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Bullying at school and the law - what your school and the police must do about bullying and how you should report it
Some forms of bullying are illegal and should be reported to the police.…
You should report bullying to your school in the first place - or someone…
Head teachers have the legal power to make sure pupils behave outside of…
There is no legal definition of bullying. However, it’s usually defined as…
Use this form to apply for a person to be punished for contempt of court after breaching a court order.
Schools can sanction pupils or exclude them - find out what schools are allowed to do, like search pupils for knives or drugs
Prisoners who break the rules while behind bars face new community payback-style punishments like repair work and litter picking, under tough prison rules to be set out this week.
Guidelines on the acceptance of pleas and the prosecutor's role in the sentencing exercise (revised 2009).
Guidance on the different types of compensation within the justice system.
Know which licence or certificate you must have to restrain, stun or kill animals which are not for human consumption, and how to carry out these operations.
Protecting staff, passengers and property on public transport: police roles, CCTV and witness evidence use, tools to restrict anti-social acts
Tougher sentences for cowardly killers delivered a year on from Wade Review.
Residential Property Tribunal decision of Judge H Carr and Ms R Kershaw on 14 March 2022
How to legally kill your own poultry, cattle, pigs, sheep, goats, rabbits and hares to eat at home.
Export controls on goods that can be used for torture or capital punishment.
What happens if you're given a community sentence or community service. Find out about Community Payback and the rules of your community sentence.
Find out why you might get a civil injunction, Community Protection Notice, Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO) (formerly known as ASBOs), what it means and what happens if you break it.
This collection brings together documents related to the government's work to combat domestic and international corruption.
This Brief examines whether corporal punishment in schools is associated with lasting effects on children’s cognitive development
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