is sought must be a crime in both the [...]
Categories: Criminal law, D, and su1. Tags: Criminal Law, DO, and Short Read.
by MacCallum | Jan 15, 2015 | Criminal law, E, su1
Resources See Also Further Reading English Criminal Law in the Encyclopedia of Britain English Criminal Law in the Osborn's Concise Law Dictionary English Criminal Law in the Halsbury's Laws of England English Criminal Law in the Stroud's Judicial Dictionary of Words and Phrases [...]
Categories: Criminal law, E, and su1. Tags: Criminal Law, EN, and Short Read.
by Ian Brown | May 28, 2015 | Criminal law, L, su1
Liquidated Damages in Contract Law According to Questions & Answers Law of Contract: Law Revision and Study Guide (Law Questions & Answers, Oxford University Press), by Adrian Chandler and Ian Brown, Liquidated Damages may have the following meaning: see damage - n. Loss or harm. Not all forms [...]
Categories: Criminal law, L, and su1. Tags: Book Contract Law, Contracts, Criminal Law, LI, and Libel and Slander.
by David Gordon | Apr 30, 2017 | Criminal law, P, Procedure Law, Procedures, su1
Most Popular Entries related to Procedure Criminal Law Procedure Criminal Law (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Law Practice (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Outline (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Definition (in the United Kingdom) Criminal Procedure Laws [...]
Categories: Criminal law, P, Procedure Law, Procedures, and su1. Tags: Criminal Law, Litigation, Most Popular, PR, Procedure Criminal Law, and Procedure Law.
by International | Feb 28, 2015 | Criminal law, su1
Sir Brian Leveson’s Review of Efficiency in Criminal Proceedings The recommendations from the Review of Efficiency in Criminal Proceedings carried out by Sir Brian Leveson, published in January 2015, are wide-ranging – and challenge the criminal justice system to be more radical in the use [...]
Categories: Criminal law and su1. Tags: Criminal Law and Reports.
by Bernard Schwartz | Feb 4, 2017 | Criminal law, R, su1
Meaning of Rumor The following is an old definition of Rumor [1]: Popular report. In England, and in some of the States, it has been held that in an action of slander, under the general issue, the defendant may prove, in mitigation of damages, that when the words were uttered a general rumor [...]
Categories: Criminal law, R, and su1. Tags: Criminal Law, Libel and Slander, and RU.