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Suspected Money Launderer Loses £10 million to Unexplained Wealth Order

21 December 2020 by Wells Burcombe

Suspected Money Launderer Loses £10 million to Unexplained Wealth Order

A suspected major money launderer surrendered around £10 million worth of property after being served with an Unexplained Wealth Order (UWO) by investigators from the National Crime Agency (NCA). Leeds businessman Mansoor Mahmood Hussain is believed to have acted closely with gangsters and criminals, laundering their profits through a property empire that has been operating […]

Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: crime, money laundering, Proceeds of Crime, proceeds of crime and confiscation (POCA)

Cameras, Tickets & Collision Unit: The notice of intended prosecution

31 January 2019 by Tom Bancroft

Cameras, Tickets & Collision Unit: The notice of intended prosecution

When a road traffic offence is suspected to have been committed and the driver of the vehicle is not stopped at the scene of the incident to be spoken to, it is the registered keeper of the vehicle who will receive an initial letter from the Camera, Tickets & Collision Unit of the Police Constabulary […]

Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: advice, crime, criminal court, criminal proceedings, driving ban, driving offences, notice of intended prosecution, prosecution

Wells Burcombe named ‘leading firm’ for crime by Legal 500

19 November 2018 by Tom Bancroft

Wells Burcombe named ‘leading firm’ for crime by Legal 500

Wells Burcombe is delighted to announce that it has now been ranked in the Legal 500. The Legal 500 is an annual publication that ranks UK law firms and solicitors based on detailed analysis of submissions from firms and extensive research within the profession, as well as including client feedback interviews. The Legal 500 helps […]

Filed Under: General Tagged With: crime, Legal 500, specialist

The importance of understanding disclosure in the criminal process

23 October 2018 by Tom Bancroft

The importance of understanding disclosure in the criminal process

The disclosure of prosecution material has never been a more high profile and hotly-debated topic than it is at the present time.  There can be little doubt that both the adversarial system itself and the fundamental premise  upon which our justice system has for centuries survived, namely that the prosecution shall bear the burden in […]

Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: advice, court, crime, criminal, criminal court, criminal proceedings, Crown Court, magistrates court, prosecution, Solicitors

The police have asked me for my phone PIN, do I have to give it to them?

18 October 2018 by Tom Bancroft

The police have asked me for my phone PIN, do I have to give it to them?

The chances are that you are reading this article (unless out of pure curiosity) because: You have already been interviewed by the police and you have been asked to hand over your PIN number so that they can access the content of your phone, or You have been invited in for an interview and you are worried […]

Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: advice, crime, criminal proceedings, investigation, law, mobile, mobile phone, PIN, police, police interview, police station, prosecution, smartphone

Voluntary interviews – Your rights and entitlements

3 October 2018 by Tom Bancroft

Voluntary interviews – Your rights and entitlements

Have you been asked to attend the police station for a voluntary interview? Then you should know that the police have information which suggests that you may have committed a criminal offence and they need to ask you questions about this. Do I need representation? You can attend the police station for interview without a […]

Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: crime, criminal proceedings, crown prosecution service, investigation, police, police interview, police station, prosecution, solicitor, voluntary interview

What is the law regarding indecent images?

24 September 2018 by Tom Bancroft

What is the law regarding indecent images?

Last year, there were over 20,000 recorded indecent child image incidents across all on-line and social media platforms. The NSPCC have stated that this equates to one incident image being recorded every 23 minutes. Almost two-thirds of those cases related to taking, making or distributing indecent photographs or pseudo-photographs of children while a quarter involved […]

Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: crime, criminal, criminal court, criminal proceedings, Crown Court, Indecent images, magistrates court, prosecution

Self-Defence – Do you have a defence?

13 September 2018 by Tom Bancroft

Self-Defence – Do you have a defence?

The law in relation to self-defence is not always readily understood. It can be misinterpreted and misapplied and when this happens it can create grave injustice. Under the common law, a person is entitled to use reasonable force against another, or in defence of another. Section 3(1) of the Criminal Law Act 1967 also states […]

Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: court, crime, criminal court, criminal defence, defence, investigation, magistrates court, pre-emptive strike, prosecution, self-defence, solicitor, Solicitors

Pleading guilty by post – ‘The Single Justice Procedure’

6 September 2018 by Tom Bancroft

Pleading guilty by post – ‘The Single Justice Procedure’

It is becoming frequently more common for certain perceived minor offences to be dealt with under new procedure called the ‘Single Justice Procedure.’ The system permits individuals facing prosecution and who receive a Single Justice Procedure Notice to avoid having to go to court. What is sort of cases does the Single Justice Procedure apply […]

Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: crime, criminal court, criminal proceedings, driving offences, legal aid, magistrates court, prosecution, road traffic offences, Single Justice Procedure, Single Justice Procedure Notice

Criminal Prosecutions and the Prosecution Disclosure of Evidence

23 August 2018 by Tom Bancroft

Criminal Prosecutions and the Prosecution Disclosure of Evidence

Why disclosure of evidence in the news? There has never been a time when the disclosure of evidence in criminal trials has so much adverse media attention. The arrest, prosecution and in some cases conviction of men and women who had been falsely accused but later exonerated has put the disclosure of evidence very much […]

Filed Under: Crime Tagged With: CPS, crime, criminal appeals, criminal court, criminal proceedings, crown prosecution service, disclosure of evidence, evidence, investigation, prosecution, solicitor, Solicitors

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