by Sean Caulfield | Aug 2, 2021 | Crime
New data from the Office for National Statistics (ONS) Crime Survey for England and Wales has revealed that fraud and computer misuse offences have risen by more than a third in England and Wales in the year to March 2021. The Crime Survey showed that there were an...
by Sean Caulfield | Jul 29, 2021 | Crime
The Government has announced the Beating Crime Plan in a bid to protect victims of crime and help make the streets safer. The measures build on existing steps to toughen sentences to keep the most dangerous offenders behind bars and the delivery of almost half of the...
by Sean Caulfield | Jul 26, 2021 | Wills and Probate
The Government is planning to overhaul the current lasting power of attorney (LPA) system which has been labelled slow and difficult to use. An LPA is a legal document that allows people to appoint someone else to make decisions about their welfare, money or property....
by Sean Caulfield | Jul 20, 2021 | Crime
Racially and religiously motivated hate crimes hit a new high in 2020 according to data from the Home Office. A total of 61,851 racially and religiously aggravated offences were recorded last year, a figure up 7 per cent on the 57,825 offences recorded during 2019....
by Sean Caulfield | Jul 19, 2021 | Medical Negligence
An investigation into maternity care at Nottingham University Hospitals NHS Trust has uncovered repeated examples of negligent care during the past decade. The Independent and Channel 4 News investigation has revealed that dozens of babies have died or been left brain...
