Understand Your Situation
Factual legal representation for property-related offences, from retail theft to armed robbery. Our team provides authoritative guidance on the 2025 police power updates.
Property offences are primarily prosecuted under the Theft Act 1968, with recent sentencing guidelines aimed at addressing the impact of retail crime and serious burglary. The Crime and Policing Bill 2025 repeals the 'low value' shop theft provisions, ensuring a full police response to all retail crime and introducing new offences for assaulting shop workers. New police powers allow for the search of premises without a warrant to seize stolen goods located using electronic tracking technology, such as mobile phones or GPS tags.
Understand Your Legal Standing
Expert legal representation is critical from the earliest stages of an investigation. A confidential consultation provides clarity on your rights and the procedural steps ahead.
Plan Your Defence
Defending property offences involves the forensic analysis of CCTV and DNA evidence to contest identification and challenge the prosecution's narrative of intent. The Sentencing Bill 2025 introduces a presumption for suspended custodial sentences of 12 months or less, focusing on community supervision and probation for property-related offences. The defence role is to meticulously scrutinise the lawfulness of searches and seizures, ensuring that police did not exceed their powers under PACE or the new 2025 Bill. Strategic representation also addresses the potential for 'respect orders' and the earlier removal of foreign national offenders under the latest legislative reforms.
Develop a Strategic Defence
Every case involves unique evidential complexities. Specialist legal advice ensures that your version of events is properly represented and that all forensic opportunities are explored.
Legal Aid Availability
For many criminal matters, from police station interviews to Crown Court trials, public funding (Legal Aid) may be available to cover your legal costs.
Eligibility is determined by the seriousness of the case and, in some instances, a means assessment. Our team will conduct an immediate, confidential assessment of your eligibility to ensure that financial constraints do not stand in the way of a robust defence.
