Legal updates

12 Jan 2021

Unicef (UK): A Rights-Based Analysis of Youth Justice in the UK

Article
4 Jan 2021

New Sentencing Guidelines for Firearms Offences Published

Sentencing
3 Jan 2021

Sentencing Guidance: Some clarity on the sequence to be adopted when applying a reduction for a guilty plea and youth when calculating the length of a custodial sentence

Sentencing
20 Dec 2020

Child arrests in England and Wales 2019 – should we be concerned by the increase?

Arrest
10 Dec 2020

Sending Children to the Crown Court for Trial – particular considerations in the context of the pandemic

Article
10 Dec 2020

The state of the youth justice system in Northern Ireland: Northern Ireland Audit Office’s follow up Review on Managing Children Who Offend shows development but also room for improvement

Article
8 Dec 2020

The Sentencing Council’s Sentencing Children and Young People Definitive Guideline – has it achieved its aims?

Sentencing
3 Dec 2020

Legal Guide – Child Criminal Exploitation

Child Criminal Exploitation (CCE)
1 Dec 2020

Stop and Search: House of Commons Briefing Paper highlights the inadequacies of this police power

Police powers
26 Nov 2020

Criminal records regime change for children

Criminal records
26 Nov 2020

The Sentencing Code 2020: A new era of simpler sentencing procedure

Sentencing
24 Nov 2020

HMIP Annual Report on Inspection of Youth Offending Services shows room for much improvement

Youth Offending Team/Service (YOT/YOS)