Legal Update


Home Office minister says new spiking law is "unnecessary"
(12/01/23) The government has now said it will not create a specific offence for spiking.

NCA secures over £50m in proceeds of crime after landmark High Court ruling
(30/11/22) This order means that, for the first time, there was a legal mandate to recover the proceeds of crime where the account holders were not named in the proceedings.

Highway Code to be revised to take account of change in mobile law
(19/11/21) It will also be more precise about the fact that being stationary in traffic counts as driving.

Home Office finds forces' firearms licensing return reviews 'are robust'
(01/11/21) But new statutory guidance requiring licensing officers to conduct 'open source' social media checks come into force today.