CRIME Knife Crime and Sentencing Guidelines Towns and cities experience knife crime constantly, with a new story of a person being attacked or threatened with an offensive weapon surfacing every day. It’s becoming increasingly harder to ignore the distinct rise in... Read More
CAREERS We’re Hiring: 1 Solicitor & 2 Trainee Solicitor Vacancies in Merseyside DPP Law in Merseyside is hiring! We have the following vacancies available: 1 Solicitor – Merseyside The successful candidate must have a desire to provide privately funded and legally aided Criminal Defence advice, assistance and representation. ... Read More
BLOG POSTS What Is The Punishment For Indecent Exposure? If you have been accused or charged with indecent exposure, it is important to understand what makes it a sexual offence, how it is prosecuted in a court of law and the sentencing and punishment for... Read More
BLOG POSTS The Impact of COVID-19 on Police Station Interviews An article published in the Law Gazette by DPP Law Managing Director, Stuart Nolan, and Richard Atkinson (respectively Chair and Member of the Law Society’s Criminal Law Committee) looks at the impact of Covid-19 on police... Read More
FURLOUGH COVID-19 Fraud – Furlough Grant Recent news articles have high-lighted cases of Furlough Grant fraud with HMRC starting to prosecute alleged offenders. Bearing in mind the millions of claims being made for grants and loans under the Government-backed Covid-19 support... Read More
FRAUD OFFENCES Fraud Offences and Their Maximum Penalties The Fraud Act 2006 defines fraud as a crime that falls into one or more of three separate categories. The first is fraud by false representation, where a person “dishonestly makes a false representation, and intends,... Read More