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Ruling regarding lack of consent to filming capable of negating consent to sexual touching

Case Law
 In the case of R v BVA 2025, an appeal of conviction was dismissed when the court found lack of consent to the filming of sexual touching was capable of negating the free exercise of choice to consent to sexual touching for the purposes of section 74 of the Sexual Offences Act 2003.

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Taking a conveyance - detection takes longer than 6 months

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 We have carried out an inquiry into a team who have been taking cars without consent on a regular basis and it has been going on for over a year. Because taking a conveyance is a summary-only offence can we prosecute them for offences that happened more than six months ago?

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Ruling regarding excessive judicial intervention during trial

Case Law
 In the case of R v Mathurin 2025, a conviction for supplying a class A drug was unsafe where the judge's interventions during the cross-examination at trial were excessive and compromised the fairness of the trial.

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The Briefing Room

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Top 100 SOW's

Top 100 SOW's

Download a report of the most used Standard Offence Wordings and Codes for quick reference in custody suites.

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Summary Only Offences

Summary Only Offences

View the fifty most commonly used summary only offences listed in A-Z for ease of use.

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