England & Wales

Is it correct that we need a warrant to go through someone's mobile phone? For example at the moment if we s&s, we couldn't go through someone's phone to find out where people are planning to cause disruption etc?

Hello everyone, Please can I have the benefit of your expertise in the following situation. In the middle of a heated argument, my wife called 999. By the time police arrived, we had calmed down and my wife realised that it was not needed. However, police came and arrested me. My wife neither made a statement against me nor signed any documents that policeman asked her to sign. I was released following an interview with us (with me at police station and my wife on the phone). My custody records show that I was charged with common assault and my case was disposed off as "NFA - insufficient evidence" as per the custody record. Later my wife called up the inspector of Co…

At recent London riots and past protests, we've seen a lot of people handing out "Bust Cards" - eg, basic legal advice, such as no commenting interviews, but also some more worrying advice. One, for instance, advised people to destroy the clothes they'd worn, shave and cut their hair, and under no circumstances talk to police at all. Would you be able to arrest people handing these out on suspicion of attempting to pervert the course of justice? It makes sense that you would, but it's not legislation I'm at all familiar with.

Members here often manage to find stated cases of the past which go into a good amount of detail. Hoping someone can help me find this one ; R. v. Chief Constable of Lancashire ex Parker [1992] Need to read it in quite a bit of detail but Google has betrayed me. Cheers.

We live on a fairly busy residential avenue, one side being terraced with permit parking, the other being semi-detached with gardens and/or driveways. Our house has a gated drive with a dropped kerb. Over the past few months, the parking situation has gradually become worse and worse; we have people regularly parking over the driveway/dropped kerb either to drop their children off at the local school, a neighbour who is a child-minder, or just to go off shopping at the local shops. We have always been very polite and well mannered when we have asked people to move their car, never been abusive, etc, and we have been reporting this regularly to our local council, who ha…

What power/act do vehicles get seized under for being 'used in crime'. And what offences are relevant to the 'crime'. Obviously if someone has a fight, jumps in a car then drives away, i guess not. Say a vehicle is stopped by Police but makes off, Police know who the driver is, say the driver is disqual or something. Im unsure if you can do a restropective sec165 say the next day, if the vehicle is seen parked up somewhere, but would that fall into being used in crime, if the vehicle has failed to stop, made off or whatever? And what would be the procedure for the person to get it back?

Hi All, Was pulled over by the Police a couple of weeks ago in a situation that i am thoroughly embarrasssed and ashamed of. The offence was Kerb Crawling, for some stupid on the spot decision i picked up a girl who was showing a bit too much thigh, before i even got to the end of the street was pulled over by a police van. Admitted my guilt almost instantly, was given the right to remain silent whilst the police officer did checks on me and my vehicle. Told him this is the first time i have been stopped by the police, do not have a criminal record or any cautions. He wrote my admission of guilt into his notepad and asked me to sign. After further discussion with h…

yesterday i recieved a parking charge notice to the owner from a company called parkingeye it says on the 3rd of august 2011 then the reg number entered the car park 17.04.55 and departed 18.07.24 the signage , which is clearly displayed at the entrance to and throughout the car park , sttates that this is a pay and display car park , and also details other conditions for which those who enter the car park agree to be bound. by either not purchasing a valid pay and dispaly ticket or remaining at the location for longer than permitted, and in accordance with the terms and conditions that were agreed to upon the car park, these were breached and therefore the parking c…

Hi I am buying a second hand car... i am looking at a polo 2007 but it is category c... he said that it was an alloy that buckled which he replaced and it needed a new suspension - what specific certificates ahould I be asking for? I know about the VIC but is there anything else I should be looking at? The car has an MOT for 10mths. Also the car without the category c status is worth 4,500 but because it is category c the cost is £4,000 - should I be looking at a bigger reduction based on cat c status. Any advice welcome. Thanks Fi

This story has got me wound right up. I understand what is being said about police tactics being wrong and maybe they were in the first instance given what was going to happen, but the police don't have a magical crystal ball (like politicians and press seem to think). But how could the police have treated what was initially a protest as anything else?? With all the fallout of G20 and police getting a hiding from the press for being too forceful (kettling etc) is it any wonder they intially held back?? If Cameron wants a more robust police that can deal with the scum then get rid of the burden every police officer has held above them that may cost them their job and livel…

This is taken from the topic about the guy being tazered in Stoke and got me thinking what other peoples thoughts were on the legalities of seizing the phone as evidence?

On the A5 today... I was sat behind some one doing about 55/60 in the right hand lane.. No one on the left, i was sat behind them, for about 5 minutes until i considered undertaking, but they turned off a short time after I know undertaking is illegal but are there times when it is ok to do so? Like, do it quickly to get out there way. Do it safely with plenty of room if they move left.. What are peoples points..

Is the Riot Act still on the statute books, and if so is it being used at all? I'm hearing in the press of people being charged with various things, but none of them with riot. Surely the purpose of the Act was that it was easier to charge people with being a part of the general disorder without needing to prove exactly who was responsible for what damage and to charge ringleaders who might not have done damage themselves but encouraged others to do so. Would it be useful to use the Act to deal with current rioting or is their more modern legislation which is doing a good job.

So our powers to seize items whilst on premises come under section 19. What are our powers to retain/destroy? Say we arrest someone for off weap which subsequently gets NFA'd, do we have any powers to retain the weapon? Likewise can we seize something and not arrest someone for it. Cheers

The situation is this;- If the driver a vehicle crosses a broken hatched area (dividing the traffic) due to a large amount of traffic in front that is stationary due to a broken down vehicle, and does so in a safe manner, but while doing this off-sides a keep left sign to turn right into a road junction do they create any offences? Now my old noggin remembers that you can cross the hatched area if safe to do so (rule 130) but do you commit an offence of failing to comply/contravention of the keep left sign if you are 'overtaking' an 'obstruction'? And no i didn't, but i witnessed it and it's been churning around my head for days and google cant find it.