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Rights in police custody

If you are held in police custody in the UK, you have several key rights to maintain your dignity and ensure fairness and due process. This includes the right of access to legal advice, medical care, appropriate detention conditions, and the ability to inform someone of your...

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Can the police search my premises?

The ability of the police to enter and search a person’s home or work premises is one of the most intrusive powers available in this country. Having a stranger enter someone’s property is a significant interference with an...

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Guide for facing a wrongful conviction

If you think that you have been wrongfully convicted and a miscarriage of justice has taken place, you can try to overturn your conviction by submitting an appeal. Due to the nature and importance of appealing a conviction, it is important that you...

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Can a non-molestation order turn into a criminal record?

A non-molestation order is a form of injunction that protects people from those that are abusing them (or causing others to abuse them). This type of order stops a person or their children from being harmed, intimidated, harassed, pestered or threatened by: Someone...

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Invited to a police interview?

There is no doubt that police interviews can be a stressful and frightening experience regardless of whether the interview is a voluntary or involuntary. Recent years have seen a marked increase in the use of voluntary interviews by the police for a range of offences,...

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What personal data is collected when arrested

When you are arrested by the police, they will read the caution to you and usually take you to a police station. During this time, they will collect some personal data. Samples from a detainee can only be taken where it is “justified and necessary for preventing,...

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Your rights

Rights in police custody

Can the police search my premises?

Guide for facing a wrongful conviction

Can a non-molestation order turn into a criminal record?

Invited to a police interview?

What personal data is collected when arrested

What our clients say

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