Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme
Criminal Injuries Compensation Scheme – If you’re injured as a result of a crime, in theory, you can sue the person who injured you for compensation, but they might not...
Victims of Crime
Victims of Crime – If in the unfortunate event and you become a victim of crime then, unfortunately, the law is on the side of the perpetrators and their views...
Prisoners Rights
Prisoners Rights – If you have been sent to prison by the UK Court system, your rights and any restrictions of those rights are covered by the Prison Act 1952...
Criminal Records
If you’re convicted of a crime by Magistrates or Crown court, you will have a criminal record until the sentence becomes spent under the terms of the Rehabilitation of Offenders...
Police and their powers
Police and their Powers – The police can stop you in the street and ask you to go to the station with them. You can refuse. You don’t have to...
Crime and Punishment
Crime and Punishment – Whether you’re summoned to the police station or arrested and charged, your case starts in the Magistrates Court unless you’re in Scotland, in which case the...
Crime and the Law
Crime and the Law in the UK As far as the law is concerned, a crime is a crime whether it’s a drunk and disorderly offence or manslaughter; the only...