Course description
With Parliament being otherwise engaged, the amount of new legislation has been somewhat limited. We have had the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and The Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019 which we will consider. And now the Online Safety Act 2023.
Presented by former barrister and highly regarded speaker Clive Smith, this half-day in-person seminar will consider these 3 new pieces of legislation and will examine some of the most important judgments for the busy criminal practitioner to assist you with your daily practice. It will also update you on 30 things you really ought to know as a criminal practitioner, including DNA evidence, up-skirting, burglary, Assaults on Emergency Services (Offences) Act 2018, and what the recent case-law in relation to dishonesty says.
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Training Course Content
Introduction
This half day in-person seminar will update you on 30 things you really ought to know as a criminal practitioner.
With Parliament being otherwise engaged, the amount of new legislation has been somewhat limited. We have had the Domestic Abuse Act 2021 and The Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019 which we will consider. And now the Online Safety Act 2023.
Over the last year or two we have had some very interesting cases from both the Court of Appeal and the Divisional Court. Over this half-day course, we will examine some of the most important judgments for the busy criminal practitioner to assist you with your daily practice.
With 3 hours to cover 30 topics, this will be a relatively swift consideration of issues which will leave you better equipped to give clients the most up to date advice.
What You Will Learn
This seminar will cover the following:
- DNA Evidence - what’s sufficient to raise a case to answer?
- Up-skirting - what constitutes the offence, and will I have to register under the Sexual Offences Act 2003?
- Assaults on Emergency Services (Offences) Act 2018 - what’s new and some helpful case-law
- What does the recent case-law in relation to dishonesty say - has the test now changed?
- The final word on credit for guilty pleas and what should be indicated at the first hearing
- Admissibility of the PET form - what should I be writing, and where?
- Section 49 RIPA requests - failure to comply
- Understanding the new offence of controlling and coercive behaviour
- Burglary - what constitutes a ‘dwelling’
- Disparity of sentence between co-defendants
- Rape - what lie by a defendant may vitiate consent?
- Bad character - the latest case law
- Hearsay - some helpful case-law
- Cyber flashing - new offences under the Online Safety Act 2023
- And much more!
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