In the UK, people who are serving a prison sentence are normally deported after they finish their sentence, not during it — but there are a few important rules and exceptions.
If your child has been called to youth court, it's completely natural to feel overwhelmed or even confused. It’s a situation that no parent ever wants to be in. But knowing what to expect and how to support your child can make a big difference.
In his report, about how to tackle the 76,000 case Crown Court backlog, Brian Leveson has put forward the idea of a new sort of Crown Court.
Being taken to a police station can be intimidating, but the UK law guarantees you a range of important rights designed to protect your dignity, health and legal position.
Few things that it is impossible to imagine can be worse than being locked up in a foreign country when no-one speaks your language, whether it be the court, the police, the prosecution, the fellow prisoners and even your own lawyer.
"Is your client fit to plead?" is a question often bounded about between advocates at court. Many people latch on to the phase fit to plead in the hope that it may be a quick exit strategy from a potentially difficult trial.
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