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Non Accidental Head Injury Cases (NAHI, formerly referred to as Shaken Baby Syndrome [SBS]) - Prosecution Approach

Updated: 5 November 2021

This guidance is intended to provide information on the stance taken by the Courts in relation to Non Accidental Head Injury (NAHI) cases and to assist prosecutors in the approach and presentation of such cases.

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Weapons related prosecution guidance

Prosecution Guidance Violent Crime, Weapons and Public Safety

Dangerous Dog Offences

Updated: 21 June 2019. Updated: 4 November 2021; 1 February 2024

In a case which involves a dog dangerously out of control, a choice lies between an application by way of a civil complaint under the Dogs Act 1871 for an Order for the control or destruction of a dog, and a criminal prosecution under the Dangerous Dogs Act 1991.

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Firearms

Updated: 29 Jul 2020; 24 Mar 2021; 29 Oct 2021; 27 Nov 2025

A firearm is "a lethal barrelled weapon of any description from which any shot, bullet or other missile can be discharged" (section 57(1) Firearms Act 1968)

Prosecution Guidance Violent Crime, Weapons and Public Safety