Crime, justice and law

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Services

1. Search for a trade mark

   Look up a trade mark to see if something identical or similar to your brand is already registered

2. Visit someone in prison

   Make a request for a social visit someone in a prison in England and Wales

3. Send money to someone in prison

   Send money to a prisoner in England and Wales by debit card or bank transfer for free

4. Pay a court fine

   The only service you can use to pay your court fine online, or by telephone using a credit or debit card.

5. Lasting power of attorney forms

   Download the forms and guidance to make and register a lasting power of attorney (LPA).

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Guidance and regulation

1. Borders, immigration and citizenship: privacy information notice
   • Guidance
   • 24 May 2018
   • Home Office, Border Force, UK Visas and Immigration, and Immigration Enforcement
2. Track or view your DBS certificate
   • Detailed guide
   • 15 February 2018
   • Disclosure and Barring Service
3. Update Service and other DBS online services
   • Detailed guide
   • 26 February 2019
   • Disclosure and Barring Service
4. Basic DBS checks: guidance
   • Detailed guide
   • 4 July 2019
   • Disclosure and Barring Service
5. Fees in the Civil and Family Courts - main fees (EX50)
   • Guidance
   • 27 March 2019
   • HM Courts & Tribunals Service

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News and communications

6 September 2019 — News story

Crime news: contacting the Defence Solicitor Call Centre

Legal Aid Agency

1. Mr E Parnaby v Leicester City Council: UKEAT/0025/19/BA
   • 6 September 2019
   • HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Employment Appeal Tribunal
   • Employment appeal tribunal decision
2. Miss M Limoine v Ms R Sharma: UKEAT0094/19/RN
   • 6 September 2019
   • HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Employment Appeal Tribunal
   • Employment appeal tribunal decision
3. Mr Ian Pearce v 1) Bank of America Merrill Lynch 2) Bank of America Merrill Lynch International Ltd 3) Merrill Lynch: UKEAT/0067/19/ LA
   • 6 September 2019
   • HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Employment Appeal Tribunal
   • Employment appeal tribunal decision
4. Mr A Dunhill v Robinson Contract Services Ltd: 1810980/2018
   • 6 September 2019
   • HM Courts & Tribunals Service and Employment Tribunal
   • Employment tribunal decision

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Research and statistics

1. Security Situation Statistics for Northern Ireland, period ending 31 August 2019
   • 6 September 2019
   • Police Service of Northern Ireland and Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency
   • National statistics
2. Prison population figures: 2019
   • 6 September 2019
   • Ministry of Justice, HM Prison Service, and Her Majesty’s Prison and Probation Service
   • Official statistics
3. Operation of police powers under the Terrorism Act 2000, quarterly update to June 2019
   • 5 September 2019
   • Home Office
   • National statistics
4. Crime against businesses: findings from the 2018 Commercial Victimisation Survey: data tables
   • 5 September 2019
   • Home Office
   • Official statistics
5. Civil Justice statistics quarterly: April to June 2019
   • 5 September 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • National statistics

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Policy papers and consultations

1. Future Provision of Medical Reports in Road Traffic Accident related personal injury claims
   • 5 September 2019
   • Ministry of Justice
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 18 May 2019
2. Revising PACE Codes C and H
   • 20 August 2019
   • Home Office
   • Consultation outcome
   • Date closed 01 October 2018
3. Offensive Weapons Act 2019: draft statutory guidance
   • 15 August 2019
   • Home Office
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 09 October 2019
4. Knife Crime Prevention Orders (KCPOs): guidance
   • 15 August 2019
   • Home Office
   • Open consultation
   • Closing date 25 September 2019
5. London CRC - action plan
   • 21 August 2019
   • National Probation Service
   • Policy paper

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Transparency and freedom of information releases

1. Contract terminations and exclusions
   • 6 September 2019
   • Legal Aid Agency
   • Transparency
2. Quarterly report to Parliament: 1 April 2019 to 30 June 2019 (‘TAFA 2010’)
   • 5 September 2019
   • HM Treasury and Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
   • Corporate report
3. Quarterly report to Parliament: 1 January 2019 to 31 March 2019 ('TAFA 2010')
   • 5 September 2019
   • HM Treasury and Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation
   • Corporate report
4. Monthly spend by the CNPA - July 2019
   • 5 September 2019
   • Civil Nuclear Police Authority and Civil Nuclear Constabulary
   • Transparency
5. Prompt payment data from the CNPA - 1st quarter 2019
   • 5 September 2019
   • Civil Nuclear Police Authority and Civil Nuclear Constabulary
   • Transparency

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Organisations

1. HM Courts & Tribunals Service
2. Home Office
3. Ministry of Justice
4. Legal Aid Agency
5. Foreign & Commonwealth Office

