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CANNABIS CULTIVATION AND THE LAW

WHAT IS IT? Cannabis cultivation is perhaps the most common type of ‘drug production’ charge dealt with by the courts.  Offences range from very small scale operations whereby a cannabis user has grown plants for their own personal use to large scale operations where industrial equipment and large premises are used and people are employed to tend to the crop. Drugs offences are prosecuted under the Misuse of Drugs Act 1971.  The ready availability of the equipment needed to produce cannabis and

EMBEZZLEMENT AND THE LAW

WHAT IS IT? Embezzlement is a form of theft where the person accused of the crime is in a position of trust.  The most common example is where the accused is employed as a book keeper for a company or public body. Other forms of embezzlement can be encountered where someone is acting as a financial guardian or power of attorney for another person. The offence can be committed by the accused person taking the money for themselves, diverting the money to

CHILDREN’S HEARINGS: EARLY REVIEWS

Is your child subject to an order that you are unhappy with? Children’s Hearing System: Calling an Early Review of a Compulsory Supervision Order If  your child is subject to a Compulsory Supervision order and you feel that matters are not progressing as anticipated or that agencies are failing to adhere to what you understood to be agreed, our solicitors can make enquiry and investigations and thereafter, call an early review of the Compulsory Supervision Order to ensure that your concerns are