England & Wales

i have a young lad that drives a 3.5 ton van for my firm, he has just told me he is about to get some points on his licence for aledgedly speeding in his own car. i am a little concerned as to what realy happened. he has informed me that he has a notice of intended prosicution, but a couple of days after this he has had a visit from the local boys in blue. what would be the grounds for this? i feel there is more to this.... anyone care to comment?

Sec.24 PACE allows a constable to 'arrest without a warrant'. This, I presume refers to a warrant issues by the courts. But all police officers have a warrant card in their back pocket anyway, does this not mean that they always have a warrant to arrest? In fact 'Warrant of arrest' is in fact written on some warrant cards, whether that's force specific or not I don't know. Do police officers always have a warrant to arrest? If so, what does the wording of PACE mean?

Hi, to steal lifejacket and being drunk on aeroplanes is quite common. Law already cover these with theft and D&D, but I would like to know: are there any special law for these event on an aeroplane?

Hi all Looking at my white notes. Under Sec 9 (1) (a) it is guilty if a person causes criminal damage. Under Sec (b) it does not state anything about criminal damage, just stealing and GBH. So if someone was to steal and commit criminal damage, would the arest be under both sections or jus (B)? Thanks

One of my friends is a doctor, and therefore subject to the rather stringent controls of the General Medical Council. The GMC take a dim view of criminal convictions, and he is in any case subject to very frequent Enhanced CRB checks. Even a relatively minor conviction, (e.g. D&D, S.5, theft of a chocolate bar) could be very bad for his career. Recently he asked me what would happen if he committed an offence and refused to give particulars. I fudged an answer along the lines of "Well you'd be arrested, kept in custody, and then put before the courts". "And if I still refused to give my name?" he asked? "Well, they couldn't fine you, so I guess you'd spend some …

Hi all, Been trying to google this to little avail. Question - are public sector organisations (police, nhs, fire, council etc) obliged to publish a public disclosure log (Eg via a website), of every FOI request they respond to? Or, is it sufficient to simply provide the information to the requestor, but not make a public record of it? Can anyone direct me to any formal legislation? Many thanks!

Someone has an accident with only minor cosmetic damage that will be settled away from the insurance companies. A period of time elapses, (say 3 months) and despite repeated promises by the guitly party to pay the money to the garage that will do the work, nothing has been done. Beings it's not insurance related, is the only remaining course of action a small claims court, or could the Police assist or even be willing to assist in any way? (Let's say the amount in question is less than £200) Over to you!

Hi What would you do if: Women finds out man is cheating with someone who lives abroad. Women finds a flight booked by man to go visit mistress in the same account as their holiday is booked. Women changes mans flight to another destination at another time. Man goes to police and complains. What would you do? Charge her? Tell him to go away what does he expect? Something else? This is not a current case.

Hi, I have got myself into a situation and im not sure i fully understand it or know what I should be doing. I am posting this to get advice on the law side of things and where I may stand in the future and not for some free legal advice. The history of this goes as follows (taken from a post on another site as its a long story) Hi all.. bit of advice needed... Had an argument with the girlfriend ... well here is the brake down of events..... Taking this snip from an email i sent to a friend as its too long to type again..... We started to argue and I said that I was not happy.. her attitude towards us and the family and pulling her weight was really getting to me 

Hi all, im having my recovery truck sign written next week and id like to use the police blue and yellow battenburgs, they could either be reflective or non reflective im not too fussed but id like those colours because its vital i stand out and can be clearly seen!!(i should also say that they are only a meter high on the bottom of the sides of the vehicle) the problem is nobody can give me a straight answer! i have spoken to 3 police men the 1st being a road traffic sargent who said yes its legal aslong as the blue isnt reflective, the 2nd being a normal officer and he said yes its fine to all be reflective aslong as its clearly marked as a recovery vehicle, and a pol…

Why the most of police like put their hands into their jacket? To cover their wind? very confuse.... so can anyone tell me why? Please look this sample photo below~

hello, i was hoping someone would be able to help me by informing me of the rules and regulations with regards to the public and the pgysical force that can be legally used against them. I have been researching different cases for example Ian Tomlinson and there are obviously many videos on places like you tube where there is violence against people that isnt reasonable force and i was wndering when the exact rules and regulations the police are given when it comes to the amount of force yu can use against the public in a normal situation and in a riot situation. Thank you in advance for any help given. charlotte.

Ive heard that its illegal to drive bare foot, Why is this? And what is penalty for it? I tried moving my car out the garage wearing motorcycle boots which failed so i took them off and moved it bare foot (Not on a public road, as i know its an offence) But it was just as easy as with shoes on, if any thing easier as i could feel the pedals alot more. Andy

Hi We love and respect our police service and think they do a wonderful job in an incredible tough climate and in the past could never see a reason how i could complain about their behaviour, as I feel until you have walked a day in theri shoes (or in fact many years) then you have no right to judge. However, I need some advice a freind of ours caught her ex partner with his pants down with anothe women and threw him out. He and the mistress made around 25 false complaints about her to the police (most were direct lies, the odd ones were versions of the truth), it seemed the police put my friend in the "women scorned" box and beelived every compliant and questioned her …

Changes to PACE codes A, B and D Revised PACE codes of practice for codes A, B and D came into force after midnight on the 6 March 2011. Code A (Stop and search) The code A changes: abolish the national recording requirement for stop and account. However, forces have discretion to record stop and account where there are local concerns reflect amendments to the recording requirements for stop and search in section 1 of PACE. Officers are only required to record: self defined ethnicity object of search grounds for search identity of the officer carrying out the stop and search date time place