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Reviews - Superintendent's authorisation

Legal Q&A

 When a superintendent authorises continued detention after twenty four hours, is it necessary for an inspector to conduct reviews of detention?

Ruling regarding not giving a good character direction with the knowledge of an existing previous foreign conviction

Case Law
 In the case of R v Goncalves 2025, it was held that the convictions for fraud were safe where the judge was entitled to refuse to give a good character direction in the knowledge of a previous foreign conviction.

New drone and model aircraft offences

Legal Update

 The Unmanned Aircraft (Offences and Consequential Amendments) Regulations 2025 are in force from 1 January 2026. These Regulations set out criminal offences and penalties for breaching regulatory requirements relating to the operation of unmanned aircraft (which includes drones and model aircraft), as set out in the Commission Implementing Regulation (EU) 2019/947 (the Implementing Regulation) on the rules and procedures for the operation of unmanned aircraft. 

In the Spotlight

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In the Spotlight