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The penalties if you are caught taking or dealing drugs - drug classification, fines and prison sentences
Information about the Personal Injury Discount Rate review 2024.
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.
A violent thug who murdered a man and raped two women as part of a ferocious four-day crime spree has had his sentence increased after it was referred to the Court of Appeal.
Find the most recently applied anti-dumping duty measures.
You could get penalty points (endorsements) on your driving record if you're convicted of a motoring offence
What happens if you're given a community sentence or community service. Find out about Community Payback and the rules of your community sentence.
Changes to greening penalty arrangements
Find out about late payment penalties and how to appeal if you're an employer.
This note is part of the statutory guidance under s215 of the HRA 2008 (from 1 April 2024)
You can be fined if your dog is out of control in public - find out about Dog Control Orders, banned dogs, dog fouling and reporting a dangerous dog
How road transport companies and their drivers must secure their vehicles to stop people using them to enter the UK illegally, and to avoid being fined.
The range of prison sentences a court can give - including suspended, fixed-term, indeterminate and life sentences.
The police or Crown Prosecution Service (CPS) can give you a caution (warning) or a penalty notice if you commit a minor crime
If your payment is more than 15 days overdue, first and second late payment penalties apply. Find out how to avoid penalties and get help to pay in instalments.
What Works to Prevent Violence against Women and Girls: funding opportunity. Aims to build knowledge on what works to prevent violence against women and girls (VAWG).
The law on squatting - what squatting is, squatters' rights, removing squatters, getting your property back from squatters and adverse possession. Includes information from the withdrawn EX332 and EX333 guidance.
You could get a fine and penalty points if you're caught speeding, or could even lose your licence
Actions taken by the Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (OFSI) to enforce financial sanctions.
When you can be banned from driving, check when your driving ban ends, reduce your disqualification period, disqualified until you've passed your test, drink-driving offences
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