The drugs offences handbook / Tim Moloney, Steven Bird, Tom Stevens, Paul Mason, Abigail Bright and Harriet Johnson.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Moloney, Tim, author.

Bird, Steven, 1963- author.

Bright, Abigail, author.

Johnson, Harriet, author.

Mason, Paul (Barrister), author.

Stevens, Tom (Barrister), author.

Series:

Criminal practice series.

Criminal practice

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Drugs--Law and legislation--Great Britain--Handbooks, manuals, etc.

Drugs.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (415 pages).

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

London : Bloomsbury Professional, 2018.

Summary:

"The Drugs Offences Handbook provides a comprehensive, focused and concise analysis of the often complex evidential and litigation issues that relate to drugs cases. The law relating to drugs has the broadest span of any specialist area within crime. Evidentially it includes the forensic examination of drugs themselves and evidence linking individuals to drugs, as well as cell site analysis, interrogation of computers and mobile telephones, police powers of search, and the utilisation of police 'expert' witnesses. From a litigation perspective, drugs cases (together with financial crime) make up the vast majority of cases giving rise to money laundering and proceeds of crime issues. In complex supply and importation cases, the financial aspect frequently arises within the evidence as well. Laid out in three broad sections covering Offences, Evidence and Post-conviction, The Drugs Offences Handbook provides expert guidance on key areas such as: Manufacture and cultivation Importation Possession and supply Police powers of search and seizure Sentencing and confiscation With reference to all relevant legislation including the Psychoactive Substances Act 2016, the Drugs Act 2005, the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002 as well as analysis of leading cases such as R v Hussain (Shabbir), R v Green and R v Wright, The Drugs Offences Handbook is an essential resource for criminal law practitioners as well as professionals such as drugs agencies, counselling agencies and expert witnesses."--Bloomsbury Publishing.

Contents:

1 MANUFACTURE AND CULTIVATION

2 IMPORTATION

3 POSSESSION: UNLAWFUL POSSESSION, CONTROL AND KNOWLEDGE

4 POSSESSION: PROHIBITED DRUGS AND DEFENCES

5 SUPPLY AND BEING CONCERNED IN SUPPLY

6 POSSESSION WITH INTENT TO SUPPLY

7 OCCUPIERS OF PREMISES

8 CONSPIRACY AND CROSS-JURISDICTIONAL OFFENCES

9 SEARCH AND SEIZURE

10 FORENSIC AND COVERT EVIDENCE

11 SENTENCING FOR DRUGS OFFENCES

12 RESTRAINT AND CONFISCATION

Appendix A Extracts from MDA 1971

Appendix B Extracts from PSA 2016

Appendix C Extracts from PACE 1984

Appendix D Drug Offences Definitive Guideline

Notes:

Includes index.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

ISBN:

9781780436647

1780436645

9781784511616

1784511617

9781784511609

1784511609

OCLC:

1053856464