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1. Attorney General's Office
2. Prime Minister's Office, 10 Downing Street
3. Civil Nuclear Constabulary
4. Civil Nuclear Police Authority
5. Her Majesty’s Prison & Probation Service
6. Disclosure & Barring Service
7. Ministry of Defence
8. Cabinet Office
9. Government Legal Department
10. Intellectual Property Office
11. HM Treasury
12. Ministry of Housing, Communities & Local Government
13. Office of the Public Guardian
14. Department for Education
15. Department of Health & Social Care
16. Department for International Development
17. Criminal Injuries Compensation Authority
18. Public Health England
19. Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation HM Treasury
20. Border Force
21. Certification Officer
22. Official Solicitor and Public Trustee
23. Department for Environment Food & Rural Affairs
24. Department for Transport
25. Immigration Enforcement
26. Northern Ireland Office
27. Prison Service Pay Review Body
28. Committee on Standards in Public Life
29. Civil Procedure Rule Committee
30. Government Legal Profession
31. Department for Digital, Culture, Media & Sport
32. Tribunal Procedure Committee
33. UK Visas and Immigration
34. HM Revenue & Customs
35. National security and intelligence
36. Criminal Procedure Rule Committee
37. Government Equalities Office
38. Lammy Review
39. Department for Work & Pensions
40. Office of the Advocate General for Scotland
41. Office of the Secretary of State for Wales Swyddfa Ysgrifennydd Gwladol Cymru
42. Department for Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy
43. Police Remuneration Review Body
44. Bona Vacantia
45. Driver & Vehicle Standards Agency
46. Family Procedure Rule Committee
47. Academy for Social Justice
48. Defence and Security Accelerator
49. Office of Manpower Economics
50. Department for Exiting the European Union
51. Government Actuary's Department
52. The Insolvency Service
53. Department for International Trade
54. Office for Product Safety & Standards
55. Review Body on Senior Salaries
56. Rural Payments Agency
57. Medicines & Healthcare products Regulatory Agency
58. National Crime Agency Remuneration Review Body
59. National Data Guardian
60. Office of the Secretary of State for Scotland
61. Companies House
62. Conflict, Stability and Security Fund
63. Driver & Vehicle Licensing Agency
64. HM Passport Office
65. Judicial Office
66. Office of the Parliamentary Counsel
67. Preventing Sexual Violence in Conflict Initiative
68. Stabilisation Unit
69. Office of the Leader of the House of Commons
70. UK Atomic Energy Authority
71. Central Arbitration Committee
72. Civil Service
73. Copyright Tribunal
74. Crown Commercial Service
75. Defence Electronics & Components Agency
76. Government Digital Service
77. Marine Management Organisation
78. Race Disparity Unit
79. Coal Authority
80. UK Export Finance
81. Valuation Office Agency

1. Employment Tribunal
2. Employment Appeal Tribunal
3. First-tier Tribunal (Property Chamber)
4. Upper Tribunal (Tax and Chancery Chamber)
5. Upper Tribunal (Administrative Appeals Chamber)
6. Youth Justice Board for England and Wales
7. Parole Board
8. Forensic Science Regulator
9. Surveillance Camera Commissioner
10. HM Prison Service
11. National Counter Terrorism Security Office
12. National Probation Service
13. Environment Agency
14. Advisory Council on the Misuse of Drugs
15. Commission for Countering Extremism
16. Defence Infrastructure Organisation
17. Biometrics Commissioner
18. Judicial Appointments and Conduct Ombudsman
19. Biometrics and Forensics Ethics Group
20. Police Advisory Board for England and Wales
21. Innovate UK
22. Office of the Immigration Services Commissioner
23. The Charity Commission
24. Export Control Joint Unit
25. Government Chemist
26. HM Land Registry
27. Ofsted
28. Defence Science and Technology Laboratory
29. Insolvency Rules Committee
30. Competition and Markets Authority
31. Commercial Court
32. Defence Equipment and Support
33. First-tier Tribunal (General Regulatory Chamber)
34. First-tier Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum)
35. Gangmasters Licensing Appeals
36. Nuclear Decommissioning Authority
37. Office for Communications Data Authorisations
38. Patents Court
39. Technical Advisory Board
40. The Business and Property Courts
41. Upper Tribunal (Immigration and Asylum Chamber)

Explore sub-topics

1. Administrative justice reform
2. Attorney General guidance to the legal profession
3. Byelaws
4. Civil justice reform
5. Counter-extremism
6. Counter-terrorism
7. Courts, sentencing and tribunals
8. Crime prevention
9. Criminal justice reform
10. Criminal record disclosure
11. Data protection
12. Domestic violence
13. Family justice system
14. Forced marriage
15. Justice system transparency
16. Knife, gun and gang crime
17. Law and practice
18. Legal aid
19. Legal aid reform
20. Policing
21. Prisons and probation
22. Reoffending and rehabilitation
23. Reporting crimes and getting compensation
24. Sentencing reform
25. Statutory rights
26. Victims of crime
27. Violence against women and girls
28. Young people and the law
29. Your rights and the law