In-House courses for 2020
1 – Legislation Update – Voyeurism (Offences) Act 2019 – The Stalking Protection Act 2019 – Assaults on Emergency Workers (Offences) Act 2018 – Offensive Weapons Act 2019 (including a detailed analysis of Knife Crime Prevention Orders which are being piloted in the London Courts) – Terrorist Offenders (Restriction of Early Release) Act 2020 – Statutory Instrument 2020 No.158 – The Release of Prisoners (Alteration of Relevant Proportion of Sentence) Order 2020 (in force 1st of April 2020) – (Popular request)
2 – Case-law Update – a review of the most important cases for criminal practitioners of 2020/2019 – (Popular request)
3 - Road Traffic Law for Criminal Practitioners – A Practical Guide
4 - Criminal Advocacy – Magistrates’ Court Trials
5 - Practice and Procedure in the Adult Magistrates’ Court
6 - Practice and Procedure in the Youth Court – (Popular request)
7 - Criminal Advocacy – The Youth Court
8 - The Duty Solicitor at the Police Station
9 - The Duty Solicitor at the Magistrates’ Court
10 - Police Station Advice for experienced practitioners
11 - Drink, Drugs and the Driver – (Popular request)
12 - The Billing of Police Station and Magistrates’ Court work
13 - The Billing of Crown Court work
14 - 50 Challenging Issues for Solicitors with Higher Rights
15 - Abuse of Process/Hearsay/Bad Character
16 - Sexual Offences Generally – Advising at both Police Station and Court
17 - Appeals – Crown Court – Court of Appeal (Criminal Division) – High Court
18 - Evidence – Res Gestae – Expert Evidence – Unfairly Obtained Evidence – etc
19 - Sentencing Update in the Adult Magistrates’ Court
20 - Sentencing Update in the Youth Court
21 - The Law, Practice and Procedure in the Breaches Court
22 - A Legal Quiz – 100 things you really ought to know in 2020 – (100 Questions with 3 multiple-choice answers per question) – (Popular request)
23 - What you really need to know in order to be able to assist a Crown Court Judge
24 - The things you really need to know about the 2017 Standard Crime Contract Specification Document
25 – 50 Criminal Cases to make you a better lawyer
26 – The Criminal Practice Directions and the new Criminal Procedure Rules 2020 – an understanding for trial lawyers
27 – Tips on how to pass your Portfolio the first time (1 Hour)
28 - Getting through your Critical Incidents Test (1 Hour)
29 – PACE
30 – The Codes of Practice under PACE
31 – Bail applications and Pleas in mitigation
32 - Criminal offences concerning a death and driving