This 1-hour webinar will consider the hugely important Sentencing Act 2020 (or Code if you prefer) which, as you know, is of relevance for anyone sentenced on or after the 1st December 2020.
You may be prosecuting the matter, or defending it, or be the legal adviser to the Magistrates'. Whatever your role within the criminal justice system, it is absolutely crucial that you have a thorough understanding of the Sentencing Code.
The Code effectively codifies the majority of previous legislation concerning sentencing. Previous pieces of legislation such as the Powers of Criminal Courts (Sentencing) Act 2000 can be ignored in cases where the conviction is on or after the 1st December 2020
It is important also to be aware of the transitional provisions whereby, on occasion, the old legislation still needs to be visited.
The Code contains 420 Sections and 29 schedules. Impossible to deal with all of it in 1- hour but this webinar will do the following:
2021 is the time to get to grips with all of this. Magistrates', District Judges and Crown Court Judges are not going to be very impressed with lawyers appearing before them who do not have a thorough grasp of the Code.