This 1-hour webinar will update you as regards your role as the Court Duty Solicitor, whether acting in the Youth Court or in the Adult Magistrates' Court.
As you know, expectations for the Duty Solicitor are very high and assumptions will be made by others that you are familiar with the material dealt with in this webinar. It's all very well for others to make those assumptions but when are you supposed to get the time to read all of this!
This webinar will cover the following 10 important areas of knowledge:
1-The changes under the Police, Crime, Sentencing and Courts Act 2022
2-The changes under the Judicial Review and Courts Act 2022
3-Important Rules,such as Rule 44, from the Criminal Procedure Rules 2020 (as amended)
4-Those parts of the Sentencing Act 2020 concerning committals for sentence for both Youths and Adults
5-Low-value theft by way of shoplifting and the important case of Candlish
6-Advising your client correctly in relation to credit and the case of Plaku,Plaku Bourdon and Smith
7-Completion of the PET Form generally, including your stance where the client informs you that he has his own solicitors who will act for him during the trial
8-The important things you need to know about your role as the Court Duty Solicitor under Parts 6 and 10 of the 2017 Standard Crime Contract Specification document (as amended)
9-Statutory Declarations and Re-openings –The legislation and the case-law
10-Advising on appeals where the client takes the view that the sentence was unnecessarily harsh in all the circumstances