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The Environment Agency Cracks Down On Persistently Poor Performers – Don’t Be Caught Out!

The Environment Agency (EA) is a non-department public body which was established in 1996, having been sponsored by DEFRA (Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs). Its role is to protect and enhance the environment in England. The EA employs around 11,000 staff and this is funded partly by DEFRA and partly from the issue […]

Ever felt like you were being watched?

It’s a staggering fact that the UK represents 1% of the world’s population and has 20% of all CCTV cameras! Totalitarian regimes throughout the world do not come anywhere near our ratio of one camera to every 14 people. The average Londoner can be monitored by up to 300 cameras in a day. Recently, the […]

Tweet with Caution, Text Carefully

There have been some very recent high profile incidents of people tweeting or messaging threateningly or aggressively. The recent social media group attack on the McCann’s is one example as well as Caroline Criado-Perez, who campaigned for the images of women to be on British banknotes, being threatened with rape. Both of these examples have […]

Drink Driving! 50 Year Campaign….

The drink driving campaign has been very successful over the past 50 years – since the first advert – resulting in a huge reduction in road casualties related to this. The drinking limits are low and will be lowered again. Despite this though, alcohol affects people in different ways and you may find yourself over […]

O’Garra’s Implements Crimeline Complete

As the reader may know, we are experienced specialist criminal defence Solicitors and Advocates. In order to serve our clients better we are forever looking to improve our service and capabilities and, to this end, we have begun to use new software called Crimeline Complete. Crimeline Complete is a legal knowledge solution and began its […]

End Of The Summer Holidays – End Of Your Relationship?

For many people in the UK it is nearing the end of the summer holidays. Whereas most see the summer holidays as an opportunity to spend time with each other it is, unfortunately, one of the most common times for couples to break up, ranking 5th behind Valentine’s Day (of all things!) and April Fool’s […]

Ministry of Justice Receives Significant Set Backs

Over the past three weeks the Ministry of Justice (MOJ) has received two significant setbacks to its austerity based decision to cut legal aid. The first setback was a poll, released on 30th July, revealing that public opinion had hardened against the cutbacks. The results of the poll were released on the 65th anniversary of […]

Appeal granted for prison law legal aid

We’re pleased to hear that the fight by two charities campaigning against cuts to prison law legal aid has not been in vain as the Court of Appeal granted permission to appeal the High Court’s rejection of the challenge in March 2014. Following the lord chancellor’s decision on large cuts to prison law legal aid, […]

POCA – Serious Crime Bill

Earlier this month, The Queen announced the annual government legislative agenda for the coming year. The prime minister hailed it as a ‘packed programme of a busy and radical government’. Though ironically, it was the shortest annual speech in the past decade with just 11 new bills announced, put into perspective in comparison to Tony […]

Hot topics this month… Football!

It’s been an exciting end to this year’s Barclay’s Premier League with one of the closest title races in recent seasons. Who will clinch it? And that’s not even getting started on the world cup! Football isn’t just something we’re passionate about watching, it’s a part of our business that we’re passionate about. We represent […]