Youth Justice Law in England and Wales

Child-friendly youth justice?  A compendium of papers given at a conference at the University of Cambridge in September 2017 The National Association for Youth Justice…

A Professionals' Guide to Police Records by Alex Temple Just for Kids Law & Paul Hastings have produced this guide to police records.  This guide is…

R v Hobbs and DM [2018] EWCA Crim 1003 The Court of Appeal have ruled that when sentencing an 18 year old for an offence of…

The Sentencing Code (disposals relating to children and young persons): consultation response by the Howard League for Penal Reform and Just for Kids Law/Youth Justice…

“They just don’t understand what’s happened or why”: A report on child defendants and video links The Standing Committee for Youth Justice (SCYJ) have published…

A fairer way: procedural fairness for young adults at court, Centre for Justice Innovation, April 2018 The Centre for Justice Innovation have published a paper…

Serious Violence Strategy, Home Office, 09 April 2018 The Home Office have published their strategy for responding to the recent increase in serious violence, knife…

R v MK: R v Persida Gega (aka Anna Maione) [2018] EWCA Crim 667 In this case the Court of Appeal considered whether, when a defence…