The Drugs Offences Handbook (Criminal Practice Series) - Softcover

QC, Tim Moloney; Bird, Steven; Stevens, Tom; Johnson, Harriet; Bright, Abigail; Mason, Paul

Softcover

ISBN 10: 1780436637 ISBN 13: 9781780436630

Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional, 2018

Synopsis

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.

Tim Moloney QC, Tom Stevens, Paul Mason, Abigail Bright and Harriet Johnson are all members of Doughty Street Chambers.

Steven Bird is the founder and director of Birds Solicitors.

The Criminal Practice Series is a series of practical court-style guides covering a number of discrete, specialist areas. They assist users to identify cases, rules and regulations relevant to the specific topic quickly and easily. For more information please visit www.bloomsburyprofessional.com/criminal

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About the Authors

Tim Moloney KC of Doughty Street Chambers is one of the country's leading criminal barristers. He is ranked in Band 1 for Crime (London) in Chambers and Partners 2014 and has vast experience in the field. He is also a long standing contributor to Blackstone's Criminal Practice.

Steven Bird is the founder and director of Birds Solicitors, and is ranked as one of the top five criminal solicitors in London in Chambers & Partners 2014 (as he has been for several years). He has a long established reputation for heavyweight crime, including large drugs cases. He too has extensive writing experience having contributed to Police Station Advisers Index (Sweet & Maxwell), and The Criminal Cases Review Commission: Hope for the Innocent (Palgrave Macmillan) and Taylor on Criminal Appeals (OUP).

Tom Stevens is a criminal defence advocate at Doughty Street Chambers and has gained considerable Crown Court experience in dealing with drug trafficking offences and cases of serious violence.

Harriet Johnson is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers.

Abigail Bright (BCL, Dip.FMS Barts and The London) is a barrister at Doughty Street Chambers and specialises in (referral) criminal appeals and extradition. She was noting counsel for the inquiry team (led by Tom Kark, Q.C.) at the Mid Staffordshire General Hospital Inquiry, September 2010 to September 2011.

Edition details

• Publisher: Bloomsbury Professional
• Publication date: 2018
• Language: English
• ISBN 10: 1780436637
• ISBN 13: 9781780436630
• Binding: Paperback
• Number of pages: 416