Perverting the course of justice is an offence committed when a person prevents justice from being served on him/herself or on another party. In England and Wales, perverting the course of justice is a common law offence, carrying a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
Perverting the course of justice can be any of three acts:
Fabricating or disposing of evidence
Intimidating or threatening a witness or juror
Intimidating or threatening a judge
Criminal acts also include:
conspiring with another to pervert the course of justice, and
Confidence fraud is the reliance on another’s discretion and/or a breach in a relationship of trust resulting in financial loss. It includes a knowing misrepresentation of the truth or concealment of a material fact to induce another to act to his or her detriment.
Perverting the course of justice is an offence committed when a person prevents justice from being served on him/herself or on another party. In England and Wales, perverting the course of justice is a common law offence, carrying a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
Perverting the course of justice can be any of three acts:
Fabricating or disposing of evidence
Intimidating or threatening a witness or juror
Intimidating or threatening a judge
Criminal acts also include:
conspiring with another to pervert the course of justice, and
Confidence fraud is the reliance on another’s discretion and/or a breach in a relationship of trust resulting in financial loss. It includes a knowing misrepresentation of the truth or concealment of a material fact to induce another to act to his or her detriment.