PACE Codes C and H have been updated. Many of the changes relate to the care and treatment of detainees and and may have a particularly significant impact on children and young people in police detention.
The SRA have launched a consultation on assuring advocacy standards and are proposing that advocates in the youth court should have the Higher Rights Advocacy qualification.
The Court of Appeal considered the relevance of age and the long delay between the commission of the offences and sentencing.
The Court of Appeal reduced a 13 year old's custodial sentence as not enough weight was attached to the fact that his ADHD and ASD contributed to his functioning at a lower level than an average 13 year old.
An updated Plea and Trial Preparatory Hearing (PTPH) form has been issued and some of the most significant changes relate to child defendants.
This case is an example of the courts considering maturity as well as chronological age and also of significant credit being given for youth despite the appellant being close to his eighteenth birthday.
The Law Society have published a report which sets out various problems within the criminal justice system and proposes 11 recommendations for change.
A report of the Independent Review of the Modern Slavery Act 2015 has been published by the Secretary of State for the Home Department.
The Youth Justice Legal Centre’s annual Youth Justice Summit took place on 17 May 2019. The Summit’s theme was Children and the Criminal Courts and we were delighted to bring together 250 youth justice practitioners including some of the country’s leading experts on children and the criminal law. YJLC are proud to be building a […]
