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The new presumption in favour of a suspended sentence order, the reduced prison release dates from 2 September 2026, fixed term recall, the community
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The Sentencing Act 2026 received Royal Assent on 22 January 2026 and most of its changes came into force on 22 March. It is, on the whole, a defendant friendly Act. It creates a presumption in favour of a suspended sentence order for shorter custodial terms, extends the powers to suspend and to defer, cuts prison release points, limits recall to a fixed 56 days, and reshapes the bail regime.Sam Wiggs, criminal pupil barrister at St John's Buildings, sets out each change with the commencement date attached, which matters here because the Act com ... See more
A section by section overview covering cuckooing, spiking, child criminal exploitation, intimate image and deepfake offences, protest powers, offensiv
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The Crime and Policing Act 2026 received Royal Assent on 29 April 2026 and creates a large number of new offences. Some are already in force, a second tranche commenced on 29 June 2026, and many of the offences practitioners will meet most often are still waiting on commencement regulations. Knowing which is which is the practical problem this session solves.Sam Wiggs, criminal pupil barrister at St John's Buildings, works through the key sections in order, setting out the elements of each offence, its mode of trial and its maximum sentence. He ... See more
The DUAA 2025 changes that are now live: recognised legitimate interests, subject access searches, the rewritten Article 22 on automated decision maki
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The Data (Use and Access) Act 2025 is the biggest UK data protection reform since GDPR, and it is now largely in force. Most of the data protection changes commenced on 5 February 2026, and the requirement with the widest practical reach, a dedicated data protection complaints procedure, followed on 19 June 2026.Keith Markham works through what actually changed, provision by provision. The DUAA amends rather than replaces, so the session is framed around the UK GDPR, the Privacy and Electronic Communications Regulations 2003 and the Data Protec ... See more

