Firearms, Knives and Weapons

Firearms

British gun control is among the strictest in the world. In general, it is an offence to have a gun of any kind unless you have a firearm certificate from the police, or you are a registered firearms dealer. To get a certificate you need a good reason to have the gun, you must satisfy character checks, and you must comply with strict conditions about storing it.

Most firearms offences carry a minimum sentence of at least five years in prison (three years if you are under 18) unless there are exceptional circumstances.

Knives

Unless you have a good reason or lawful excuse, it is an offence to have a knife (or anything else with a blade or a sharp point - except a folding pocket knife with a blade no more than three inches long).

Other Weapons

It is an offence to have any weapon in a public place without lawful authority or a reasonable excuse. Anything made or adapted for injuring people is an offensive weapon. So is anything else that a person has with the intention of causing injury.

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Our criminal law team is larger than most. This means we can handle the largest or smallest cases effectively, and gives us a wide range of experience. Whatever kind of case you are involved in, it is unlikely to be new to us and you can be confident we will know the best way to help you.

Drugs Offences and Trafficking

Drugs charges range from simple possession of cannabis, through providing drugs to customers in night clubs, to supplying crack cocaine on the streets to feed a drug habit, smuggling drugs into prisons, importing drugs from abroad, and large-scale cultivation or manufacture and distribution.

Burglary, Theft and Handling Stolen Goods

Theft

In a nutshell, theft means dishonestly taking something that belongs to someone else, intending not to return it or not caring whether it is returned or not.

Firearms, Knives and Weapons

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Fraud and Dishonesty

Fraud

The offence of fraud was created by the Fraud Act 2006. It replaced other more specific offences, though some offences involving fraud still exist alongside it, such as false accounting.

Motoring Offences

Over a third of defendants in magistrates' courts are charged with motoring offences, and motoring is probably the setting in which most people come into direct contact with the police and the criminal justice system.

Murder and Manslaughter

Murder

Murders and attempted murders take many forms: shootings, stabbings, homophobic attacks, honour killings, poisoning, or simply the use of fists or boots to cause severe injury or death. These are examples of serious offences that we have dealt with and are dealing with now.

Organised Crime, Conspiracy and Robbery

We have acted for clients accused of organised jewellery robberies, cash delivery robberies, offences involving the distribution of drugs, and conspiracy to defraud. We have the expertise and experience necessary to deal with all types of serious criminal charges.

Prison Law

Being in prison can be distressing for both you and your loved ones. QualitySolicitors Amphlett Lissimore works with prisoners and their families to ensure legal rights and privileges are looked after.

Sexual Offences and Indecency

All sexual offences are serious, from voyeurism or possession of indecent images, to incest or rape.

We recognise that conviction of a sex offence carries a unique stigma in society, besides the likelihood of a prison sentence and the obligation to register as a sex offender.

Violent Crimes

Crimes involving violence short of homicide range from common assault to malicious wounding, robbery, rape or attempted murder.

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Theft

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Firearms

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Motoring Offences

Murder and Manslaughter

Murder

Organised Crime, Conspiracy and Robbery

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Sexual Offences and Indecency

Violent Crimes

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