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Is there a statute of limitations for a Fixed Penalty Notice (FPN)?
Last November a relative was issued with an FPN for littering in Lambeth, SW London. She claims it was an accident, a tissue fell from her pocket when she took out her phone and she didn't notice. We ...
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Is there any further aggravated designation for assault that is not based on the harm caused to the victim���s body?
Common assault can be elevated from summary only to an either way offence like actual or grievous bodily harm if the assault actually occasions actually some definite bodily harm.
But are there any ...
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What is the statute of limitations for making false police reports?
Meet Alice. Alice knowingly made false reports to the police. For how long after this occurrence may this crime be reported and proceeded against Alice for?
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Statute of limitations in the USA
I was reading this interesting article by Bruce Schneier, where he explains how a notorious hacker called Kevin Mitnick "hacked" California Law in 1983 by researching the statute of ...
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Computer Fraud and Abuse Act statute of limitations
I was looking into the criminal law application of the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act in the United States of America.
Since, to the best of my knowledge, it is a Federal crime the statute of ...
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Why is there no limitations period on indictable offences?
In England, it seems one can be charged with an indictable or either-way offence 70 years after the fact.
Is it not so that in most places this is not the case?
And what are the stated justifications ...
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Criminal statute of limitations in Nigeria
What is the statute of limitations for criminal offences in Nigeria?
I have searched online, but all I found was that the offence of rape will no longer be statute barred, and various time limits for ...
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Summary-only offence time limits
I was reading about Summary only offences here, focusing on the England & Wales jurisdiction, where the general rule is a six months statute of limitations.
The general rule for time bars on ...
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Quitclaim reversal in Washington state. Statue of limitations? Options? Legal recourse?
My question involves real estate located in the State of: Washington
My home, has been hostilely taken over. It appears after my home was legally purchased and transferred into my name, that a ...
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Why is there a 'statute of limitation' for sex crimes?
As I understand it, there is no statute of limitations for murder: in contrast sex crimes (rape) have time limits to prosecute.
Is there a line of reasoning to decide which classes of crime have a ...
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IN ARIZONA is there a time limit for a police officer to file a complaint or ticket they have written you
If I Have been written a criminal ticket for -Indecent Exposure-, and my stated court appearance date came and the clerk of the court said that i wasn't on the docket because they hadn't even turned ...
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