What are Custody Time Limits? Custody time limits are the period of time in which a person may be remanded in custody awaiting trial. If a person is kept in custody their trial must be held within the custody time limit period. Read this FAQ to find out more..
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Under the Police and Criminal Evidence Act the police must caution anyone they reasonably suspect of having committed a criminal offence before questioning them. Read this FAQ to find out more..
Section 7 of the HSWA puts a duty upon employees to take reasonable care for the health and safety of themselves and of other persons who may be affected by their acts and omissions at work.
What should I do if the police want to interview me? Firstly you need to establish whether you are being interviewed as a witness to an offence or as a suspect. This will determine whether a ‘section 9 CJA’ witness statement will be taken from you whether the interview will be under caution and taped under the terms of the Police and Criminal Evidence Act. Read this FAQ to find out more..
Should I plead guilty or not guilty to a criminal offence? The question of guilt is not always as straightforward as it first seems. Read this FAQ to find out more..
Careless or Inconsiderate Driving (Road Traffic Act 1988 section 3) but what does careless driving actually mean?
Drink Driving and Failure to Provide Breath for Analysis. An example of a typical bestcriminaldefencebarrister.com driving case. Read further to find out more..
What is Abuse of Process? The defence may at any stage in proceedings before a court make an application to the Court that the proceedings are an abuse of the process of the court. Read this FAQ to find out more..
What are offences that are triable either way? What is plea before venue? Either way offences are offences that can be heard in either the Magistrates Court or the Crown Court. Read this FAQ to find out more..
Guilty plea vacation and success at subsequent trial
Quentin represented a defendant in a large scale police investigation into sex offences including rape and human trafficking
Quentin acted on behalf of of KJ a nursery worker accused of being responsible for the death of a child in her care; the case formed the basis of the Channel 4 Dispatches Documentary ‘How Safe is Your Child’s Nursery’. Read further to find out more..
DC who worked as a financial planning manager for HSBC was prosecuted for opening series of fraudulent mortgages, personal loans and secondary bank accounts. The case was covered by the Daily Mail. Read further to find out more..
Quentin successfully acted on behalf of the Health and Safety Executive in a case involving the death of a factory worker AM at a Lift Manufacturing company in Hampshire.