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MPR instructed in SOCA Class A drugs conspiracy case in Birmingham Crown Court

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MPR’s complex crime team have been instructed to defend one of a number of defendants in a large-scale conspiracy to supply heroin case which is to be heard at Birmingham Crown Court. The case is being prosecuted by the Organised Crime Unit of...

MPR defend false imprisonment of semi-professional footballer in foot fetish case

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MPR’s Serious and Complex Crime Team are defending two clients in this highly unusual and serious case in the Thames Valley Region. Trial is scheduled for 2014 in the Crown Court and looks set to attract nationwide publicity. MPR solicitors was...

MPR Solicitors instructed in Crimewatch case: hammer attack in North West London

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Millions of television viewers watched the CCTV clip of a male being viciously attacked outside a pub in North London. Following the broadcast of the high-profile television programme, our client contacted us with a view to handing himself in to the police. ...

Conspiracy to commit armed robbery charge dropped at Kingston Crown Court

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Flying Squad officers swooped on our client accused of masterminding and committing an armed robbery in a well known West London shopping centre. Charged with conspiracy to commit armed robbery with others, he was initially remanded into custody but we were...

Schedule 7 Terrorism Act 2000: right to consult with a solicitor in person

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Today the High Court ruled that a person detained under Schedule 7 of the Terrorism Act 2000 is entitled to consult in person with a solicitor at any time. The decision in Elosta v Commissioner of Police for the Metropolis and the Law Society and...

Silk Road: more arrests imminent: MPR cyber crime defence solicitors on standby

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Last week saw the arrest of 4 Britons on suspicion of supplying drugs via the anonymous online market place called “Silk Road” where it is believed millions of dollars worth of illegal services and substances are traded using virtual currency...

National Crime Agency replaces the Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA): real teeth or just another make-over?

Seema Parikh
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Today, 7th October 2013 is the official launch day for the newly rebranded National Crime Agency (NCA) also labelled the “British FBI” designed to tackle and pursue organised crime in the areas of drugs trafficking, human smuggling, child...

Benefit Fraud cheats could face ten-year prison sentences

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The DPP, Keir Starmer QC published new guidelines for prosecutors dealing with fraud cases involving state benefits and tax credits. He announced an unprecedented crackdown on those who committed benefit fraud against the DWP (Department for Work and...

Joint Enterprise: The jurisprudential maze

Kinneri Patel
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As a law student joint enterprise seemed simple enough: those acting with a common intention or purpose could be held jointly liable for their actions. As a practitioner, I quickly learnt how wrong I was to marginalise the concept of joint enterprise in...

MPR Website updated- Please give us some feedback!

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We have updated our website in order to better engage with our clients and provide a better user experience. You will be able to see the services we offer and our areas of practice and why we are different. At MPR we recognise that there is an abundance of...

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