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Road Traffic Law for Criminal Practitioners

Road Traffic Law for Criminal Practitioners

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Description

During this webinar experienced lecturer Colin Beaumont will provide viewers with a practical discussion on road traffic law and will provide guidance on how to deal with some important everyday dilemmas such as:

Issues relating to probationary drivers
Issues concerning drug driving
The different types of disqualification
Flagging up issues at an early stage on the PET form

Aimed at practitioners having to advise on difficult issues prior to plea, this course will ensure that practitioners are aware of new developments such as the commencement of proceedings by way of written charges and requisitions.

Delivered in an easily digestible format, this 20-minute bite size session is essential for anyone advising clients at the magistrates’ court stage in relation to road traffic law.

What you'll learn

Understand the importance of being frank as to what the issues are
Be aware of the circumstances in which you might be making an application for a defendant’s costs order
Know something about the guidance on drug driving published in November 2016
Have considered the best advice to give to the client concerning the acquisition of penalty points and periods of disqualification
Appreciate the importance of the Criminal Procedure Rules 2015
Be able to recognise circumstances in which you might be able to seek to persuade the Court not to impose points on the probationary driver
Feel confident when advising clients in this tricky area of law in the office

Requirements

Watch the recorded webinar, review the brief reference notes and complete the short quiz to test your legal knowledge.
This course provides 0.5 – 1 CPD points (depending on length of time spent reviewing the supporting documentation).

Who is the target audience?

Criminal practitioners including probationary and accredited police station representatives and duty solicitors

Course Content

Recorded Webinars

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Webinar

00:21:21

Written and recorded by Colin Beaumont

Documentation

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5 Pages

Quiz

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4 Questions

KeyWords

road traffic law, driving offences, traffic offences, drink driving penalities, dangerous driving, driving under the influence, drug driving, driving whilst disqualified, requisition, police station reps, duty solicitors, criminal law

Instructor

Colin Beaumont

Colin Beaumont

2460 Users
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Colin Beaumont graduated in law in 1981 and qualified as a Barrister in 1982. He worked for many years in the Magistrates’ Court service until 1996 when he re-qualified as a Solicitor and joined a large criminal legal aid practice. He became a partner with the firm. He retired as a solicitor in 2016 and has returned to his Inn of Court at The Inner Temple. Colin has been teaching the profession for the last 25 years and continues to do so.

Reviews

Craig Johnson 5 years ago

Fantastic Course with a fantastic tutor. Loved every second.

GERARD COYLE 5 years ago

Useful and relevant.

Himanshu Sharma 5 years ago

nice

Richard Selway 6 years ago

Very good.

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