Author: Nathan Seymour-Hyde

When a sexual offence is alleged to have occurred in London and involves a physical offence – such as rape allegations or sexual assault – the Metropolitan Police will normally take responsibility for the investigation, even if the suspect lives elsewhere. In online allegations – such as sexual communication with a child or offences involving […]

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Sentencing for rape is governed by the Sentencing Council’s definitive guideline. In simple terms, judges look at two things – the level of harm said to have been caused, and the offender’s alleged culpability. Those two factors place a case into one of six possible sentencing brackets, each with its own starting point and range. […]

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The use of AI tools to create indecent images of children raises difficult questions under UK criminal law. Most commercial AI platforms, such as Chat GPT or Gemini, advertise safeguards intended to prevent users from generating illegal material. However, recent controversy over Grok being used to “nudify” images illustrates how easily those protections can fail. […]

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If you have received a Notice of Proposed Driving Disqualification, it indicates that the court is considering imposing a 6-month totting ban for reaching 12 points, or that a single speeding incident is serious enough for a ban to be considered. This notice is effectively a warning from the court that disqualification is being actively […]

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