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Legal guides

YJLC legal guides help you navigate the different rules, regimes, and principles in key areas of youth justice . Endorsed by the Law Society, the guides ensure best practice when representing children in the criminal legal system.

  • Turning 18

    Turning 18
    Legal guides
  • Intermediaries For Child Defendants

    Intermediaries
    Legal guides
  • Child Criminal Exploitation

    Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE)
    Legal guides
  • Criminal Behaviour Orders

    Criminal Behaviour Order (CBO)
    Legal guides
  • Trauma Informed Lawyering

    Trauma informed
    Legal guides
  • Criminal Practice Directions

    Criminal Practice Directions
    Legal guides
  • Effective participation and fitness to plead

    Fitness to plead
    Effective participation Legal guides
  • Police Bail and Remand for Children

    Bail
    Bail & Remand Custody Legal guides
  • Court bail and remand

    Bail & Remand
    Bail & Remand Bail Legal guides
  • Reporting restrictions for children in criminal cases

    Anonymity
    Legal guides
  • Children facing allegations of sexual offending

    Sexual offences
    Legal guides
  • Image offences and online sexual offending

    Sexting
    Sexual offences Legal guides
  • Deprivation of Liberty Orders

    Legal Guide
    Legal guides
  • Dare to Care: Representing care experienced young people

    Care
    Legal guides
  • Out of Court Resolutions

    Out of Court Disposals (OOCDs)
    Legal guides
  • Safeguarding First: Child rights and welfare submissions for Criminal Practitioners

    Safeguarding
    Welfare Legal guides
  • Knives and Offensive Weapons

    knife crime
    Legal guides
  • The welfare duties of the police

    Legal Guide
    Legal guides
  • Criminal Records

    Legal Guide
    Legal guides
  • Police Complaints

    Legal Guide
    Legal guides
  • A Criminal Lawyers Guide to Youth Remand Concordat (Court Bail and Remand)

    Legal Guide
    Legal guides
  • Unlawful Use of Remands to Youth Detention

    Legal Guide
    Legal guides
  • English and Welsh Children and Young People in Conflict with the law in Scotland

    Legal Guide
    Legal guides
  • #1 Fighting Racial Injustice: Background, childhood, legal representation & trauma

    Trauma informed
    Communication Legal guides
  • #2 Fighting Racial Injustice: Police station, diversion, CCE, effective participation, remand & sentence

    Police stations
    Diversion Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE) Effective participation Remand Sentencing Legal guides
  • #3 Fighting Racial Injustice Rap & drill

    Youth Justice
    Legal guides
  • Instructing an Expert: A toolkit for lawyers and expert witnesses in criminal cases involving children

    Child witnesses
    Defences Legal guides
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The materials on the YJLC website are for general information purposes only and do not constitute legal advice. While reasonable care is taken to ensure accuracy, the materials may not reflect the most current legal developments. YJLC disclaims liability for actions taken based on the materials. Always consult a qualified lawyer for specific legal matters.

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